Ascent Flight Training

Ascent Flight Training

Company type	Public limited company
Industry	Aerospace and Defence
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) [1]
Total assets	£54.503 million (2019) [1]
Number of employees	320 (2020) [2]
Website	ascentflighttraining.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 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]

• Fixed wing training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley
• Rotary training at RAF Shawbury and RAF Valley.

See also

• UK Military Flying Training System

References

1. "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.