UK Coastguard SAR - Bristow out??

[detgnome]

This seemed the most appropriate thread to ask...It was mentioned on the military forum that Agusta Westland (in conjunction with Bond) have dropped out of the SAR(H) contest. Just a rumour or does anyone have concrete information? Trawling google has so far yielded nothing.

[SARREMF]

Tis true. AW and Bond withdrew almost 2 weeks ago.

[leopold bloom]

Bond/AW Out

Confirmed, anyway no real loss to AW as most of the bidders want to use the AW139 as part of their soultion.