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# UK awards GBP 300 million FIRCTS contract to Ascent Flight Training
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-05-19-uk-mod-fircts-ascent-contract/
- Published: 2025-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T04:00:44.000Z
- Description: The UK Ministry of Defence awarded an eight year, GBP 300 million FIRCTS contract to Ascent Flight Training, a Lockheed Martin and Babcock joint venture, to quadruple RAF and Royal Navy mission aircrew output from 35 to 140 a year.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [UK Defence Journal, 19 May 2025](https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/huge-boost-to-raf-and-royal-navy-aircrew-training-capacity/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not show whether the new Culdrose and Cranwell facilities deliver the promised output once built.

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