The United Kingdom's National Armaments Director Group has awarded a £879 million (approximately $1.1 billion) three-year contract to Boeing Defence UK to maintain and support the British Army's AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and the Royal Air Force's Chinook HC heavy-lift

I have to say as much as I think my country is a dumpsterfire, the Apache and Chinook are probably the two best platforms the UK could invest in for defense and security especially in littoral contexts. Consider that the UK has retained the ability to produce light/medium utility helicopters with the Leonardo facility, these two platforms perfectly compliment the type of helicopters the UK can produce domestically currently.

  • supersquirrelOP
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    7 days ago

    The Chinook is already capable of unmanned maneuvers, there is no need to make an aircraft that large without the possibility of human control directly.