UK Protector Training System for the Royal Air Force

Original titleUK Protector Training System

Awarded15 Sept 2023

Reported valueGBP 95.0M≈ EUR 111.2MNot from an award notice: from research, the press or a source that does not say. It may describe a contract, a plan or a budget.

BuyerUK MoD · UK

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Procurement context

A value of GBP 95.0M is reported, not taken from an award notice.
The buyer is UK MoD (UK).
It is categorised as MRO & sustainment, Ground systems, Training, with mission focus training.
It is linked to the Protector RG Mk1 (UK) program in our database.

AI summary of the notice

The UK Ministry of Defence awarded a 95 million GBP contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the UK Protector Training System. This supports training, logistics, maintenance, and synthetic training environments for the Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft fleet.

The 'UK Protector Training System' contract, valued at 95 million GBP, supports training for the Royal Air Force's Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) fleet as part of the UK Protector Availability and Support Solution (UK PASS). It provides logistics, sustainment, maintenance, spares, ground control stations, and synthetic training environments to transition from development to operational readiness and crew training. Related efforts include the Future ISTAR and Rear Crew Training System (FIRCTS), a £300m contract awarded to Ascent Flight Training for mission aircrew training on platforms like Protector using simulators and upgraded aircraft.