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<p>The Vigilant T1 originally had an Out-of-Service Date of 2019; this was brought
forward to May 2018 in order to refocus resource for the benefit of the Cadets, extending
the life of the Viking conventional glider and investing in the wider Air Cadet Aerospace
Offer.</p><p> </p><p>The glider recovery programme from 2014-2018 covering both Viking
Conventional glider and Vigilant motor-glider was subject to routine investment appraisal
processes. This showed that substantial operational, technical and commercial negotiations
with a range of aerospace leaders in this field had failed to find a value for money
approach to successfully repair and recover or replace all the gliders. Therefore,
in line with the available technical and commercial capacity the value for money was
in restructuring the Aerospace Offer for cadets.</p><p> </p><p>The recovery programme
of both glider types was resourced within wider support contracts which also supported
the operation of the active fleets with Volunteer Gliding Squadrons. Consequently,
we cannot separately identify the resource used for the recovery of the six Vigilant
airframes which were successfully recovered prior to the Out-of-Service date.</p><p>The
Vigilant fleet was disposed of to Aerobility. I am withholding the value of the disposal
sale as it would prejudice commercial interests.</p>
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