Military Aircraft: Helicopters

(asked on 30th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it will be possible for his Department to acquire any modernised, Block III Apache helicopters before the end of 2019, unless a decision is made on which contracting route to follow before the end of 2014; what progress has been made in assessing whether to proceed through (a) a government-to-government off-the-shelf purchase and (b) a purchase directly from industry in the UK; and whether any such decision will be taken before the 2015 General Election.


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Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 10th July 2014

The UK's Apache AH Mk1 is a modified US AH-64D Block 1. The Department is considering a number of options to sustain the future Attack Helicopter capability. These options are cognisant of the plans of the US Army and other international Apache users who are moving to the Apache AH64E standard. No decision has yet been taken on the preferred option or procurement strategy.

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