Wednesday, May 11, 2011

BAE To Provide Interim Basic Flight Training to Australia

MELBOURNE - BAE Systems Australia has won an 86.6 million Australian dollar ($93.24 million) contract to provide interim basic flight training to the Australian Defence Force over the next six years.
Beginning in January, the contract will provide initial flight screening and basic flight training until the Defence Force's new pilot training scheme, Project AIR 5428, enters service around 2017.
The contract has the option of six one-year extensions if AIR 5428 runs late.
BAE Systems has been the service provider for the Australian Defence Force Basic Flying School since 1999, operating Pacific Aerospace CT-4B Airtrainers from its facility in Tamworth, New South Wales.
"BAE Systems looks forward to maintaining and improving our partnership with defense to continue to deliver the highest quality flying training for the young men and women of the ADF," said John Quaife, general manager for aviation solutions. "We are delighted at the prospect of continuing to work with the ADF to provide all the basic pilot training requirements until a new pilot training system is determined."
The contract requires the CT-4B fleet to undergo a crashworthiness upgrade to bring it into line with the ADF's Crash Protection Policy and contemporary civil standards. BAE Systems and Aeronautical Engineers Australia tested the modifications in February, paving the way for a Supplemental Type Certificate in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations Part 23 for crash protection requirements.

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