WRONG............... The Navy do want it.... it is not a white elephant and to be honest I wouldn't want to fly an aircraft built by the Japanese or the sceptics....
It is slightly wrong to call it state of the art though...... unless you mean state of the art for the 20th Century.
We need a Lynx replacement and this airframe is perfect for the job. The avionics however are a crock of poo and the Lynx IPT need to get to work and purchase a decent Radar.... an IO device that wasn't invented 10 years ago...and maybe some "state of the art" stuff..... The trouble is that the IPT are being driven by what AW will provide them. The Lynx IPT should be demanding a capibility rather than being provided with a solution....