In 1974, Aerospatiale began development of improved Puma variants, aiming to produce a successor to the type; these efforts would cumulate in the AS332 Super Puma.
En 1974 Aérospatiale comezou a desenvolver variantes do Puma melloradas co obxectivo de producir un sucesor do modelo; eses esforzos culminaron no AS332 Super Puma.