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Puma Helicopters

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 5145, tabled on 17 July 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace the RAF Puma fleet; and when he expects to announce a final decision on replacement.

Answered on

25 July 2017

We plan to retain Puma in service until at least 2025. Work to investigate delivery of this capability beyond the mid-2020s is under way but it would be premature to provide a formal decision date.