The helicopter contract will support 700 jobs at sites across the UK, including at Middle Wallop and at RAF Odiham in Hook, Hampshire.
It is also going to benefit 500 jobs in the supply chain, including 300 at the Standard Aero facility in Gosport.
Pollard said: “These are iconic helicopters.
“The Apache is the world’s very best attack helicopter and the UK flies the most modern variant of it and the Chinooks have been the workhorse of our armed forces both in operations at home and abroad for many, many years.”
He added that this announcement was an example of the direction of travel for the armed forces.
