An American helicopter manufacturer has reached a confidential settlement with the families of six Canadian military members killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece five years ago.

The families sued Sikorsky in 2023 after a CH-148 Cyclone flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force crashed into the Ionian Sea at full speed in April 2020. 

Two military reviews found the autopilot took control of the helicopter during a low-altitude manoeuvre while returning to the Halifax-based frigate HMCS…