AgustaWestland to deliver AW159 to Philippine Navy at the end of the year

The Philippine Navy will take delivery of its first AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter in the last quarter of this year.

Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter MOD 45158427
Photo: LA(Phot) Iggy Roberts/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

Two helicopters are ordered and the second rotorcraft will arrive home in early 2019, Defense spokesperson Arsenio Andolong was quoted as saying.