# 703088454  - Close Air Support and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Emulation

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MINISTRY OF DEFENCE](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: 2 EXCEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value: £4,515,145
- Tender value: £4,515,145
- Award date: 13 June 2023
- Published: 7 July 2023
- Contract start: 6 August 2023
- Contract end: 5 August 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: bf5bd584-014c-48d5-83ea-5712f0d7ddaf-660661
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6d21c500-c0ec-4d12-9f23-c01386d8c305

## Description

Close Air Support/Intelligence Surveillance and Recognisance \(CAS/ISR\) emulation on collective training exercises enables Air Land Integration \(ALI\) training to occur\. ALI forms part of the mandatory Collective Training Objectives \(CTOs\) that Field Army units are validated or certified against on collective training exercises in order to be assessed as capable of holding readiness or deploying on operations\. The requirement is for a manned air platform or platforms and aircrew capable of operating to Visual Flight Rules \(VFR\) and Instrument Flight Rules \(IFR\) by day or night whilst performing CAS/ISR tasks, to emulate existing and future military manned & unmanned capabilities, in support of exercising troops on CTG exercises, in the UK and overseas\. https://contracts\.mod\.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=54173

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf5bd584-014c-48d5-83ea-5712f0d7ddaf-660661)