theboywide, you are in a very complicated position.
Not only are you going to need a Type Rating which doesn't yet exist, but you are also going to have to think about the State of Licence issue.
Perhaps it would be best (cheapest) to open an ATPL / IR on something else first, then add the Atlas TR? Although the exact requirements are far from clear, I'm sorry to say.
You will need an ICAO English Language Level 6 endorsement; I have already flagged up the lack of FRTOL accreditation for military pilots, so hopefully at least that is being sorted out.
If Airbus Military wish you to be a TRI on the Atlas, they should be able to sort that out and obtain approval from the UK CAA to conduct the TRI test. You can see the TRI requirements in CAP 804 Section 4 Part J, Subpart 2 (.pdf pp 237-243 / 794).
Wouldn't it be
so much easier if RAF ME pilots held equivalent civil licences in the first place!
Of course in more sensible pre-EASA days, you could simply have used the old 'experienced QSP' route, then added the Atlas TR....
