Babcock International Group plc announced that Direction Generale de l'Armement (DGA) has awarded it a contract to provide and maintain a training platform and related services for the French Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air). The 11 year FOMEDEC contract will provide new training aircraft, related simulators and modernized training facilities for the training of fighter jet crews to be performed by the Air Force itself. The contract is expected to be worth over EUR 500 million, around half of which relates to the financing of assets for the customer. The contract will start immediately and the first aircraft will be delivered in March 2018.