18 July, 2018: Qinetiq, a British multinational defence technology company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK has received the latest Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS) H125 helicopter from Airbus Helicopters. The handing over was done by Colin James, Airbus Helicopters’ UK Managing Director to Nic Anderson, Managing Director Air and Space, Qinetiq.
Under the existing modernisation programme, the world-renown test pilot flight school will take delivery of four H125s, which will make up ETPS’ new generation, single-engine helicopter fleet. Minister of State for Defence Earl Howe visited the aircraft as part of the handover and met both Airbus Helicopters and Qinetiq to show his support for the most recent addition to the ETPS fleet.