United Kingdom Military Flying Training System
| United Kingdom Military Flying Training System The Capability The United Kingdom Military Flying Training System will deliver a coherent, flexible and integrated flying training capability catering for the needs of the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Army Air Corps. The flying training system takes aircrew from initial training through elementary, basic and advanced flying training phases to their arrival at their designated operational aircraft. The focus for United Kingdom Military Flying Training System is to achieve a holistic system based on capability and service delivery; it is not solely about the provision of aircraft platforms. It also offers an opportunity to modernise the flying training processes for all three Services, realise efficiencies and, since training is currently spread across several organisations, take advantage of potential economies of scale. |
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| Overview of Cost, Time and Performance | ||||||
| Approved | Forecast/Actual | Variation | IY Variation | |||
| Cost of Assessment Phase | £ 116m | £ 111m | -£5m | - | ||
| Cost of Demonstration & Manufacture Phase - Advanced Jet Trainer | £471m | £445m | -£26m | +£2m | ||
| Cost of Demonstration & Manufacture Phase - Advanced Jet Trainer Operational Capability 2 | £40m | £38m | -£2m | +£1m | ||
| Cost of Demonstration & Manufacture Phase - Rear Crew Stage 1 | £73m | £73m | £0m | +£2m | ||
| Cost of PFI/Support Phase - Advanced Jet Trainer Ground Based Training Environment | £344m | £344m | £0m | £0m | ||
| Cost of PFI/Support Phase - Advanced Jet Trainer (Support) | £173 m | £152m | -£21m | -£12m | ||
| Cost of PFI/Support Phase - Training System Partner and Headquarters | £307m | £293m | -£14m | -£13m | ||
| In-Service Date - Advanced Jet Trainer | May 2009 | February 2010 | +9 months | 0 months | ||
| In-Service Date - Rear Crew Stage 1 | July 2011 | September 2011 | +2 months | 0 months | ||
| PFI/Support Contract Go-Live - Advanced Jet Trainer (Support) | July 2008 | - | - | |||
| PFI/Support Contract Go-Live - Training System Partner and Headquarters | March 2008 | November 2008 | +8 months | 0 months | ||
| PFI/Support Contract Go-Live - Advanced Jet Trainer Ground Based Training Environment Ready for Training Use 1 | July 2010 | January 2011 | +6 months | 0 months | ||
| PFI/Support Contract Go-Live - Advanced Jet Trainer Ground Based TrainingEnvironment Ready for Training Use 2 | September 2010 | February 2011 | +5 months | 0 months | ||
| PFI/Support Contract End - Advanced Jet Trainer (Support) | - | - | - | - | ||
| PFI/Support Contract End - Training System Partner and Headquarters | March 2013 | November 2013 | +8 months | 0 months | ||
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| Advanced Jet Trainer The Advanced Jet Trainer at Operational Capability 0 was released to service in April 2009. The Operational Capability 2 upgrade (introducing in-cockpit simulations of sensors and weapons across a network of Hawk T2 aircraft) is now progressing to plan. The ground-based Mission Planning and Debriefing System has been made compatible with Operational Capability level 2 aircraft and development continues to provide full Operational Capability level 2 debriefing functionality by the end of 2011. Advanced Jet Trainer Infrastructure and Ground-Based Training Environment Advanced Jet Trainer Fast Jet Initial Course Capability date is on schedule for November 2011, when the first ab-initio student training course commences. The first phase to upgrade the Ground-Based Training Environment devices to Operational Capability level 2 standard has been contracted via Ascent. | The work, involving the development of a set of requirements and a technical solution for the upgrade of the devices, is due to complete in July 2012. The work will include delivery of the first engineering release of the re-targeted Operational Capability level 2 Operational Flight Programme software for use in the Ground- Based Training Environment. Rear Crew Stage 1 Ready for Training Use 1 and Ready For Training Use 1a were achieved on 1st March 2011; all Training Service Enablers, with the exception of the KingAir 350ER Aircraft fitted with the Tactical Mission Trainer-Air, are ready for training to commence. This includes; Information and Communications Technology, Infrastructure, Ground-Based Training Environment together with Instructors and Pilots for both RAF Barkston Heath and RNAS Culdrose. This was a key milestone to the provision of the overall training system. | |||||
Risk Assessment against Defence Lines of Development
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