(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 06 – Leonardo “launches the new phase of integrated technical assistance and training services (WIST – Wildcat Integrated Support and Training) for the AW159 Wildcat helicopters of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense”. With a note, the company explains that “this phase, which will have a duration of five years, is part of a contract with a total duration of 34 years signed in 2012. The last five-year contract, worth 360 million pounds and signed in 2021, it guarantees continuity in the supply of support services for the AW159 fleet in service with the British armed forces “, a” modern and agile multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter used worldwide as an anti-ship and anti-submarine platform “. The program includes the supply of spare parts, scheduled maintenance for three years, further advanced technical assistance services to guarantee high safety standards, as well as training in a synthetic environment and on the ground for both pilots and crews, and for technicians. maintainers. “The contract – highlights Leonardo – will support over 340 jobs, mainly in the south west of England at the Yeovilton naval base, where the Wildcat training center and operational departments are located, and at the Leonardo plant in Yeovil, headquarters of the offices where the joint teams of the WIST program, made up of Leonardo and the UK Ministry of Defense, operate “.
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