Helicopters
Defence
Bernard Jenkin (North Essex, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many future medium helicopters his Department plans to order; and when they are due to enter service.
Bob Ainsworth (Minister of State (Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence; Coventry North East, Labour)
The Future Medium Helicopter project is currently in its concept phase. As with all Defence projects, it is not until Main Gate approval has been obtained that decisions such as final aircraft numbers and in-service dates are confirmed. It is therefore too early to determine the number of aircraft which will be procured or when they will come into service.