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Old 29th Feb 2016, 13:36
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gulliBell
 
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Yeah, I was aware of the audit report previously. The simple truth of the matter, they got double whamied: being out manouevered by all the French promises that ended up with the predictable outcome which we now have, and shooting themselves in the foot, actually in both feet. Those involved in the process who spoke to me about it years later freely admit this.

This happens all the time in Defence. Defence procurement is like spending Monopoly money, made worse by the fact that those spending it aren't the ones who earned it. Nobody steps back to think, does spending $1+ billion dollars on 22 helicopters represent good value for money?

No surprise about the cost and other problems associated with operating French built helicopter engines. Those in the civilian helicopter space have known all about this since way before Air 87.
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