Airbus and Lockheed Martin walk away from UK MOD New Medium Helicopter programme

In what is a major shake-up for the UK MOD’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) programme, both Airbus and Lockheed Martin (LM) have decided to withdraw their respective bids from the competitive procurement process, leaving Leonardo as the sole bidder in the £1bn ($1.3bn) contest.Airbus and LM UK both released statements confirming they would no longer be participating in the NMH programme ahead of the deadline for the invitation to negotiate (ITN) phase on August 30. While Airbus had proposed its