Originally Posted by
cdnnighthawk
This story about newly identified delivery delay fallout came out today... I wonder if the German Navy is still wanting to join this party:
That might depend on whome you ask.
In general they seem to be pretty much set on a machine at least as big as the Sea King. As it is planned to go for a single type it has to be capable of all current and planned missions in one single air frame without any setbacks compared to the prdecessors.
And that basically leaves you with only very few options:
Cyclone or the EH-101.
The latter is too big+heavy for the actual and projected ships (not mentioning that it seems to be plagued by generally not overwhelming availability rates with the current users), so either Cyclone or a smaller machine than the predecessor it is.
Looking at the actual situation of the CH-148 I hope they wait at least a bit before fully comitting to that route.
Sorry if that leaves all of the risk with you Canadians but we do have enough other military procurement programs going awry. We are in no particular need for another one...
