sirs: spoke with program mgr for the ec-120 at the show, as our products fly on almost all the law enforcement 120's the common complaint we hear is the need for more power when in law enforcement configuration. eurocopter is well aware of the need to upgrade the transmission to accept more power, but as widgeon mentioned i think this will come with time as witnessed by the growth in power on the as-350. i do not believe the market share loss to the 350 is really an issue, at least from a law enforcement viewpoint, rather a noise issue, therefore the ec-130 and md 520 are more likely to be considered the competitors.
IMHO, eurocopter must upgrade the power or market share will be lost to other mfg, in particular robinson if they move forward on a turbine light single and or MD, if they make it through the next year they will be a very strong company.