<Tr> <Th> Produced </Th> <Td> 2009--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developed from </Th> <Td> Westland Super Lynx </Td> </Tr> <P> The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat (previously called the Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat) is an improved version of the Westland Super Lynx military helicopter designed to serve in the battlefield utility, search and rescue and anti-surface warfare roles . In British service, common variants are being operated by both the Royal Navy and British Army to replace their Lynx Mk. 7 / 8 / 9 rotorcraft . The AW159 has also been offered to several export customers, and has been ordered by the Republic of Korea Navy and the Philippine Navy . </P> <P> In 1995, the British Government announced that the Royal Navy's existing Westland Lynx helicopters were to be replaced; at that point, the service was intended to operate an all - Merlin fleet . Despite this stated intent, Westland Helicopters continued to hold talks with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to find a future role for the type during the late 1990s; the firm issued multiple proposals to either extend the life of the existing Super Lynx through upgrade programmes or more ambitious remanufacturing programmes incorporating varying degrees of new components . In 2002, the Future Lynx project originated in two studies to determine the suitability of a derivative of the Super Lynx 300 to replace the existing Lynx helicopters of the Royal Navy and British Army . These requirements were known as the Surface Combatant Maritime Rotorcraft (SCMR) and Battlefield Light Utility Helicopter (BLUH) programmes, respectively . </P>

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