Royal Navy to deploy AW159 Wildcat on German frigate

A German Navy frigate will be operating in the Mediterranean next year with a Royal Navy AW159 naval helicopter aboard.

Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter MOD 45158434
Photo: PO(Phot) Si Ethell/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

The deployment will be a boom for Leonardo-Finmeccanica as it tries to sell the AW159 as a replacement for the German Navy’s Lynx.