The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a £3.5 million contract to CAE (UK) Plc for the Warrior Training System (WTS), ensuring continued training capabilities for the British Army’s Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle crews.
The contract, awarded on 27 February 2025, is structured as a one-year agreement with options to extend for up to three additional years, meaning it could run until 2029.
The MOD has justified the single-source award to CAE due to its status as the Design Authority (DA) for the Warrior Gunnery Turret Trainer (WRGTT), Warrior Desk Top Trainer (WRDTT), and Artillery Fire Control Trainer (AFCT). These systems are essential for gunnery and commander training before crews transition to live vehicle operations.
The MOD has cited obsolescence management as a key concern, with WTS expected to be in service until between 2027 and 2030. CAE holds exclusive technical expertise, including production manuals and technical drawings, making it the only company capable of sustaining the Warrior training programme.
The contract was awarded without prior publication of a competitive tender under the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) 2011, with the MOD stating that no other economic operator possesses the required technical knowledge to fulfil the contract.
CAE will carry out the contract from its site in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, supporting the MOD’s Training Simulation Systems Programme within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S).
This award ensures that British Army Warrior crews continue to receive critical training, reinforcing operational readiness despite the system’s eventual out-of-service date approaching.
OT sorry. RE an article this wednesday from The Times, ” moD makes kit wish list after £6B increase.
Apparently some US officials have privately warned UK officials to recalibrate away from US KIT because there are some in the US administration that feel the UK has been getting too good a deal on US equipment, like Trident
We’d be stupid not to pivot away from US equipment at this point. Good deal or not.
especially when JD Vance spewed his lies about free speech in UK, Elon Musk’s public criticism about Starmer etc…
Agree Dern. Typhoon, CV90/ ASCOD, Samp T , land Ceptor, brimstone, NSM, wildcat and Merlin, C3, all ripe for additional new orders.
Add more type 26 and 31s as well as retaining Albion and Bulwark and both Wave class oilers and we are still in the game.
Correct and after yesterday…its time to pivot to European, and other equipment producers
European leaders all showed solidarity with Ukraine last night and today when Zelensky was messaging them all on twitter to thank them…
Time to wake up
Would anyone like to give an example of the UK getting US weapons on the cheap? Still think we need another 3 P8s and 2 E7s but retaining T1 Typhoons and ordering another 20 would be putting money into our own defence industry.
Never let the truth get in the way of a false story👍
like truth and facts matter to Trump & Co.
We should not be buying more stuff from the US
I think we about to see a big shift in Europe..
There is a meeting next week and fingers crossed its time to make changes
Do we infer from this that ‘the systems eventual out-of-service date’ is not approaching so quickly?