Originally Posted by
airsound
Nothing specifically to do with helicopters. What it does have to do with are national attitudes to procurement, where lessons are being offered - and maybe even learned.
airsound
You mean like how the UH-60 wasn't chosen by the Spanish (back in the 90's or late 80's) despite winning the fly off, after the French forwarded a few Basque separatists to Spain?
(Memory vague, believe extradition was involved)
Is that the kind of thing you are referring to?
(Granted, I got that second hand - there may be some more missing pieces to that story)
(This is not to be confused with the Seahawks which were in fact bought by the Spanish Navy)