Originally Posted by
chinook240
But it doesn’t say when? It does say the new medium lift helicopter will replace 4 obsolete types, but if we’re keeping Mildcat and Merlin, what does it replace apart from Puma?
Bell 212, 412 and Gazelle I believe. My understanding of the Puma announcement is that it remains until 2025 (that's the previously stated position, and there is nothing in this document that changes that). Whether there will be an off the shelf interim replacement until something is developed (as the document seems to suggest will happen), I'm not sure.