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Post by madmac on May 23, 2023 20:01:41 GMT 12
I will note the ironically that Lynx where the prime candidate to replace the Wasp, except the Ozzies want more vertical lift capacity than the Lynx for a ship class they never brought, so we brought SH2s. Now having brought 3 lots of SH's (F,G, G(I)), it looks like we are buying the current built development of the lynx.
Can we actually crew a frigate at the moment?
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Post by machina on May 24, 2023 6:53:38 GMT 12
Going off that article we’ll probably end up with 2 helicopters and 4 drones  |
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Post by dutchkiwi on May 24, 2023 6:57:43 GMT 12
If I read the article, the Wildcat (Super Lynx or whatever) will not be chosen. Only small number operate with Royal Navy and export is not at large. I am sure the MH-60R is the only right choice.
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Post by gibbo on May 24, 2023 8:33:33 GMT 12
Ouch, don't tell the SAS guys that! |
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Post by kiwirob on May 25, 2023 23:08:33 GMT 12
If I read the article, the Wildcat (Super Lynx or whatever) will not be chosen. Only small number operate with Royal Navy and export is not at large. I am sure the MH-60R is the only right choice. The Wildcat is also operated by the British Army Air Corps, Philippines Navy and the South Korean Navy. |
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Post by madmark on May 26, 2023 1:02:31 GMT 12
According to Auntie google the Sprite is 16m long and is a tight. fit on the OPVs.
The Wildcat is 15.2m
The MH-60 is 20m.
Still think its going to be the MH-60?
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Post by machina on May 26, 2023 7:16:58 GMT 12
According to Auntie google the Sprite is 16m long and is a tight. fit on the OPVs. The Wildcat is 15.2m The MH-60 is 20m. Still think its going to be the MH-60? But the OPVs won’t be around for much longer anyway, so why be constrained by that if it’s possible the replacement platform can fit something bigger? |
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Post by Mustang51 on May 26, 2023 7:26:27 GMT 12
Machina, I like the cut of your jib but you are thinking about practical things and how to go forward logically in a real world.....please now look at it like a politician....."bring back the Wasp I say...."
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2023 17:13:30 GMT 12
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Post by machina on Jun 29, 2023 12:22:39 GMT 12
Yesterday’s Sprite formation made me wonder what the latest is on this front. Seemed like we were close to hearing an announcement?
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Post by dutchkiwi on Oct 30, 2023 2:27:53 GMT 12
Yesterday’s Sprite formation made me wonder what the latest is on this front. Seemed like we were close to hearing an announcement? Most likely next year (2024). |
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Post by chasper on Dec 1, 2023 16:09:10 GMT 12
I understand that there has been a Leonardo AW159 Wildcat at Whenuapai this last week (a company demonstrator) and that it may have flown at the Wairarapa show last weekend. Has anyone seen it?
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Post by machina on Dec 1, 2023 17:01:57 GMT 12
Haven’t seen anything around Whenuapai, although can’t speak for daytime when I’m at work.
Might try drive past and have a look.
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Post by chrisr on Dec 1, 2023 20:18:10 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 2, 2023 6:06:09 GMT 12
What, that an arms manufacturer has a stand with a model of a product that they think will meet an announced requirement? |
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Post by chrisr on Dec 2, 2023 6:17:55 GMT 12
What, that an arms manufacturer has a stand with a model of a product that they think will meet an announced requirement? To be fair the poster above suggested there was an actual helicopter in the country. Seemed strange to me that if true it hadn't really been mentioned anywhere, no doubt the first time this type of helicopter has been in NZ. |
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Post by nuuumannn on Dec 2, 2023 15:41:53 GMT 12
There was no Wildcat at Wings over Wairarapa, sadly. I saw this one at the Farnborough Airshow.  DSC_0449 DSC_0448 |
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Post by gibbo on Dec 3, 2023 0:33:03 GMT 12
What, that an arms manufacturer has a stand with a model of a product that they think will meet an announced requirement? To be fair the poster above suggested there was an actual helicopter in the country. Seemed strange to me that if true it hadn't really been mentioned anywhere, no doubt the first time this type of helicopter has been in NZ. Actually no not the first time, and unbeleiveably I got to see one low & slow over Onehunga! Whenever it was the last RN vessel visited DNB it had a Wildcat on board & it did a couple of flights from Devonport. Living in Onehunga (Royal Oak arguably) hearing choppers overhead is so common it takes something unusual these days to drag me outside. Anyway I'm working from home and hear a chopper but this was a sound I had never heard before... so outside I pop. There I was staring up at a bloody wildcat...knowing full well what it was too. I seem to remember chatter on this forum that it was heading DNB to Akl Airport & back. Well it really was low & slow, very much so on both counts and I really did get a bloody great view of it... of course numpkins didn't thing to grab a photo, think I was in shock! |
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Post by pops2 on Dec 13, 2023 19:13:03 GMT 12
HMS Montrose (F236) visit to Auckland, NZ January 2019, featured a Wildcat HMA.2 helicopter.
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Post by chrisr on May 18, 2024 18:19:42 GMT 12
Airbus are now offering the Nh-90 as a Seaprite replacement. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-nz-navy-helicopters-three-contenders-emerge-as-defence-lobbying-ramps-up-airbus-makes-pitch/GURN32GLQ5HZNCPGQ4BN3SRDH4/That means there are 3 in the running 1: NH-90 2: Wildcat and 3: Seahawk. An interesting challenge, the NH-90 offers interoperability with the existing fleet, while the Seahawk offers interoperability with Australia. The Wildcat would be an anomaly this end of the world with the closest operator being the Philippines. Also of note was this part of the article: "Last year, the Seasprites had a serviceability rate - meaning mission readiness - of just 19 per cent. In 2019 their serviceability was 38 per cent. Attrition of skilled technical personnel in the Air Force saw the serviceability of the NH-90s fall to 51 per cent." Will be interesting to see if the serviceability rate of the Nh-90 rises with the government's budgeted salary increases. |
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