Lockheed Martin announced on 12 September at DSEI that it has partnered with StandardAero to assemble the Black Hawk helicopter in the UK if it were to win the New Medium Helicopter (NMH) competition.
Addressing media at the trade fair, Paul Livingston, CEO of Lockheed Martin UK, announced that StandardAero will set up a production line for the S-70M Black Hawk helicopter at its Gosport facility in southern England.
At this location, StandardAero will assemble components manufactured by PZL Mielec in Poland to complete the helicopter.
Livingston said his company estimates that nearly 40% of total Black Hawk production