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Saturday, November 20, 2010
UK eyes export market for Wildcat
The AW159 Lynx Wildcat is being actively promoted on the export market by the UK government, despite the aircraft still being several years away from entering service.
The agency charged with helping the UK defence industry sell its products overseas, the Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) within UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), is engaging with potential customers early about possible collaboration on the Wildcat programme.
‘It’s the whole model now for export. It’s now part of the MoD’s [Ministry of Defence’s] procurement process – a project won’t pass through unless it is shown that there is clear exportability,’ Cdr Mark Sheehan (Royal Navy), Naval Air Advisor to UKTI DSO, told Rotorhub.com during the Heli-Power 2010 conference in London on 18 November.
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