Body Addresses UK’s New Medium Helicopter Requirement

Boeing has become the latest and final defence company to join the H175M Task Force addressing the UK New Medium Helicopter requirement.

As training services partner, Boeing Defence UK will provide aircrew, groundcrew and maintenance training, if the Airbus H175M is selected to replace the current Puma HC2 fleet. The company joins a UK-based industry team created to offer, supply and support the British-built H175M, including some of the most respected players in international aerospace.

Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters in the UK, Lenny Brown, commented “Boeing Defence UK is rightly respected in this country for its long-standing support of the British Chinook and Apache fleets. As 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 Defence for decades to come.”

Steve Burnell, Managing Director of Boeing Defence UK, added “Our local team has supported the British armed forces for decades, sustaining hundreds of jobs across the country in helicopter training. As a member of the H175M Task Force, we look forward to leveraging our current expertise to ensure availability and readiness for the UK’s future helicopter fleets.”

The H175M Task Force also includes Babcock in the critical role of support partner, Martin Baker for specialist troop seating and cabin integration services, Spirit AeroSystems, which has already begun extensive detailed design and manufacturing activities on the H175M, and Pratt & Whitney Canada, supplying the PT6C-67E turboshaft engines.