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Remind Me Again Why We Need Lynx Wildcat
The Lynx Mk9A has been in Afghanistan since May this year and are performing rather well. This is a report from may this year Commenting on the new(ish) aircraft Deputy Squadron Commander, Captain Pete Marfleet said; “It’s fantastic to have the new Lynx MK9A with its upgraded engines as it means we can be here throughout the summer, supporingt the [...]
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Lynx Mk9a Operational in Afghanistan
The MOD has announced that the upgraded Lynx Mk.9A has arrived and started operational service in Afghanistan. The first aircraft arrived in theatre courtesy of an RAF C-17 Globemaster III earlier this month. Although no specific date was given for their arrival at Camp Bastion, two aircraft, ZG888 and ZG915, were noted at Brize Norton on April 12 awaiting shipment [...]
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Not So Quiet on the Westland Front
THE MOD has announced the contract to re-engine the remainder of the Army Air Corps (AAC) Lynx Mk 9 helicopters, to bring them up to Mk 9A standard. The contract, worth £41.8milllion, has been awarded to AgustaWestland and will see the final 10 airframes upgraded. These are in addition to the previous 12 which began conversion at the end of [...]
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A Case for Coherence
The recent announcements of helicopter upgrades that we have blogged here and here, especially the Puma and Lynx upgrade, are to be welcomed, despite their apparent poor value for money, they will return airframes to operations and that can only be a good thing. The Chinook upgrade especially will result in a wholly consistent and coherent modification status across the [...]
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A Tale of Three Upgrades – Puma and Lynx
Returning to the familiar subject of helicopters; the MoD has announced a number of upgrades to the UK rotary fleet. Puma and Lynx We covered the Lynx upgrade in a previous post and observed that at a cost of approximately £6.5million each the Army Air Corps would be getting 20 upgraded AH Mk.9A Lynx helicopters. Although announced a while ago [...]
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New Lynx Flies (No Not That One)
Our opinion of the Future Lynx Wildcat has been made clear over a number of recent posts (here, here and here) We think for the Army it is a criminal waste of scarce funding and one that will deliver very poor value for money. The current Lynx is simply not good enough to operate in the heat and altitude Afghanistan [...]
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Future Lynx – Wildcat or FatCat
Not for the first time in its history has the AgustaWestland Lynx Wildcat been the focus of this website or the media in general, and not for all the right reasons. Lynx Wildcat’s latest foray back into the headlines has been due to vast increase in its development costs. The actual cost of the Lynx Wildcat project has been open [...]
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On the Subject of Helicopters
The issue of helicopters has been brought to a head this week following the news of 15 casualties in Afghanistan in less than a fortnight. The opposition and media have hammered the hapless Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence. General Sir Richard Dannatt, the outgoing Chief of the General Staff and Air Vice Marshall Sir Jock Stirrup, the [...]
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