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Old 15th Oct 2012, 09:25
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On that subject it seems to be across the board.

They sort of destroyed Schweizer so they could get their Elmira NY plant for Sikorsky product completions which have now apparently run out of steam. Last story I read on that front was that the local authority was 'asking' them to get to hell out of NY and give the area a chance to get over the trauma.

Meanwhile reports from the East of a customer awaiting a new S300 and having been quoted 2 years until production may restart.... on one rather than both of the models taken out of the original plant.....

Then there is the 434.

The S76D may have been gestating for a long time [for what is 'just' an update on the existing airframe] but the 434 is the model they plain and simple just do not want - except that there is an order for 50 with Saudi Arabia and I guess that if the 76D is to sell anywhere its in the sandy cities so there is a customer base you do not want to upset.

If this post-Afghanistan military market downturn does happen companies like Sikorsky are going to need every dollar they can turn in the commercial market... and it does not look as if they are courting the right people at the moment.

Still they can always look to the Iranian campaign market.....
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