Ascent Flight Training

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]

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

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