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An AW159 Wildcat (lower) flying alongside a Lynx (upper), its predecessor, July 2014. The AW159 Wildcat is a further development of the Westland Lynx. [33] While the AW159 shares broad similarities in appearance to the Lynx, it has significant design differences and is heavily modernised and adapted to gain new attributes and functionality. [33]
The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose twin-engined military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil.Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants.
Up to one embarked Agusta Westland AW159 Wildcat or one AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin helicopter can be equipped with 2-4× anti-submarine Sting Ray torpedoes respectively. An embarked Merlin HM2 helicopter is equipped with its own dipping sonar, sonobuoys and radars; For submarine targets, Wildcat relies on the ship's sensors. [68]
Martlet has been integrated onto the Royal Navy's AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat helicopters which across two weapon wings and four total weapon stations can hold up to 20x missiles, alternatively a mix load of 10x Martlets and 2x Sea Venoms can be carried, or a weapon wing can be removed to allow for a mounted gun on one side.
Helicopters AgustaWestland AW159 United Kingdom: Anti-submarine warfare: AW159 2 [49] AgustaWestland AW109 Italy: Multi-purpose naval helicopter: AW109E Power 3 [49] Two units armed with machine gun pods are assigned with the Gregorio del Pilar-class ships, while the other three are assigned for interim shipborne operations on Tarlac-class LPDs.
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A Lynx HMA8RSU (top) operated by 815 Sqn and a Wildcat HMA2. The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat HMA2 began replacing the Westland Lynx HMA8 when the first production aircraft arrived at Yeovilton in January 2013. [15] Prior to that, in May 2009, 700W NAS was formed at Yeovilton as the Wildcat