Draken International

Draken provides highly advanced, technology-led training solutions that enable military personnel to react effectively in a degraded battlespace. Its Red Force ecosystem combines Adversary Air, Electronic Warfare, Surface Threats, Uncrewed Systems and Situational Awareness. The company describes itself as a multi-domain training provider supporting the warfighter in the air, on land and at sea, and states that the US Air Force, the UK's RAF, militaries in the NATO alliance and their partners rely on its services. With bases in the US, Europe and the Middle East, Draken supports more than 25 nations annually, from elementary electronic warfare training to multi-national exercises. Draken traces a transatlantic heritage encompassing aerospace businesses in the US and the UK, with origins in Draken International LLC, a provider of contract air services in the US, and FR Aviation Ltd, a UK-based provider of electronic warfare training since 1985, formerly part of Cobham Plc; the two were united as Draken since 2020.

Draken states that it can trace its roots back to the very earliest days of aviation, with a transatlantic heritage encompassing aerospace businesses in the US and the UK. The company has its origins in two complementary organisations: Draken International LLC, a provider of contract air services in the US, and FR Aviation Ltd, a UK-based provider of electronic warfare training since 1985, and formerly part of Cobham Plc. United as Draken since 2020, the company presents a timeline of key milestones. In the UK, Flight Refuelling Ltd (FRL - the forerunner of FR Aviation Ltd which became part of Draken in 2020) was founded by the English long-distance aviation pioneer Sir Alan Cobham KBE AFC in 1934, focusing on the development of aerial refuelling systems. During 1939, FRL played a key role in several non-stop crossings of the Atlantic performed by the flying boats of the British airline Imperial Airways. In early 1949, FRL developed the new 'probe and drogue' in-flight refuelling system, a technique later adopted by many air forces worldwide; that same year, a converted Meteor 3 jet fighter with an in-flight refuelling probe in the nose stayed airborne for more than 12 hours, taking on fuel from a Lancaster tanker.

Multi-domain training provider delivering world-class adversary training and special mission support.

• Red Force

  Draken's ecosystem of integrated adversary services combining Adversary Air, Electronic Warfare, Surface Threats, Uncrewed Systems and Situational Awareness.

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