The UK’s new government has decided to suspend a search and rescue helicopter (SAR-H) programme to replace the country’s Sea King helicopters, which would have cost around £4.6bn ($6bn).

The SAR-H programme was geared to meet search and rescue operation needs of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy, according to shephard.co.uk.

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The joint programme between the Department for Transport (DfT) and Ministry of Defence (MoD) aimed to introduce a new harmonised fleet of aircraft that would have operated under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

The decision was taken following a review into the spending decisions of the previous administration.

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