Ascent Flight Training

Ascent Flight Training is a flight training company set up as a joint 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).[4]

Ascent Flight Training
Public limited company
IndustryAerospace and Defense
Founded2008 (2008)
Headquarters
Bristol
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Ministry of Defence
Key people
Tim James (CEO)
RevenueUK£17.449 million (2019) [1]
Total assetsUK£54.503 million (2019) [2]
Number of employees
320 (2020) [3]
Websiteascentflighttraining.com

UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS)
A Grob Prefect T1 aircraft used by Ascent to deliver 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.[5]

Ascent is responsible for delivering:[6]

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See also

References
  1. https://companycheck.co.uk/company/06522636/ASCENT-FLIGHT-TRAINING-MANAGEMENT-LIMITED/companies-house-data. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://companycheck.co.uk/company/06522636/ASCENT-FLIGHT-TRAINING-MANAGEMENT-LIMITED/companies-house-data. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://ascentflighttraining.com/our-people/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "UK military flying training hits news highs | MOD-DCO". www.contracts.mod.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. "National Audit Office - UKMFTS Ascent" (PDF).
  6. "What We Do – Ascent Flight Training". ascentflighttraining.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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