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Middle Eastern students will be able to participate in a unique electronic warfare training course when Dundridge Training College, Alenia Marconi Systems' (AMS) world-renowned training establishment moves to a new location in Wales next year.
"Dundridge is well known throughout the Gulf region - we have trained students from every Gulf state in the principles of air defence, air traffic control and electronic warfare," says college principal Butch Mayers.
Customers
"Now we are moving to a new site equipped for a new syllabus for the next millennium. It is a very exciting development.
"We are introducing a two-week flying phase on our electronic warfare course," he says. "It involves 6h flying time that includes 20min slots at the RAF's specialist electronic warfare range to get the feel of what it's like to operate in an electronic counter measures environment.
"This is unique - no other company offers the combination of advanced theory and flying."
Relocation
Relocation from Totnes in Devon to the AMS site in Cwmbran, Wales will be complete by early January 2000. The College will occupy the 15,000sq ft top floor of the Ty Coch building, giving substantial synergy benefits and further enhancing Dundridge's reputation as a world class teaching environment.
"In its 14-year history, Dundridge has trained over 1,400 students from 40 countries," company spokeswoman Sue Kennard says. "Customers include the Royal Air Force and the British Army, major NATO countries, military forces and Civil Aviation Authorities worldwide."
The school will be evenly divided between three departments - Air Defence, Air Traffic Control, and Air Warfare. In addition to classrooms equipped with the latest electronic training aids there will be:
a new air defence radar simulator; the latest CASE Air Traffic Control simulator; the CATS Aerodrome and Procedural trainer; the latest version of the Elusion Electronic Warfare Training System.All theory lectures are given using Dundridge-created Computer Based Training and specialist consultants on the more advanced courses. All customer training courses will be safeguarded throughout the period of the move, and all programmes available at Totnes will run at Cwmbran.
Source: Flight Daily News
