RAF Distributed Simulation Contract Extended

⊲ Royal Air Force ⊳ The Royal Air Force has awarded Boeing Defence UK a £16.9 million, two-year extension to 2028 to sustain the Gladiator simulation training system until 2028. Originally awarded in 2019 with Initial Operating Capability achieved in January 2023, this (uncompeted) extension will enable capabilities to be integrated including F-35 Lightning, Air Command and Control, Typhoon, the Joint Fires Synthetic Trainer and the Royal Navy’s collective training environment, SPARTAN. Gladiator, operated at RAF Waddington, is a capability that allows geographically distributed training centres (UK and beyond) to exercise together in a single simulated battlespace. It has its origins in the UK’s Mission Training through Distributed Simulation (MTDS) and Distributed Synthetic Air-Land Training (DSALT) programmes of the 2000s.
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