the RN version is what you are describing, not the AAC version. There is no Seaspray radar and the 'exceptional' mission system is seriously hampered by the lack of processing power (one was removed to save money and the other barely copes). It doesn't have the endurance of either the Lynx or the Gazelle and it can barely lift the skin off a rice pudding.:
I don't know where you're getting this from but, knowing some guys on the platform well, it just isn't true. The radar is a role fit, whilst it has the same endurance as Lynx (2hrs), ~800kg of lift (with growth for another 200kg) with 3 crew and full fuel. And yes, whilst two TPs would have been beneficial for redundancy, one works perfectly well...
In an Army bereft of ISR you'd think a Recce Helicopter would be an easy sell. Yet, whilst everyone of varying services are (understandably) obsessed by UH-60, that is not where we are (yet).
In other news, the US Army is reportedly regretting cutting its recce heli...
US Army Says It Badly Needs A Scout Helicopter After Junking The Ones It Had