Wildcat and the procurement appeal of an improved familiar aircraft

Does Britain still have Lynx helicopters, or only Wildcat?

Wildcat is treated as a Lynx development, with its presentation compared to the Hornet-to-Super-Hornet approach.

Wildcat is treated as a development of the Lynx line, explaining why Lynx remains part of the discussion. The procurement comparison is with Super Hornet. Describing a new purchase as an improved familiar aircraft can make continuity more visible than the extent of the design changes. The point concerns how an aircraft programme is presented as well as its technical ancestry.