AW159 Wildcat HMA2 | The next step in the evolution of the Lynx naval helicopter

The new generation light-weight naval helicopter that the world needs, We are investigating the Wildcat HMA2. #AW159 #lynxwildcat #helicopter
What are the differences between the Wildcat HMA2 with its predecessor, the Lynx?
What are the capabilities of the Sea Venom and Martlet, which will be the helicopter's future weapons?
What are the differences between the Wildcat HMA2 and its export models?
Why is a lightweight naval helicopter needed?
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Development history
03:43 First flight
04:29 Structural features
06:12 Operational capability
06:32 Specifications
07:26 Radar
07:55 FLIR
08:12 Sea Venom
09:35 Spike NLOS
09:49 Martlet
11:53 Advantages of light-weight naval helicopters
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[@Cubcariboo]

Much of my family in Yeoville, Somerset, worked for Westland in the 70's - 80'. The Lynx was a superstar in those days. She had it all, looks, speed, and maneuverability! The airshow demo was outstanding by exceeding what anyone at the time would expect from a conventional helicopter!

[@Defender78]

I don't believe the Lynx is a great looking helicopter. During the 1980s, the bell 412, the the Sikorski S76, and the Blackhawk, and A109 I believe were smoother, and sleeker looking copter's. But the lynx had the speed and the rigidity, And had flight characteristics that kicked major tail.

[@mikeycraig8970]

If your family lived there then you'd think you'd know how to spell it, it's *Yeovil. I lived there for a year, horrid little town with not a lot else going for it.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@Defender78 ... copters* (plural, no apostrophe)

[@GermanGreetings]

I like this helicopter. And in the eyes of our marine-pilotes, flying the Lynx around and on board our frigates, there is a very nice shining smile, when they talk about their baby :)

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... our navy* pilots (who fly helicopters in a marine environement)

[@Haider595]

The channel is so underrated...

[@mortified776]

I always felt like the Lynx and Wildcat are to shipboard helos what the Gripen is to fighters: 50% the cost to buy and fly but still delivering 80% the capability of the larger alternatives. Sadly I do not think the Wildcat will have the same success as the Lynx. That's not due to any shortcoming of the aircraft itself. The Lynx came to the market when warships were smaller and often had helicopter facilities added almost as an after thought. Nowadays virtually every warship 2500 tonnes or larger has facilities for a medium weight helo like the MH-60 or NH-90 at the core of the design. Wildcat may be the best light maritime combat helicopter in the world, but there just isn't as much of a market for that class of aircraft anymore.

[@KRS-ro6oi]

The NH-90 is a failed project. Just ask the australians and the norwegian. The only contries who operates them in numbers are the same whos industry is involved in the building. The MH-60 is 40-ish years old, and lack som bacis safty features. Wildcat has a good chanse...

[@mortified776]

@@KRS-ro6oi I am very aware of the NH90s woes both here in Australia and in Scandinavia. I was thinking less about the merits of NH90 vs MH-60 vs Wildcat than the market for a small maritime combat helicopter now vs when the Lynx was designed. I think the Wildcat is an excellent aircraft and I hope it gets a lot more sales. The issue is more that the use case for that specific kind of aircraft is less obvious than it was in the 1970s. The category of ships the Lynx was often bought to operate from are now generally large enough operate the same medium helicopters as larger frigates and destroyers. Many of the Lynx and Wildcat's missions can now be done by VTOL UAVs that can fly from ships too small even for the Lynx/Wildcat. Nonetheless, it seems there is hope! There are new Wildcats currently in production. The customer is unnamed but said to be a North African country. The two obvious candidates would be Algeria or Egypt.

[@furiousscotsman2916]

@@mortified776 The thing is that reallt helps the wildcat is you can fit two of them over say a seahawk or a merlin this because especially important if say you are a ASW Frigate and can have 2 helos up over just one.

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[@SA-xf1eb]

Nice. A true hunter.

[@adventuressurvivalinthailand]

A smart move by the UK. You just can't keep getting bigger and bigger which is what always seems to happen. This is smaller than the Blackhawk/Seahawk, but retains a large cabin.

[@habahan4257]

Thanks for this excellent video

[@aking-plums6985]

Great video as always mate!!! Are the South Korean sponsored by Pepsi? As both the South Korean roundel and the Pepsi's logo are very similar. I'm surprised that lawsuits for copyright haven't been filed from either party lol!!!

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

The Pepsi* logo was also inspired by the yin/yang symbol hence the similarity

[@mulyadijabar]

I love helicopters, cool. Greetings from Bekasi Indonesia. I wish you good health, friend 🙏☕🚴

[@ellyruaya6445]

Correction: it's the Philippine Navy not PAF who are currently operating two Wildcats for anti-submarine warfare.

[@paulsteaven]

Maybe you got confuse about the roundel? That roundel is also being used by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Army Aviation Regiment and Philippine Navy Naval Air Wing, not just the Philippine Air Force.

[@ellyruaya6445]

@@paulsteaven No, only the PN is operating two Wildcats for ASW role.

