It seems that it's not entirely Westland's fault - FLynx probably
IS the best choice for the small ships SCMR type role. This should hardly come as a great surprise - the T800 engined Super Lynx has been selected on merit in a number of competitions and clearly meets the requirement very well.
That the same aircraft is not necessarily best for the AAC is perhaps even less of a surprise. The AAC has aspirations for a platform that can do more than the very light utility role that it did with the Scout and original Lynx.
Hilife's kneejerk anti-Westland prejudice ignores the fact that the manufacturer's product line does includes a suitable aircraft - the AW149 (which is the militarised version of the 'best-in-class' AW139, so all of this negativity about AW is clearly misplaced!
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The problem is surely with the knuckleheads who decided that SCMR/BLUH could be met by a single common platform.
With the exception of the heavy end (where the Chinook has no real competition) there'd be little wrong with an AW equipped SH force - AW149 for the AAC, and lots of folding marinised Merlins for the Commando Squadrons.