AW159 Wildcat - Future Lynx / Lynx Wildcat

AW159 Wildcat - Future Lynx / Lynx Wildcat The AgustaWestland AW159 Future Lynx will be the UK Royal Navy's new maritime surveillance and attack helicopter.
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The Royal Navy Lynx Wildcat is fitted with a new stores management system, carrier and weapons launcher. Weapons options include 12.7mm door-mounted heavy machine guns, 20mm cannon pods, unguided or guided rockets, air-to-surface missiles, torpedoes and depth charges. The navy Lynx Wildcat is equipped with BAE Systems Sting Ray lightweight torpedoes. Future Lynx can also be armed with up to eight

anti-surface missiles. This will be the UK MoD's future air-to-surface guided weapon (FASGW), which will replace the Sea Skua missile. FASGW is intended to be effective against corvette, fast attack craft and smaller maritime targets and on coastal 'soft' land targets.

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