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Old 31st May 2020, 21:48
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gipsymagpie
 
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Originally Posted by jimf671
Thank you jivusajob for that summary and those wonderful pictures that tell their own amazing story.

People in several corners of the industry have talked recently about whether Babcock want it enough and whether they'd rather be building boats. I wonder how much that is part of this story.
I don't think that's the story at all. The Scottish Ambulance Service contracts with GAMA. GAMA sub-contracted Babcock to do the helicopter bit in the past. GAMA have now decided not to renew that sub-contract and have chosen to do it themselves by moving from their fixed wing background into the helicopter world. Babcock weren't actually bidding on the contract in the traditional sense.
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