b'24 Partner News Summer 2023EnterpriseLeonardo and Morson Projects partnership secures engineering skills in the North of England & Northern IrelandMorson Projects has signed a long- Adam Clarke, Managing Director of Leonardo term contract with Leonardo to draw onHelicopters UK, commented: This Strategic additional engineering capacity as required.Partnering Agreement enables Leonardo and Morson Projects to not only strengthen The Strategic Partnering Agreementrelations between the two companies, but enables Morson Projects to sub-contractit also secures engineering work and supply engineering tasks not only in Yeovil,chain resilience across the UK. Furthermore, Somerset, the Home of British Helicopters,if we are successful on large contracts but to its design offices in Belfast, Hull, andlike the UK MOD New Medium Helicopter Manchester. programme, we will have a number of skills available to us to support UK prosperity and Leonardo and Morson Projects have beenour engineering ecosystem. working together for more than 20 years and this contract secures the partnershipGareth Beck, Operations Director at Morson into its third decade.Projects, added: The Prime Supplier Status award is the culmination of many successful This partnership will enable the UKs onlyyears of Leonardo and Morson Projects onshore helicopter manufacturer to offloadworking collaboratively and is testament to engineering work to augment the companysthe hard work, passion, and commitment existing highly skilled engineering capacity. of everyone involved. Morson Projects is delighted that we can continue to work with Further to the contract signing on 3Leonardos industry leading products and be March, Morson Projects will be managingat the forefront of capability enhancement. engineering work at Leonardos UKThis Strategic Partnering helicopter facility in the South West ofThis SPA will enable Leonardo to supportAgreement secures engineering England through sub-contractors or throughengineering projects, as required, across the management of fixed-price packages atthe UK beyond its existing company sites.work and supplychain one of Morson Projects UK design offices inFurthermore, the agreement continues theresilience across the UK.Northern Ireland and the North of England,long-term relationship between Morson covering Belfast, Manchester, and Hull. Projects and Leonardo into its third decade.'