The S-92 (like the 747-8) was always the logical choice for a nation with as large an aerospace industry as the USA (just as the Airbus & Super Puma combo is for
France and
Germany), but the claim that the VXX bidding was '
competitive' ("...because the companies who declined to bid remained interested
up to the August deadline for responding to the RFP...") is questionable.
I/C