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Bun incoming!!
The S92 is certainly a good cab with many fine characteristics but so is the 225. It's a proven aircraft with long lineage, maturity, excellent speed, long legs (with the aux tanks), little or no vibration in the cruise and hover and an autopilot that is the equal if not better than any SAR cab flying. The winch ops Hover Trim system is outstanding giving geat flexibility during winching operations and i don't think the S92 has that capability. The one slight issue is the cabin volume particularly head height but my spies tell me that Airknight have done a good job on the cabin configuration and it is very user friendly.
I would have thought that any government worth its salt would look at the financial robustness of the AK bidders and conclude that they have a far better chance of delivering a 25 year service than the opposition. Time will tell, they will probably just go for the cheapest!!.