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I'm not sure what your point is. The first article is about a government process to purchase equipment, the second is about airworthiness certification. Nearly unrelated.
The effort involved in getting any aircraft set up for a specific role includes the obvious inclusion of necessary mission kits (relatively easy) and setting up the support organization (can be very difficult). The VH-71s are a considerably different design and will need different manuals, different training, different parts. Establishing airworthiness may also become a player in that not all of the CH149 certification data may be valid for the VH-71.
Last edited by Matthew Parsons; 12th October 2013 at 15:59.