BAE Systems continues military training in use of Falcon

LONDON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- BAE Systems in Britain is to train and support the country's military personnel in the use of the Falcon broadband voice and data communications system.

Falcon, a BAE Systems product, has been deployed by the British military since 2014 and is now its primary secure operational-level communications system.

The contract from the Ministry of Defense follows the successful completion of an initial conversion training program and is worth about $10 million.

"Falcon provides a vital role on the battlefield, it gives us a competitive advantage and goes a long way to satisfying the UK MOD's vision for information superiority," said Col. Matt Fensom, the commandant of the Defense School of Communications and Information Systems. "We have welcomed the support that BAE Systems has provided in ensuring the transition of Falcon training to an established training program has been as smooth as possible here within the Defense School of Communications Information Systems."

BAE Systems said in partnership with Babcock, it will provide the training infrastructure, management, support, trainers and training development staff to continued training development and delivery of the Falcon System for the next four and a half years at training facilities within Britain.