During November 2007, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota announced in Parliament, that the SAAF was to invest R962 million (about US$137 million in 2007 exchange rates) in the helicopter over three years to 2010/2011, in order to bring it up to full operational status.
Durante novembro de 2007 o ministro de defensa Mosiuoa Lekota anunciou no Parlamento que a SAAF investira 962 millóns de rands (uns 137 millóns de dólares da época) no helicóptero durante tres anos ata 2010/2011, co obxectivo de que estivese totalmente operativo.