New fleet of training Aircraft for UK's Jet Pilots

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New fleet of training Aircraft for UK's Jet Pilots

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MOD Press release

New fleet of training Aircraft for UK's Jet Pilots

The UK 's fast jet aircrew will soon be honing their skills on one of the world's most advanced training aircraft.

Lord Drayson, Minister for Defence Procurement, announced that BAE Systems has been awarded a £450m contract to build 28 Hawk 128 Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft.

The new jets will greatly improve training for aircrew from both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.

This modern cockpit environment will have much in common with highly advanced frontline aircraft such as the Typhoon and Joint Combat Aircraft. The choice of Hawk 128 as the Advanced Jet Trainer will reduce the cost of training pilots up to the standard required for operational aircraft by enabling more training to be undertaken prior to converting to frontline aircraft.

The Hawk 128 will be built at the BAE Systems site in Brough on Humberside and assembled at their Warton facility. It is anticipated that the first of the aircraft will be delivered to the RAF in 2008. Hawk 128 will form a key part of the UK 's Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) programme which will modernise, and provide coherent flying training for, our Armed Forces.

Notes To Editors

• The Hawk 128 has an extended nose to house additional avionics and features a number of major changes under the skin. Three, full colour, multi-function displays similar to those used by modern fighters such as Typhoon can be used to display navigation, weapon and systems information.

• The cockpit has new lighting fully compatible with the use of night-vision goggles for after dark operations. The aircraft's head-up display (HUD) has been updated to use symbols and data used in current combat aircraft. Other changes include 'Hands-On-Throttle-And-Stick' (HOTAS) controls which are fully representative of front line combat aircraft types, and twin Open Architecture mission computers hosting simulations of a wide range of sensor and weapon systems as well as a full featured IN/GPS navigation system with moving map display.

• Hawk 128 is 40ft 7in (12.43m) long, has a wingspan of 32ft 7in (9.94m) and a top speed of 640 mph (1028 km/h).
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One of these Hawks is flying for months now! It is the ZK010. The ZK011 just departed the factory at BAe Warton.
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