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QineticQ Team To Provide U.K. Training

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

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A QinetiQ-led team that includes Boeing [BA] May 21 announced it has received a $37.7 million contract from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide Distributed Synthetic Air Land Training (DSALT) to Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots and British Army forward air controllers and artillery personnel. The four-year contract covers the provision and operation of the DSALT facility at RAF base Waddington in the United Kingdom. Under the contract sponsored by the Royal Air Force, project lead QinetiQ…

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