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Probably Dawes. At the Defence Review discussion in Parliament, he said the medium lift was an opportunity to Leonardo (Augusta Westland). It will be interesting to see if the removal of European competition rules will speed the process up at all.

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Depends what they want to use it for. A Wildcat carries 6, an AW149 carries twice that many. Although I would fully admit, a Wildcat certainly does give you more options in weaponry and sensors.

Looked at objectively, if they support the 149 production line, they have a ready made alternative for the American assault helicopter competition when the US Army finally figures out they dont really want the complication of a high speed helicopter. Which when you look at the problems they had in the past with high speed helicopters doesnt look at all  impossible.

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Yes, after the F-35 debacle the US Army seems to want to have go from themselves to another big one with V-280/ Defiant.

Wildcat is too small and you can put missiles in AW 149. USAF bought the AW 139, the version that originated AW 149 to service their nuclear missiles replacing Huey.

Bristow Helicopters are using AW 189 (AW149 non militar variant) for SAR on contract replacing RAF and Royal Navy.

 

 

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