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or data imaging (it will not be neither bought in
the less featured standard nor a part of their
equipment will not be dissembled to wait just
in case in the warehouse). Probably reporting a
need for such helitoptes is a "quiet and effective"
action of the Special Forces which cooperate
with the Naval Air Brigade in VBSS/maritime
ops training – first al all we talk about Formoza
nval special warfare unit and the GROM Water
Task Force. One thing is sure – no matter which
helicopter type will be chosen, the Naval Air
Brigade will lose a possibility to evacuate in one
flight the crew of the typical civilian ship (about
16-people crew) because none of the helicopters
offered in this tender is not characterized to take
such a number of the survivors.
Each of the offered structures has its advantages
and disadvantages. It is also significant is also a
current stage of development – only the Sikorsky
can boast of introducing all required versions to
the "active service" (although based on other
basic varieties). The Airbus helicopters has in
its offer a utility and CSAR version, and now it
realizes projects on the maritime version, and
the AgustaWestland product is at the begging of
its development cycle. Taking into account a risk
resulting from possible delays, and the example
of this is even Canada with CH-149 Cyclone
(based on the civilian S-92 Superhawk), or from
the European experiences with NH90 (e.g. in
Finland in 2014 they reached an operational
readiness at the level of 40%), it is hard to imagine
choosing the Italian offer. If someone believes
in speculations concerning other requirements
and a scoring system, difficulties with winning a
contract may have also the Airbus Helicopters –
EC725 Caracal is the largest among the offered
three, in addition it takes on board a greater
number of soldiers. A requirement (a non-official
