THAT'S HOW ACQUISITION WORKS # 27:
When the relevant authorities became sufficiently engaged with the Lynx vibration and tailboom cracking problems in the late 80's, they paid for a Design Authority investigation by WHL. After a lengthy investigation, the underlying reason for the unpredicted vibration and cracking problems was traced back to the fitment of the TOW Booms and equipment that were introduced under a mod to provide the ATGW capability, shortly after introduction to service. So the very DA that designed, implemented, and fitted the TOW mod to the Lynx was able to point at it 10 years down the road and subsequently lay the responsibility for all the vibration problems squarely at its door, because it was an MoD requirement to fit TOW. Nice work if you can get it....