Airbus Helicopters in the UK has won an order to provide five additional H135 helicopters for the Ministry of Defence.  HeliHub.com understands that these are to replace elderly Gazelle helicopters in the surveillance role.

Currently the Ministry of Defence operates 29 H135 helicopters at the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury where all rotary-wing pilots for the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy are trained under the Military Flying Training System. DHFS additionally operates seven Airbus H145 helicopters.