K.B.
Space Cadet
Wobei man sagen muss, dass die "H-47 Chinook (Extended Range)", die 2018 zum Export an UK freigegeben worden sind, schon sehr nach MH-47G-Standard ausschauen. Aber die Briten sind halt ein besonderer Partner......, oder eine Spezialversion (MH-47G), die bisher niemand bekommen hat.
Was die sonstigen Preistreiber angeht, eine kurze Liste von defensenews:
– „Unexpected level of complexity“ der finalen Ausschreibung.
– „The Bundeswehr’s goal of having the helicopters certified in accordance with European civilian aviation regulations.“
– „German officials want a weather radar better than the one offered in the Marine Corps version of the CH-53K, plus a multilayered radio communications setup,“
– „Performance-based logistics, or PBL […] The idea is that the government can save money by dictating to contractors what level of readiness it wants for its hardware, and then letting vendors figure out how to meet those objectives within a given budget. The concept is relatively new for Germany. At an STH industry day in 2018, “nobody knew what PBL was.”“
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/01/14/lockheed-boeing-enter-germanys-heavy-transport-helicopter-race