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LONDON – The UK Defense Ministry has awarded Boeing Defense UK an £879 million ($1.1 billion), three-year contract to support both its Apache attack rotorcraft and Chinook transport helicopter fleets.
Until now, the two rotorcraft types have been supported through separate deals, but now they will be supported through a single umbrella contract, called the Rotary Wing Enterprise.
Through the contract, the aircraft will be supported at sites in Almondbank, Scotland, and Bristol, Gosport, Middle Wallop, Wattisham and Yeovil, England. The contract also supports StandardAero. Boeing will provide maintenance, technical services, logistical support, and training for both fleets.
This is the latest major contract to be issued by the Defense Ministry in recent weeks, despite the UK government not publishing its Defense Investment Plan. Boeing is also the recipient of a yet-to-be-announced £100 million support contract extension for the UK’s P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft fleet.
Jeremy Quin, the president of Boeing UK and Ireland, said the contract would help maintain the UK’s rotary-wing capability and strengthen the country’s defense industrial base.
The British Army currently operates 50 AH-64E Apaches, while the Royal Air Force currently operates a fleet of 51 CH-47 Chinooks of various marques. The latter service is gearing up to begin receiving new Block 2 MH-47Gs—referred to as H-47(ER) models—through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program in 2027.
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