I know this is little to do with a Puma replacement but FLynx seems to be getting an airing in this thread.
What a pity that FLynx seems to be much the same as the present one with a cabin that is too small to take a standard army stretcher. Whatever happen to Lynx III which had an 18" plug in the cabin area and the WG 30 tail boom. OK it had cr@ppy engines but we have the technolony now for better ones. If ever a helicopter looked right the Lynx III did and how useful would the larger cabin have been.
MM4
Of course the AAC could manage NH90/Merlin et al you just have to throw resources (manpower and money) at the problem and if the RAF are not getting them then the AAC do - nuff said