 The helicopters are to be replaced by AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin under the Norwegian All @-@ Weather Search and Rescue Helicopter ( NAWSARH ) programme . The candidates for the NAWSARH contract of 10 – 12 helicopters was the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin , NHIndustries NH @-@ 90 , Eurocopter EC225 and Sikorsky S @-@ 92 . July 2013 , AgustaWestland ( AW101 Merlin ) and Eurocopter ( EC225 ) was short @-@ listed to conduct further discussions for the NAWSARH programme for up to 16 helicopters . 
