This whole deal is now looking a tad murky. According to the two links below, the
March 27th announcement that ARINC was awarded
"...a $80,600,000 firm fixed price contract for the procurement and delivery of (22) Mi-17CT helicopters in support of the Iraqi Government" now in actual fact appears to be the final payment of a
$322M deal for these aircraft. The Army's Threat Systems Management Office (TSMO) reportedly awarded ARINC the contract on a sole-source Urgent Requirement basis (back in 2006), and then itself arranged for Mil to declare that ARINC was its only authorized supplier for the type (presumably based on ARINC's support activities at Nellis).
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Helo Fiasco: U.S. Pays $322 Million, Still No Choppers
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