Copernicus Technology awarded RAF P-8A Visual Recognition training contract
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Copernicus Technology has been awarded the first training-related contract outside of the MoD & US Navy’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) arrangement for RAF P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) Aircrew, to provide Visual Recognition training for RAF P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
ADS member Copernicus Technology is an SME based a few miles from RAF Lossiemouth, where the RAF Poseidon fleet will be based from around 2020.
Roo Hornby, the Copernicus Technology MPA Division Director said: “We are delighted to be able to support the RAF on this essential skillset for successful Maritime Patrol operations and are proud to have won the first RAF P-8A aircrew training contract awarded outside of the Foreign Military Sale deliveries from the US Navy.”