{
 "slug": "uk-leonardo-1-billion-new-medium-helicopter-23-aw149-yeovil-rotary-wing-sovereignty",
 "title": "UK Awards Leonardo £1BN New Medium Helicopter Contract for 23 AW149 Aircraft; Yeovil Production Line Secured",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-leonardo-1-billion-new-medium-helicopter-23-aw149-yeovil-rotary-wing-sovereignty/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-leonardo-1-billion-new-medium-helicopter-23-aw149-yeovil-rotary-wing-sovereignty/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-03-02T14:04:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:09.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon, 2 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * UK Ministry of Defence on 2 March confirmed a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) New Medium Helicopter (NMH) contract awarded to Leonardo for 23 AW149 medium-lift helicopters, with production at Leonardo's Yeovil facility in Somerset\n * Employment impact: 3,300 jobs sustained at Yeovil, including 650 directly associated with the NMH effort; agreement includes additional funding for the Proteus autonomous helicopter and basis for future export assembly i",
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 "domains": [
  "industry"
 ],
 "capabilities": [
  "air"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "air-space"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "airbus",
  "leonardo",
  "united-kingdom"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "united-kingdom"
  ],
  "domains": [
   "industry"
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  "capabilities": []
 }
}