Russian Helicopters For The Iraqi Air Force!! ehhh... not so much

Sharon Weinberg over at Danger Room! has been doing a bang up job detailing the arms sale that never really happened. This is one of a few cases here in DC where a contractor who has no previous experience in a certain area suddenly jumps in with the lowest bid and proceeds to screw the whole process up. A few years back everybody kind of scratched their head with the awarding of a contract to the L3 corp to build a replacement for the venerable Sherpa cargo aircraft flown by the Army. If you had worked with L3 in the past, they were mainly known for developing computer systems for the department of defense. The company that Sharon writes about in this article is ARINC, who mainly advertise their IT and communications solutions here in the beltway. I really didn't see too much on their website about military helicopter fleet purchases. But bottom line, the USG paid an S***load of money for the helicopters to a Russian firm and still really has nothing to show so far. I'm curious to see how this one plays out. Sphere: Related Content