Not flown either, but on the face of it the Wildcat is a lot of money for not a lot of helicopter. I'd have gone for the 60 any time! No brainer
You sure? AW is quoting a figure of USD560 million for the eight Wildcats, compared to USD1 billion that the DSCA was saying the same number of MH-60Rs would cost.
Of course, these figures include sustainment, support and training etc so it's hard to compare like-for-like in terms of unit costs, but I would say it provides a pretty good indication that the Wildcat appears to be a bit of a bargain compared to the Seahawk.