Originally Posted by
pba_target
AndrewN - exactly what slack is Wildcat going to pick up that Merlin/puma currently do? It's not a lift asset....
So I'm pretty sure the Army Wildcat is tasked with moving equipment and boots around the battlefield, much the same as Puma - but don't disagree with you that it's capabilities in this space are somewhat limited. On the plus side we've still got 60 Chinook's to play with!