Quest Flight Training Limited has been under contract since July 2000 for a PFI programme valued at over £60M from the UK Ministry of Defence for the provision of the E-3D Sentry Aircrew Training Service (SATS) at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire for a period of 25 years.

Quest was specifically set up for this programme and is a joint venture company owned by Quadrant Group Limited and Rockwell Collins Limited. This programme is managed within the Defence Procurement Agency by the Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers (FsAST) Integrated Project Team.

Quest delivered a major upgrade to the existing E-3D Dynamic Simulator at RAF Waddington in October 2001 after which the full Training Service commenced.

Activities undertaken by Quest are:

Provision of Aircrew Training on the E-3 Flight Simulator
Operation and maintenance of the E-3 Flight Simulator
Liaison with RAF IDT regarding international customers using the Training Service
Provision of Building Modifications and Facilities Maintenance
QHSE compliance including Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental

Quadrant Simulation Systems Limited (QSSL) provides all Engineering, manufacturing, Finance, IT and HR services to Quest.

The build phase of the project was completed three months ahead of the Defence Procurement Agency’s (DPA) schedule. The Training Service is now fully underway, with high performance measured and compliments recorded by the RAF. The E-3D project is estimated by the DPA to have saved the taxpayer 29% over the cost of a conventional procurement, as well as providing improved performance and quality levels

Ministry of Defence Press Release

QUEST Flight Training