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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/19/mod-reject-black-hawk-helicopters
So, the offer of 60 Blackhawk helicopters was turned down in favour of an upgrade to an ageing fleet of Pumas!!!!!!
I cant' find the link online, but the actual hard copy of the newspaper quotes the cost of the selected upgrade as being between 350 and 400 million for THIRTY THREE aircraft, wheras Sikorsky offered us sixty airframes for 500 million.....that's a bloody good deal if you ask me. Now I'm all for British jobs and all that, but not if the price is our guys getting inferior kit for an inflated price, and doubtlessly behind schedule.
smart procurement? I think not!
Some fcuker needs their nuts roasting, not that that will happen of course.
So, the offer of 60 Blackhawk helicopters was turned down in favour of an upgrade to an ageing fleet of Pumas!!!!!!
I cant' find the link online, but the actual hard copy of the newspaper quotes the cost of the selected upgrade as being between 350 and 400 million for THIRTY THREE aircraft, wheras Sikorsky offered us sixty airframes for 500 million.....that's a bloody good deal if you ask me. Now I'm all for British jobs and all that, but not if the price is our guys getting inferior kit for an inflated price, and doubtlessly behind schedule.
smart procurement? I think not!
Some fcuker needs their nuts roasting, not that that will happen of course.