I'm sure that there are deficiencies in the MH47E - but it does work and was accepted into service by a competent T&E organisation at Edwards.
I read HC3 however as yet another case of their airships making procurement decisions (Nimrod AEW, Tincano, Tutor...), without proper T&E involvement at the design stage - then when T&E are brought in too late, they get blamed for the delays caused by their highlighting major deficiencies that should never have got beyond an early stage drawing board.
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