Helicopter manufacturer Leonardo has secured a £360m Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract which it says will sustain 340 jobs across the South West.
The defence firm will deliver the next five-year stage of a support and training programme for the British Army’s Wildcat helicopters.
The company said the contract will help sustain highly skilled aerospace engineers apprentice roles at its site in Yeovil, as well as Leonardo in Yeovil and staff at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton, where the Wildcat Training Centre and frontline RAF squadrons are based.
