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Leonardo Helicopters UK

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2026
14 July

ReleaseGE Aerospace selected by Leonardo to power the UK New Medium Helicopter Fleet

2 March

ReleaseBillion-pound helicopter deal secures 3,300 British jobs, boosts battlefield kit and unlocks up to £15 billion in UK exports

2 March

ReleaseLeonardo: UK MoD announces £1 billion contract award for 23 new medium helicopters

2025
23 October Recovered carbon fibre from an end-of-life helicopter rotor blade, repurposed into a structural drone arm using Uplift360’s ChemR technology.

Leonardo and Uplift360 repurpose rotor blade into drone component

A collaborative project between the aerospace manufacturer and clean tech start-up has turned an end-of-life EH101 rotor blade into a prototype drone arm.

2023
3 April

ReleaseLeonardo and Morson Projects partnership secures engineering skills in the north of England & Northern Ireland

2022
27 July AWHERO Rotary Uncrewed Air System (RUAS)

UK contracts Leonardo to build Proteus VTOL prototype

Further involvement in RWUAS will see Yeovil expand and become the UK's hub for uncrewed military VTOL aircraft, Leonardo hopes. This latest contract will see 100 staff employed on the Proteus prototype.

2021
14 September

ReleaseLeonardo reveals the first members of Team AW149 UK - the onshore supply chain behind the AW149