If the NH90 is to be a serious contender then make sure it's the taller cabin version (that the Noggies etc are going for), without the ramp (adds too much weight). The Germans are going for commonality with all 3 services, ie short cabins to fit on ships for the Marine, but the machine is vastly over weight, u/c is short enough that the rather gucci £7 000 strobe has only 5cm ground clearance - in the hangar!!- the all singing all dancing CSAR cab that the Luftwaffe/Heer are getting will cost a cool Euro 35mill+ and the normal cab will run at between Euro 25mill and 28mill - so not much different from the HC3, with less capacity.