Yeovil plant set to build 23 AW149s under New Medium Helicopter programme

Privately funded project aims to boost capacity, jobs, and flights at Europe’s busiest single-runway hub

Aircraft from Chitose Air Base will participate in combined missions with the Royal Air Force in the coming weeks

Strike set for September, staged in three waves across key wing production sites at Broughton and Filton

Incident involving HMS Prince of Wales fighter comes days after landmark joint drills on Japanese carrier and delivery of first F-35Bs to Japan Air Self-Defense Force

The aircraft will be based in Norfolk and will be part of a joint NATO program. The capability had been deactivated with the retirement of the WE.177 bomb in 1998

European country receives last of 50 aircraft while African nation takes delivery of six helicopters

Division in the project should foresee 40% participation for the two countries, with Italy responsible for 20% of the investment, according to the agency

Future Combat Air System partners will begin a new phase of the program, which will lead to a fighter paired with an unmanned aircraft and advanced data systems

Memorandum of Understanding signed on July 19 by both countries seeks commitment to jointly develop concepts that will be used in their future combat fighters