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U.K. MoD Receives First Of New Wildcat Helicopters; Confirms Support Contract

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

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U.K. Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond recently officially received the first two of a planned 62 AgustaWestland Wildcat helicopters for the army and navy. At the Farnborough International Air Show, Hammond confirmed that Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland unit is receiving an approximately $388 million support and training contract for the new AW 159 fleet. "Wildcat represents a considerable advance over the current Lynx helicopters, bringing greatly improved performance and capability,” Hammond said. “The contract to provide training and support will keep them flying…

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