“Boeing Defense UK is rightly respected in this country for its long-standing support of the British Chinook and Apache fleets. As a training services partner it completes a rock-solid line-up of UK-based first tier aerospace partners who bring a guarantee of world-class service provision to the UK Ministry of Defense for decades to come,” said Lenny Brown, Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters in the UK.
“We are delighted to collaborate with Airbus and join their innovative team of aerospace leaders to meet the UK’s New Medium Helicopter requirement”, said Steve Burnell, managing director of Boeing Defense UK.
Interesting. Boeing is also offering the Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf, a license build Leonardo AW135.. And of course LEonardo (incl. Westland) the AW145.
-> https://www.airdatanews.com/boeing-join ... ter-to-uk/
It's replacement for remaining Puma HC2 and Griffin HAR2 fleets, as well as the Army Air Corps Bell 212HP AH1 (withdrawn & sold on the civil market) and the AS365N3 Dauphin used by the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing.
LM/Sikorsky is in with the Blackhawk.H175M to be powered by Pratt (LM) engines.