Originally Posted by
Stinger10
Funny, That's not what Sik. claimed the last time around.
Funny, if you actually read my post, you'd realize I was not referring to the bid process that AW won. This was while S-92 was undergoing flight test, which means BEFORE THE FIRST COMMERCIAL DELIVERY!
SO unless NAVAIR is going to change the basic premise and objective of the program, which I contend would have allowed more bidders to compete, what you see, is what you get.
I note the continual obsession with the term "compete."
I am not sure if you have noticed, but the aviation industry has been slowly consolidating, not expanding, over the last 15-20 years. That does not make for more competition, it makes for less.
No question NAVAIR made a meal of the 101 VH deal. I don't think anyone gets to declare victory on that score, other than whomever could win political points for cancelling a program that was a mess.