Originally Posted by
pba_target
Based on my experiences in procurement, I don't trust anything that Leonardo say about any product until I've seen the results of truly independent testing in a representative environment.... Some elements of the company have given sterling service prior to being "absorbed" into the corporate culture, but the number of fast ones they've tried to pull (either through intent or through incompetence) significantly outweighs that. I'll also grant they're not alone in the defence industry in this.
Having said all of that, we all know what the NMH result will be, so here's hoping they have done an ok job this time around.
I don't doubt you and I have no particular loyalty or otherwise with LH. Just that the 149 was launched about 5 years before the 189, so they do seem to have done more than just change model numbers, and it's factually incorrect to say that the 149 is the military version of the 189 (as often quoted).