Hilife et al: I will repeat. Personally I have no problem where things are manufactured. I live and work in the global market place. No offense intended. During the last Presidential helicopter program there was tremendous scrutiny placed on the Italian and UK suppliers. Clearly, the Navy has had a complete change in perspective THIS time.
Right from Sikorsky's website. The cabin work was shifted to TATA in India when Sikorsky tried to win the Indian VIP program:
•Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7.5% - main cabin) IN YELLOW
•Spain's Gamesa Aeronautica (7% - main rotor pylon, tailcone/transition section and composite interiors),
•Peoples Republic of China's Jingdezhen Helicopter Group (2% - tail pylon and horizontal stabilizer) IN GREEN
•Taiwan's Aero Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) (6.5% - Cockpit Structure)
•Brazil's Embraer (4% - sponsons complete with fuel system and landing gear).
Fact based, as was the AD about the Tail pylon (previously posted) when someone claimed it was a benign part......
