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.

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

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.