Agusta Westland's Pounds 1.4bn Helicopter Order Could Be Scaled Down

Western Morning News, The › October 20, 2010

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Fears for the Pounds 1.4 billion contract awarded to AgustaWestland in Yeovil for a fleet of new helicopters eased yesterday although the Government offered no guarantees on how many aircraft would be built.

The scrapping of the order for 62 new Lynx Wildcat had been seen as a quick way for the Ministry of Defence to reduce its spending, even being suggested in a confidential internal MoD memo.

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Agusta Westland's Pounds 1.4bn Helicopter Order Could Be Scaled Down

But it later emerged that Pounds 560 million had already been spent on the pr...

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