A lot of speculation here. All someone needs to do is look at the bid responses Chicago received back, I'm sure the bid specifications spell out what each manufacturer was supplying.
There is nothing preventing a manufacturer from designing, certifying, building, and marketing a new "multiple equal length sectioned articulating rescue and firefighting aerial device" if they wished........
There is nothing preventing a manufacturer from designing, certifying, building, and marketing a new "multiple equal length sectioned articulating rescue and firefighting aerial device" if they wished........
Mechanical engineers build weapons, whereas civil engineers build targets.
When the man at the door said," Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms", I, naturally assumed it was a delivery!
When the man at the door said," Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms", I, naturally assumed it was a delivery!