Short term helo solutions - what's happening & what would we like to see happening?
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And so another thread fades into the distance with the contributors firmly entrenched in their two traditional camps:
"Don't buy the best, buy British" and "Buy the Best"
Never the twain shall meet.
"Don't buy the best, buy British" and "Buy the Best"
Never the twain shall meet.
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ES unfortunatley that is the way of the world there are people who just don't want to believe their own countries can produce good kit or complete rubbish depending on your stance.
There are some Good European bits of Kit out there some British some European and Some American. But as I stated earlier sometimes procurement descisions are made to promote other aspects of government policy. I have to say at least we are fairly flexible and we don't have a binding must be invented here or at least built here.
As a Serviceman I want the best
As a Tax payer I want Value for money
As a British citizen I want to see the work carried out in the UK
But as a realist I want a compromise of the above.
The sticking plaster approach is probably best at present for puma as money is tight and there isn't an obvious replacement airframe in a reasonable timescale for operational need.
Will the rest of the South African airframes be converted to C2 standard?
Jackonicko I agree with you re the Merlin Mk413 for the HC4 replacement
Wokameister I agree we need a bigger Chinook Fleet (but we should be looking at the new variants) with realistic spares holdings
And I think the Puma HC2 programme is a good idea till there is a suitable replacement available but lets not repeat the wessex saga keeping them going for to long.
And in the middle a bigger Merlin fleet with realistic spares holdings all in all the main thing I've picked from this thread is Support Hele needs better resourcing for whatever airframes that are in service.
There are some Good European bits of Kit out there some British some European and Some American. But as I stated earlier sometimes procurement descisions are made to promote other aspects of government policy. I have to say at least we are fairly flexible and we don't have a binding must be invented here or at least built here.
As a Serviceman I want the best
As a Tax payer I want Value for money
As a British citizen I want to see the work carried out in the UK
But as a realist I want a compromise of the above.
The sticking plaster approach is probably best at present for puma as money is tight and there isn't an obvious replacement airframe in a reasonable timescale for operational need.
Will the rest of the South African airframes be converted to C2 standard?
Jackonicko I agree with you re the Merlin Mk413 for the HC4 replacement
Wokameister I agree we need a bigger Chinook Fleet (but we should be looking at the new variants) with realistic spares holdings
And I think the Puma HC2 programme is a good idea till there is a suitable replacement available but lets not repeat the wessex saga keeping them going for to long.
And in the middle a bigger Merlin fleet with realistic spares holdings all in all the main thing I've picked from this thread is Support Hele needs better resourcing for whatever airframes that are in service.
