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    • AgustaWestland Lynx

    Derived from Westland Lynx
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    AgustaWestland Lynx

    Airframes built before 2001 listed as Westland Lynx




    Lynx News

    Leonardo WIST Support for British Wildcat, 07-Apr-22 : Leonardo signed £360M Integrated Support and Training (WIST) contract for 3-year maintenance and training of AW159 Wildcat helicopter fleet of British Army and Royal Navy

    Royal Navy Wildcat Tests Martlet Missile, 26-Oct-21 : #Martlet Royal Navy tests new missile system for defence against small boat attacks. HMS Defender’s Wildcat helicopter of 815 Naval Air Squadron fired the Martlet lightweight missile at an inflatable target in the sea

    First Upgraded Lynx Delivered to Portugal, 29-Jul-21 : #Lynx Portuguese Navy took delivery of first of 5 upgraded Lynx Mk95A helicopters by Leonardo Yeovil, UK

    South Korea Navy AW159 Upgrade, 17-Jun-21 : #AW159 Leonardo is upgrading Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) 8 AW159 helicopters communication systems to ensures interoperability with allies

    Fifty Years of Lynx Helicopter First Flight, 28-Mar-21 : #Lynx This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Westland Lynx maiden flight. More than 500 Lynx, Super Lynx and Wildcat helicopters were or still are operated by 15 countries

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    Derivatives & Versions

    ModelYearHistory
    Super Lynx mk90b 2000 Royal Danish Navy Mk.90 and Mk.90A upgraded to Super Lynx
    Super Lynx mk100 2002 Royal Malaysian Navy, with 1,327 hp CTS-800-4N engines. Six built
    Super Lynx mk110 2003 Export version for Royal Thai Navy
    Super Lynx mk120 2003 16 built Royal Air Force of Oman.
    Lynx HMA8 (DAS) 2004 DAS = Defensive Aids Subsystem. All HMA.8(DSP) aircraft were upgraded to this variant.
    Lynx HMA8 (SRU) 2006 SRU = SATURN. Second-generation Anti-jam Tactical UHF Radio used by NATO Radio Upgrade. All surving DAS aircraft were modified and included SIFF ...
    Super Lynx mk64 2007 South African Air Force
    Lynx AH9A 2008 In December 2008 the UK Ministry of Defence signed a contract with AgustaWestland to pull forward AW159 Lynx Wildcat programme technologies to pr ...
    AW159 2009 The AW159 is a twin engined, naval and utility, multi role helicopter, initially developed as a candidate for the UK Future Lynx competition.It h ...
    The new Lynx first flew on November 12, 2009 and is known in British military service as the Lynx Wildcat. 62nd and final Wildcat for UK MoD de ...
    Super Lynx mk130 2009 First export version for Algeria
    AW159 Wildcat AH1 2010 British Army and Royal Marines variant of the AW159
    AW159 Wildcat HMA2 2012 Originally referenced as the Wildcat HMA.1 in official Royal Navy communications, from c May 2013, it began to be referred to as the Wildcat HMA. ...
    Super Lynx mk140 2012 Second export version for Algeria (version 300)
    AW159 210 2013 AW159 export version for Republic of Korea Navy (South Korea)
    AW159 220 2018 AW159 export version for Philippines Navy
    Wild Lynx mk21b 2018 Upgraded Mk21A for Brazilian Navy fitted with AW159 Wildcat engines CTS800-4N, full digital glass cockpit and new EW avionics suite



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