Sandra Erwin has well synthesized the East European helicopter opportunities and captured the essence of the market sensitivities: a mixture of operational requirements, industrial participation desires and geo-political drivers.

Cooperation with small- to medium-sized European enterprises will be instrumental for foreign OEMs in order to achieve the required local support and make helicopter procurement deals more acceptable to local constituencies and power lobbies.

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