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                                                                         Having outsourced flying
                                                                         training over the past ten years,
                                                                         the UK MOD is now preparing
                                                                         for the next challenge.  A new
                                                                         element of the Military Flying
                                                                         Training System is taking shape
                                                                         – the Air Support to Defence
                                                                         Operational Training (ASDOT)
                                                                         contract – as Alan Warnes
                                                                         reports.
           the Cobham Falcon 20s and RN   Battle Manager/Fighter
           Hawks will step aside for the new   Controller and JTAC training,
           ASDOT system on December   together with a range of EW and
           31, 2019, the No 100 Squadron   threat simulation capabilities for
           Hawks will soldier on until 2027.  training and operational
            An MOD spokesperson told   assurance
           AFM: “ASDOT will seek to address  activities.
           the complex range of airborne
           threats posed by the UK’s
           potential adversaries.  It is more
           than a Red Air provision
           as it will also need
           to provide Blue
           capabilities for
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                                                                         ASDOT is set to serve the UK Armed Forces’
                                                                         evolving live-fl y, tactical training needs well into
                                                                         the mid-2030s.  In July 2016 QinetiQ, Thales and
                                                                         Textron AirLand announced their collaboration for
                                                                         the ASDOT bidding.  Textron AirLand will off er its
                                                                         Scorpion jet, and other platforms.  Jamie Hunter



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