they spend 30 hrs in a sim before they lay a finger on a PC-9, so it's essentially like a civvy Type rating.
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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostWe are talking about replaced a Cessna with Mark 1 dual eye sensors and all for a budget of 15m. Given that we are not going to deploy them to a shooting war, even a Peacekeeping mission is unlikely we need not worry about MANPAD's. Despite what the rfp might say I would go for the Diamond DA62MPP, at just over 1m for the aircraft we could get a few with decent kit for our money.http://www.diamond-air.at/en/special...raft/da62-mpp/
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Originally posted by Truck Driver View PostLooks rather like a Pucara (that the Argies operated during the Falklands War)
https://www.google.com/search?q=puca...w=1920&bih=955
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostCould the Gardaí be looking at joining the replacement program?
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-35916629.html
Fixed wing - AGS issued a RFI earlier this year (before the FWUA tender). The FWUA tender includes an option for a "green" 4th aircraft "of a similar type", if exercised the purchasing authority will be AGS.
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Originally posted by DeV View PostCan't remember if I posted it or not but in Logs Sp configuration it is min 9 pax or min 800 kg cargo (or combination of both) - with ISTAR and MEDEVAC equipment removed
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Originally posted by Chuck View PostThe FWUA tender states that any proposed aircraft must be pressurised.
I'd suggest reading the tender spec.
One that costs more than twice as much as the alternative and has less rough field capability. So yet another aircraft we will never see deployed overseas to support operational troops.Last edited by EUFighter; 11 July 2017, 23:35.
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Originally posted by pym View PostFor what it's worth, the Canadians selected the C-295W for their long range SAR replacement.
16 for CAD $2.3 Billion = $143,750,000 per aircraft = €95,097,697 per aircraft.
Apparently the bare C-295W transport version runs at about €32,000,000 a pop. Stick a radar, FLIR and other systems on board and you'll be nudging €50M at least.
God knows what the Canadians have stuck on theirs.
5 years maintanance and support (option to extend to 15 years)
Spares
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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostSo the Bluffwaffe wants a high speed toy to play with.
One that costs more than twice as much as the alternative and has less rough field capability. So yet another aircraft we will never see deployed overseas to support operational troops.
Buying an aircraft should be heavily weighted to what it can achieve in the domestic environment first and foremost because it will inevitably spend most of its life carrying out domestic ops.
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Originally posted by DeV View PostHelicopters - I doubt they are replacing, maybe additional a/c (although why they have 2 different versions of the same helo is beyond me (unless they weren't making them anymore at time of purchase) or maybe it's upgrades, of could just be increased maintenance costs
The reason for the two different Garda EC135's helis is because of design improvements by Eurocopter over the years. 256 was built as a T1 model and later upgraded to a T2, 272 was built as a T2+.
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostCould this be an opportunity to sell both and replace with 2 P2s to have commonality with the Air Corps helis?
An opportunity might be for the HSE to get a pair of its own helis for an expanded EAS in a joint tender with the Gardai.
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