[@d.cypher2920]

*This is great.* Thanks so much for all the information, research you have to do, and producing these really good videos! ☀️😎☀️🇺🇸 *perhaps, one day you could do a small segment about the rigid rotor concept, like the Cheyenne had.* I think it had some real advantages, and i know defense contractors are always looking for ways to stymie the progress of other competitors...yet sometimes a real good idea, or tech is just swept aside for a more poor design.

[@Ezekiel903]

since Leonardo took over, this helicopters gets better, Agusta and Westland, two experienced manufacturer joined their knowledge!

[@tommyhobbies3198]

more AW 159 Wildcat for the Philippine Navy for their upcoming corvettes

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Lynx was a world beater and so is wildcat. They are putting martlet and brimstone on everything that will carry them. I can't wait to see what they are coming up with now.

[@zinoudz1275]

thx for the video, just wondering about is there any examples about its use in the nearly conflicts

[@WeaponDetective]

On 4 July 2019, Royal Marines from 42 Commando unit used a Wildcat to board and detain the Grace 1 oil tanker off Gibraltar

[@jazmindeakin5644]

i would love New Zealand to buy this

[@margareteadie8941]

New build,more power digital upgrade better weapons on one of the best helicopter platforms, what's not to like

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

What's not to like?* Questions without question marks would be one thing.

[@tigerland4328]

I agree. It's a brilliant light helicopter

[@Idahoguy10157]

Very interesting. However the parade music volume in the background is too high. Turn it down

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

The Lynx and Sea Lynx are fascinating, sleek and elegant helicopters. The Wildcat not only has a generic name - half of all US school sports teams are named the same - but all the devices attached to its nose look like blisters and make it look weird and ugly.

[@tigerland4328]

Why would the British care what American sports teams are called lol

[@notmenotme614]

In the thumbnail photograph, it looks like the winchman is getting chopped up by the rotors of the other helicopter.

[@tomkrueger6556]

this footage from iranian army 10:20 is from 2009 now they have long range anti ship missiles in those speedboats and drone speedboats they control them from far away also they have stealth drones.

[@halimtalafuka9946]

Halim Talafuka,Alhamdulillahirobbil Alamiin,Allahumma Amiin........

[@sejauhtimurdaribarat7085]

for Naval helicopter AW159 Wildcat also Ka-52K Katran is the best naval helicopter for Anti Surface Warfare (ASW)

[@Lantuak]

Ph navy operates some of these...

[@kenpennington5154]

That's a lynx with a boxer's nose.

[@Happy-wb8gi]

Is this an Italuan helicopter?

[@anglonig1]

British.

[@Happy-wb8gi]

@@anglonig1 So what is the Augusta part?

[@extremathule982]

@@anglonig1 "British".....?......Err....seriously?

[@Kishanth.J]

⁠@@Happy-wb8giAugusta bought Westland Helicopters.

[@Kishanth.J]

Well more like Augusta merged Westland into itself.

[@davec5153]

Theres not really a role for it now, now that Britain uses the Merlin a d the army use the Apache. The original lynx was a tank killer but now?' Maybe as security against small attack boats which is the role that Britain are going to use it for.

[@gooner72]

Yay!!!!!! A real human being, although.......... I've been proven right when I said in earlier videos that you must be a Russian, because you're always anti West. As long as you keep your anti West propaganda out of your videos, I really enjoy your channel. Good work fella!!!🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

[@onetyone7359]

The west is falling because they turned their back to Jesus.

[@Leptospirosi]

This is a chopper I don't get: the Linx was good in the seventies, but this Wildcat is just a new thing disguised as an old one, like a new Mini or a new Fiat 500. There are better, more practical helicopter around, even inside Agusta Westland, and they would have come cheaper Modern frigates allow to carry at least 2 helicopters, often an EH101 and an NH90 class together and you won't be able to stick 3 wildcats there anyway, so you are just shooting yourself in a foot. The AW139/149/169/189 family can provide the same capabilities of the Wildcat with a more practical fuselage and at a lot cheaper if you don't want to go all the way to the NH90, with the advantage of commonalities in spare parts on a wide range of body sizes.

[@Helifella882]

None of the family AW civil helicopters have the deck handling capability over the 159. Basically cheapest isn't best when designing naval helicopters. The biggest enemy is the sea itself when considering the longevity of seaborne aircraft. Seeing how some nations look after their naval aircraft the Military upgrading of civil machines to operate in a salt water environments proves false economy. As for NH90, it is predicted long term to be a fly by wire nightmare riddled with micro corrosion induced malfunctioning.

[@bassmith448bassist5]

Is it just me, or is that helicopter very...... ummmm......... jittery in the hover??? I noticed that in spite of the pilot's best intentions, that it just can't quite be still in the hover. It keeps moving around like it had just done a bunch of caffeine pills.

[@Freemusicwoohoo]

They are incredibly stable over landing without any high winds but landing onboard a ship is alot different, the wind down side of the ship will be blasting the aircraft as it comes in from the port side, once it gets over the harpoon grid on the deck it then will be being buffeted by winds from across deck, the pilot has to combat all of this and land on a moving platform at sea, it's a tricky operation even if it looks relatively calm in the clip.