Ascent Flight Training
Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Aerospace and Defense |
Founded | 2008; 16 years ago (2008) |
Headquarters | Bristol , United Kingdom |
Area served | Ministry of Defence |
Key people | Tim James (CEO) |
Revenue | £17.449 million (2019)[1] |
Total assets | £54.503 million (2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 320 (2020) [2] |
Website | ascentflighttraining |
Ascent Flight Training is a flight training company set up as a venture between Lockheed Martin and Babcock International to deliver flying training to pilots and aircrew from the three services of the UK Armed Forces as part of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI).[3]
UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS)
![A Grob Prefect T1 trainer aircraft of the type based at RAF Barkston Heath.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg/220px-ZM320_Grob_G120TP-A_Prefect_T1_%2827903385637%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/45_%28R%29_Squadron%2C_Embraer_Phenom_100_MOD_45164824.jpg/220px-45_%28R%29_Squadron%2C_Embraer_Phenom_100_MOD_45164824.jpg)
Ascent was chosen to deliver the £3.2 billion UKMFTS contract over 25 years, training military aircrew from the Army Air Corps, Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force up to their respective Operational Conversion Units.[4]
Ascent is responsible for delivering:[5]
- Fixed wing training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley
- Rotary training at RAF Shawbury and RAF Valley.
See also
References
- ^ a b "ASCENT FLIGHT TRAINING (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED". companycheck.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Our People". ascentflighttraining.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "UK military flying training hits news highs | MOD-DCO". www.contracts.mod.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "National Audit Office - UKMFTS Ascent" (PDF).
- ^ "What We Do – Ascent Flight Training". ascentflighttraining.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.