Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Aerospace and Defense |
Founded | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) |
Headquarters | Bristol, United Kingdom |
Area served | Ministry of Defence |
Key people | Tim James (CEO) |
Revenue | £17.449 million (2019) |
Total assets | £54.503 million (2019) |
Number of employees | 320 (2020) |
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).
UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS)
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.
Ascent is responsible for delivering:
- Fixed wing training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley
- Rotary training at RAF Shawbury and RAF Valley.
See also
References
- ^ "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.