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Helicopter deal boosts UK's investment in military training to £2.8 billion

Issue No. 11 | June 1-15, 2016

A contract worth around £1.1 billion has been awarded to UK industry to supply rotary-wing training to the armed forces. It brings the value of Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Ascent Flight Training, to deliver the four core elements of future military flying training, to £2.8 billion, and the number of UK jobs sustained to 500.

The £1.1-billion rotary-wing contract, awarded by the MOD to Ascent, will pave the way for the design, delivery and management of a new military helicopter aircrew training service until the early 2030s.

It will see the delivery of Airbus H135 and H145 training aircraft, and install new infrastructure and ground-based equipment at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire to train future aircrew to use aircraft such as Apache, Chinook, Merlin and Wildcat. It will also support a further 220 jobs, on top of the 280 already established by the UK Military Flying Training System.