Berlin has awarded Canada-based Top Aces a follow-on contract to extend its provision of adversary air training services to the German armed forces from January 2022.
Adversary training services for the Bundeswehr are delivered using Top Aces’ A-4N Skyhawk and Alpha Jet fleets
Announcing the deal on 26 April, Top Aces says it “plans to invest over C$100 million [$80 million] in furtherance of the new contract”.
The company notes that investments already made in its fast-jet fleet – which includes Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets and Douglas A-4N Skyhawks – have delivered “new capabilities that will raise the bar for the adversary air industry”.
It says that under its new contract, Germany will benefit from its use of the company’s proprietary advanced aggressor mission system (AAMS). This allows Top Aces’ aircraft “to simulate the most advanced capabilities of modern-day opponents in air-to-air combat”: namely the use of active electronically scanned array radars and infrared search-and-track sensors.
Cirium fleets data shows that Top Aces’ current C-registered fleet includes 19 Alpha Jets, seven A-4Ns, a trio of Bombardier Learjet 35As and a single Israel Aerospace Industries Westwind.