1,200 UK jobs have been secured through a new contract worth close to £900 million that’s set to keep the British Army’s Apache helicopters – as well as the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Chinook fleet – ‘mission-ready’. The three-year £879 million contract has been awarded to Boeing Defence UK to maintain and support the British Army’s Apache attack helicopters and RAF’s Chinook heavy-lift helicopters. The contract brings together support for both fleets under a single arrangement – the Rotary Wing Enterprise – for the first time. This will improve how the aircraft are maintained, reduce duplication and deliver better value for the taxpayer. It comes as the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard, visits the Army Aviation Centre in Hampshire to…
