The Chief of the South African Air Force, Lt. Gen. Carlo Gagiano, hoped that the helicopters would be ready around June 2007, indicating the "extremely worrying factor of time that the project was taking to reach maturity", attributing the delays to the exodus of personnel from Denel as well as its financial problems.
O xefe da Forza Aérea de Suráfrica, o tenente xeneral Carlo Gagiano, agardaba que os helicópteros estivesen listos ao redor de xuño de 2007, indicando o "factor de tempo extremadamente preocupante que o proxecto estaba levando para alcanzar a madurez", atribuíndo os atrasos á marcha de persoal de Denel ademais de problemas financieiros.