The AW149 will be built at Leonardo's world-class helicopter manufacturing site in Yeovil, Somerset, with companies across the UK  contributing to the programme and representing a cross-section of the best in British engineering and manufacturing.

Leonardo pledges that 60–70% of the platform’s content and through‑life support is carried out onshore in the UK at Leonardo and through UK suppliers. This represents an investment in UK skills, design and manufacturing, and supports thousands of jobs across the country in towns and cities from South Shields to Gosport.

Each Team AW149 UK member provides a vital component to the existing AW149 platform, from lights to avionics systems and other hardware and software components.

Press release: Leonardo reveals the first members of Team AW149 UK – the onshore supply chain behind the AW149 (14 September 2021)

Press release: Leonardo welcomes Yeovil College to Team AW149 UK as its first ‘community member’, representing skills and early career opportunities (15 November)

Learn more about some of the members of Team AW149 UK, including Aerco, Chelton, Ford Aerospace, Helitune, LFD and RDDS Avionics.