A joint UK MoD and industry team is coming to the end of a project that is likely to alter the way that fast-jet training is conducted in the UK.
Known as Additional Design Task 61 (ADT 61), this MoD-funded Fast Jet Transformation project was aimed at conducting R&D, experimentation and improved STE design to provide improved training to RAF and RN Fleet Air Arm fast-jet pilots as part of the Ascent-led Military Flying Training System (MFTS).
The project was conducted under the governance of the RAF’s Central Flying School and its Smith Barry Academy. The latter is tasked under