Cabinet split over New Medium Helicopter award leaves Leonardo’s Yeovil factory and 3,000 jobs at risk as deadlines loom, echoing the 1986 Westland Affair.

The UK’s Royal Navy has successfully transformed one of its Wildcat helicopters into an ...

A pair of Cyprus-based Pumas at the type's farewell flypast out of RAF Akrotiri. With the helicopter also operated out of Brunei and the UK, its retirement comes ...

The UK could push back the retirement of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) fleet of Puma HC2 transport helicopters to 2027 or even 2028 amid slow progress acquiring a replacement. Under the Ministry of ...

UK defence officials have pushed back the start of the tender process for the New Medium Helicopter (NMH) programme, potentially delaying the arrival of the new rotorcraft. When the Ministry of ...

Members of the British military work with a Puma HC2 helicopter at Thruxton Aerodrome on April 9, 2020, in Andover, England. The British military wants to replace its Puma fleet with more modern ...

OXFORD, England—Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even has suggested the U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Puma helicopter fleet could continue to fly into the mid-2030s, potentially negating the need for a ...

The UK is to axe its oldest Puma (foreground) and Chinook (background) helicopters as it looks to save hundreds of millions of pounds ahead of the SDR due in March ...