The UK Ministry of Defence has invested 300 million pounds ($402.4 million) to strengthen the flight skills of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force in modern warfare.
The project, awarded to Bristol-based Ascent Flight Training, will see the construction of new buildings as well as the installation of synthetic and mission-simulated technologies to enable land-based practices on “a large variety of aircraft.”
London aims to complete courses for four times as many crews as before, or approximately 140 personnel per year, through the project.
Future Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) and Rear Crew Training System
Future Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) and Rear Crew Training System simulators.
The locations for this effort will include Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose and Royal Air Force Cranwell. Facilities development at the sites has been assigned to Ascent parent company Babcock and is valued at 70 million pounds ($93.8 million).
