Leonardo is offering its AW149 8t-class multirole battlefield helicopter for the NMH competition. (Photo: author)
Leonardo UK is growing its Yeovil site capabilities to expand its helicopter business as the UK’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) programme’s Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) is set to be released soon.
On 14 September, the company announced it had signed an MoU with the High Value Manufacturing (HMV) Catapult to explore ‘innovative opportunities and advanced manufacturing, rotorcraft technology, supply chain optimisation and skills development', focusing on Leonardo’s UK-based helicopters and electronics business.
Talking to Shephard at DSEI 2023, Mike Morrisroe, head of UK campaigns at Leonardo Helicopters said Leonardo had assessed the addressable market for helicopters, and it believes that
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