Ascent Flight Training
Company typePublic limited company
IndustryAerospace and Defense
Founded2008; 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]
Websiteascentflighttraining.com

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.
A Grob Prefect T1 aircraft used by Ascent to deliver training
An Embraer Phenom 100, operated by No. 45 Squadron used to deliver Multi-engine training

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "ASCENT FLIGHT TRAINING (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED". companycheck.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Our People". ascentflighttraining.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ^ "UK military flying training hits news highs | MOD-DCO". www.contracts.mod.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  4. ^ "National Audit Office - UKMFTS Ascent" (PDF).
  5. ^ "What We Do – Ascent Flight Training". ascentflighttraining.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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