UK seeks commercial solution for maritime rotary SAR

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has published a request for information (RfI) for the commercial provision of rotary wing search and rescue for maritime counter-terrorism training, in an apparent bid to lessen the workload of the Royal Navy Command Merlin HM Mk2 (pictured) currently utilised for the role. In the RfI, published at the end of November 2021, it was stated that search and rescue (SAR) capability for maritime counter-terrorism training (MCT) exercises were conducted twice per year, in