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Old 5th Dec 2011, 16:19
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SASless, IIRC, the number you cited looked a lot like a UH-60M flyaway cost ... are you sure S-92 to a Mil Spec is that low?

I take a peek at the Canadian figures for their buy

(Granted, a notoriously unreliable source, wikipedia)

Unit costUS$32 million[citation needed
CH-148 appears looks to cost about 30 million dollar each. Or so. .

I have no idea what numbers/support/parts/spares and all that goes into such a number.

Also, given numbers of a buy, if one bought in the dozens the price might go down ... you seem to have lowballed it, that's all.

EDIT:

OK, from a defense news article on Ch-148. (Accuracy unknown).

28 maritime helicopters ... by 2010 ... cost of purchasing, providing 20 years of in-service support for, training personnel for, and extra spending to keep the CH-124 Sea King fleet operational during project delays ... C$ 6.2 billion.

Not sure how to break that down to a per unit flyaway cost, to be honest, given how muddy the cost categories are.

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