Future Lynx...... Why not Pavehawk?!?

[spheroid]

Sadly and due to IPR reasons it will be called Lynx Wildcat.

[Jackonicko]

AW159 is the internal Westland designation. Lynx Wildcat will be used for export versions as well as for the MoD.

But will the AAC/RN ones be AH and HMAs respectively, or, since it's '98% common' "differing only in role equipment" will they have a common designation - MAH, perhaps.

And will this be the Mk.10, or the Mk.1?

[mick2088]

AgustaWestland don't even seem to know what it is as they are frequently mentioning its internal name "AW159" while stating "Lynx Wildcat" in the same sentence. They even call it the "AW159 Lynx Wildcat" in the press release with the same name usage in MoD press release issued on the same day. Why didn't they just call it the Lynx 2 or something like that? Keep it simple.

[GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU]

Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Equipment and Logistics | Future Lynx helicopter becomes Lynx Wildcat

The Future Lynx helicopter is now to be known formally as the AW159 Lynx Wildcat, it was announced at a ceremony at AgustaWestland in Yeovil on Friday 24 April 2009.

Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, said:

"I am pleased to be here today in Yeovil to mark the renaming of the Future Lynx as Lynx Wildcat.

He went on to say;

"The name Wildcat evokes memories of past successes in previous campaigns, and I am confident that this aircraft will also prove its worth on operations."


The name 'Wildcat' recalls the name given to the Grumman F4F which was widely used during the Second World War. The aircraft ceased operational service in 1945 but some flying aircraft remain, including one in the collection of the Imperial War Museum Duxford.

It also evokes memories of past Labour Governments when the word “Wildcat” would have implied a “strike” capability!

[FNU_SNU]

This sort of things happens all too often. We could buy OTS but insist on building/manufacturing under licence and taking bits off, adding bits, etc etc.
We bought the SA80, when everyone wanted M-16, Apache (although better) has had problems because of the changes, Bowman - late and over budget, etc etc
Our governments will never learn.

[NURSE]

And we never learn cause we keep voting in the same clowns. Usually in slightly different proportions. If the People of the UK would change the 2 party state to a 3 party state it might make life more interesting.

[Tiger16]

I have it on good authority that AgustaWestland, realising their stupidity in creating an Army helicopter capable only of the ISTAR role, didn't bother to christen FutureLynx - in anticipation of it's inevitable cancellation once common sense prevailed! Sadly, it didn't...

[Flying Fishead]

Hate to go off message, but on the dark blue side, we are actually pleased to see the programme finally making some progress. If you accept that for political reasons we were always going to get a Wastelands product, and for all the ones listed above it was always going to be a Lynx variant, and then you focus on the capability that it will bring into the Maritime environment (also unfashionable at the moment) and indeed the littoral, there is much to celebrate. For our day to day business we are looking at improvements in performance from the aircraft that are significant compared with what we are working with at the moment, whilst the sensor fit is ideal for our day to day work. If we get the weapons being scoped, then they'll do nicely as well.

Inconvenient or just more fun just to knock it without recognising that it might fit one environment and operator very nicely?

[mick2088]

Maybe this one might have been more to the AAC's liking?

[NURSE]

Glad someone is please with the Wildcat/Flynx/AW159 HMA8 replacement.

For its size and capibility what are the alternatives?