(CercleFinance.com) – Airbus announces that the British Ministry of Defense has ordered six additional Airbus H145 helicopters as part of the next stage of renewing its rotary fleet and reducing the number of different types in service.
The new aircraft, which will replace Puma helicopters, will be deployed to Cyprus mainly for emergency response missions and to Brunei to support British military training in jungle warfare.
They will be delivered next year and will serve alongside 29 H135s and seven H145s in the Defense Helicopter Flying School, which trains all UK military pilots as part of the MFTS at RAF Shawbury.