Well, The world gets stranger and stranger. Despite the fact that the IAF are a bunch of combat hardened chaps I find all this a bit odd. Published on their website, Simigon, an Israeli company have been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin for a 25 year input to UKMFTS. Details below. I just wonder as we have always had such a close relationship with the Arabic countries in terms of their pilots training (and continuing to train) in our Flying Training System, (and I understood they would continue to do so), that this seems a little bit of an odd move. I don't think the Saudis etc will be that chuffed. It is also my understanding that Lockheed have not awarded any of the contracts for UKMFTS to any British Companys! Sweet eh
SimiGon won a $3.1 million contract with Lockheed Martin ("LM") for the Advanced Jet Training phase of the UK Military Flying Training System ("UKMFTS"). The program includes 25 years of support with additional phases and could provide other growth opportunities for SimiGon.
SimiGon President & CEO, Ami Vizer, said, "SimiGon is extremely pleased to have been chosen as a partner in the UKMFTS program; this is a significant milestone for the company. We are very excited to be part of the team for this program as this further extends the mutually beneficial relationship with Lockheed. The UKMFTS will be using our technology the way it was designed to be - network centric, personal and dynamic hi-fidelity training systems for each trainee
News release
Simigon - Recent News
Management Team, You have to check these guys out!
Simigon - Management
So, resident Journo's, I am surprised this has not hit the news yet.