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QinetiQ Team Delivers Pre-Deployment Training TO U.K. Forces

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Friday, November 7th, 2008

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A QinetiQ-led team that includes Boeing [BA] is collectively delivering potentially life-saving pre-deployment training for UK forces before they leave for Afghanistan. The Distributed Synthetic Air Land Training (DSALT) demonstration facility at Royal Air Force (RAF) Waddington has been improved to enable soldiers to experience the complexities of controlling aircraft, artillery and other assets in fast-moving situations within a safe, simulated environment. In the Mountain Dragon training exercise series, the facility allows ground forces to practice talking with aircrew flying…

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