Airbus Military and Thales UK have signed an 18-year contract with the UK’s Ministry of Defence to supply training services for the RAF’s fleet of 22 A400M Atlas transports.
The multimillion pound contract will include the design, construction and management of the A400M training school, the installation and maintenance of full flight simulators and support to the RAF’s course design team and training staff.
Work on the training school is expected to be complete by spring 2014.