Thought you folks might be interested in this quote from
Asia Pacific Defence Reporter magazine.
"The settlement between the DMO and Kaman for the divestment of the RAN's SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite helicopters contains clauses preventing Australia from talking down the aircraft in the marketplace. DMO's helicopter systems division head Maj Gen Anthony Frasier has told the Joint Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade that "part of the deed of negotiation [that] we have agreed - and this is in our interests - is that we will not talk down the aircraft unnecessarily."
I can picture it now. "Why did we cancel the Seasprite contract? Well, it was a fine aircraft but we...err...decided that its lines just didn't gel well with the Anzac class. We wanted something less, um, ugly..."
I/C