However, the shake-up is said to include using algorithms to determine whether a sailor or marine has passed a promotion course. That would end the use of officers’ discretion to spot talent – the hallmark of Royal Navy promotion for 300 years.
The project will also streamline promotion courses and opportunities amid a glut of senior non-commissioned officers.
Capita is working with Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems, Fisher Training and Fujitsu to deliver specialist projects which will include a new IT system and data performance dashboards.
In addition, it will market the revamped courses to international defence markets to generate “additional revenue opportunities”.
The consortium will deliver training alongside Royal Navy personnel
18 December 2020 • 12:30pm
A consortium led by outsourcer Capita and defence and technology companies Raytheon, Elbit and Fujitsu has won a £1bn deal to train Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines.
The 12-year agreement aims to modernise how military staff are taught, as well as deliver efficiencies and reduce the time they are away from their frontline duties.
The consortium, known as Team Fisher, will oversee on-the-ground and simulator training across a range of ranks, manage the Navy’s existing educational equipment and market UK military training courses abroad in an attempt to attract new revenue to the UK.