The "minor" problems with the S92 will most likely disappear when they develop the five blade rotor system. To finance such an investment, they need a large contract, which they don't have yet. The prestigious contract for the White House helicopter slipped away, and now the USAF chose the Boeing for combat sar. In my opinion, the EC225 just have to prove range and payload to top the list.
The NRAF desperately wanted the NH90 so that they could keep the civilian companies out of the market for the next 40 years, and used every opportunity to market their agenda. Chanses are that they stepped on a few toes within the government, which now might be looking at going civilian again, like it was in the '70. That way the can spend as they go, and change type every 10 years if it's deemed nessesary.
Politics? You bet, all the way...