Inzpire commences live flying support to Qatari Qualified Weapons Instructor Course
14 Jan 25
Training DeliveryCollective Training and Services OBU
14 Jan 25
Training DeliveryCollective Training and Services OBU
A pilot from UK defence company Inzpire is instructing students taking part in the inaugural Qatari Emiri Air Force Qualified Weapons Instructor (QWI) Course at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
In a first for Inzpire, the former RAF pilot will be airborne in a Typhoon aircraft, as part of a whole force military and civilian team, delivering training to the Qatar Emiri Air Force.
Brendan Nolan, Managing Director, Inzpire, said:
“Inzpire has a long-established reputation for working as an integrated part of military and industry teams. This is a significant milestone, as it is the first time that one of our team will fly alongside the RAF to support their delivery of critical training to an overseas ally. We are immensely proud to have such an integral role.”
Inzpire’s pilot will be airborne in a Typhoon aircraft delivering training to the Qatar Emiri Air Force. ©James Bennison 2024
The six-month training course teaches the QWI candidates how to deliver instruction and training in air combat, close air support, air weapons delivery and large force employment exercises, enabling them to instruct, lead and supervise all elements of training and operational flying.
As well as the flying element, Inzpire has been involved every step of the way. Experts from its training services team have undertaken analysis on the Qatari QWI role to help shape the design and development of the training and further expertise is provided to support the ground school elements of the course.
Nick Borbone, Director of Collective Training and Services, Inzpire, said:
“This is a great example of what Inzpire does best. By intrinsically understanding and working closely with our Royal Air Force and Qatari partners, we have provided a range of essential training expertise from concept to execution.”
Inzpire’s combat air experts will also design, coordinate and deliver Exercise Cobra Warrior, which will take place at RAF Waddington in March 2025. This will mark the culmination of the course, enabling the students to utilise their skills in the role of combat air functional team leader in the planning, briefing, execution and debriefing of a large-scale global exercise.
Inzpire secured this contact through the EDP programme, which is the default route for the procurement of contracted engineering services for Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and is available for use by the wider MOD community. It is a collaborative, progressive and agile programme that accesses the right skills, expertise and resources to ensure the UK’s Armed Forces and Front-Line Commands receive the best equipment and support. EDP is delivered by the Aurora Engineering Partnership, formed by QinetiQ, Atkins and BMT, and supported by a competitively selected Provider Network of 220 companies.
Inzpire’s Air & Space Division has over 16 years’ experience of successful, partnered, collective training delivery with the UK Ministry of Defence. The division has designed and delivered over 400 live and synthetic exercises and provided operationally realistic training to over 10,000 frontline personnel.
Its collective training teams are currently embedded in the RAF’s Air Battlespace Training Centre, Air and Space Warfare Centre and Typhoon Operational Conversion Unit, 54 Squadron ISR Warfare School, Air Ground Operations School and 20 Sqn Tac Air C2 Operational Conversion Unit, where they deliver joint collective training to Armed Forces personnel from both the UK and overseas.
Inzpire’s Training Services Division provides consultancy and end-to-end training services including training analysis, design and development, digital learning and training assurance externally to clients worldwide and also internally to Inzpire’s own employees.
The team prides itself on the quality and flexibility of its scoping and analysis toolset and is able to conduct focussed and objective analysis for training, job roles, equipment or processes in any given market or sector, and has done successfully, both in the UK and abroad.
Inzpire’s training consultants, each with a minimum of 10 years’ training consultancy experience are skilled and qualified in the delivery and provision of scoping exercises, role analysis, gap analysis, method and media analysis and training options analysis.
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