Or maybe not...
The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) has signed an agreement to purchase seven AgustaWestland AW139s for SAR duties, it has been revealed.
The new aircraft will replace Sikorsky S-76s that were inherited by the SMA after the Swedish government nationalised private operator Norrlandsflyg, which operated the aircraft on SAR and air ambulance duties on behalf of the agency.
The aircraft are now operated by a new state-owned operator SMA Helicopter Rescue.
According to a press release released on 16 October, the AW139s will begin replacing the S-76s from mid-2013 with the last arriving at the end of 2014.
The aircraft will be available for operations at sea and over land and are operated from five stations across Sweden at Ronneby, Visby, Gothenburg, Norrtälje and Umeå.
'It is very satisfying that in the future we will have an improved capacity and ability to save lives without increasing the total cost of operations,' said Naomi Eriksson, the Swedish Maritime Administration's deputy director general and head of SAR, in the statement
The order will come as a blow for Sikorsky. In 2008, Norrlandsflyg placed an order for six S-76Ds, but the late arrival of the aircraft and then the financial difficulties of the operator have resulted in the apparent cancellation of the order resulting in SMA Helicopter Rescue purchasing the AW139 instead.