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The requirement for a new attack helicopter was identified by the British government in the early 1990s. In 1993, invitations to bid were issued. Bids received included the Eurocopter Tiger, a modernised Bell AH-1 SuperCobra, the AH-64 Apache, the Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche, and the Agusta A129 Mangusta. [3]
Operated by British International Helicopters under MRCOA [f]. [62] Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil: France: Rotorcraft: Trainer: 3: 3: Cobham Helicopter Academy, Newquay under CFAOS [g]. Eurofighter Typhoon: United Kingdom: Jet: Multi-role: 3: 3: BAE Systems, Warton [h]. Hawker Hunter: UK: Jet: Fighter: 3: 3 [63] Hawker Hunter Aviation, RAF ...
British Army Apache AH-64E attack helicopters are prepared for take off from Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk (Joe Giddens/PA) ... “The cutting-edge new Apache helicopters will join 20,000 ...
Westland built 67 WAH-64 Apaches under license from Boeing, [187] following a competition between the Eurocopter Tiger and the Apache for the British Army's new Attack Helicopter in 1995. [ 188 ] [ 189 ] Important deviations made by AgustaWestland from the U.S. Apache variants include changing to more powerful Rolls-Royce engines, [ 190 ] and ...
The New Medium Helicopter (NMH) is a British military programme to procure up to 44 medium-lift support helicopters to replace the Westland Puma HC2 and initially, the Bell 412 Griffin operated by the Royal Air Force; and the Bell 212 and Airbus AS365 Dauphin operated by the British Army. It is expected the new aircraft will enter service ...
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat (previously called the Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat) is a military helicopter, developed by the British-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland, and later marketed by the Italian aerospace company Leonardo.
In 2005, all of the regiment's squadrons began converting from the Lynx to the Apache AH Mk1 attack helicopter. [9] In 2022, the Army Air Corps began to transition to the Apache AH-64E. The AAC received 14 of the new attack helicopters on 21 January 2022. [10] The 3rd and 4th Regiments AAC had received 38 AH-64Es in February 2024.
The 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team is an aviation formation of the British Army. [3] Most of its units are from the Army Air Corps (AAC). It was stood up on 1 April 2020 by combining the Wattisham Flying Station Headquarters (WFS HQ), formerly the Attack Helicopter Force (AHF) at Wattisham and the Aviation Reconnaissance Force at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.