Lots of drivel about schedule written here, much of it by folks who never built a flying machine in their lives.
The schedule is what it is, driven by money and luck, especially when new technology is being developed. No helo will fly before it is ready, and maybe not even then!
If you don't like the statements made by well-intentioned people whose crystal balls are not as shiny as yours, too bad. I happen to know the people involved in the various statements, they would probably resent the nefarious reasons drummed up by folks with too little to do. Sikorsky spent less than they wanted last year, because they had to produce enough profit to make their shareholders happy. Remember, money is what buys schedule, and all R&D cash for a real company (one owned by its shareholders and not by its government) comes off the bottom line. For companies owned by their national governments, all that is needed to fund some more R&D is to run the printing presses at the mint for a few hours longer.