Quadrant Group Plc - Jt Venture Co-Prefered Bidder

RNS Number:5754A
Quadrant Group PLC
10 November 1999

                               
          Ministry of Defence E3D Sentry PFI Contract

Quadrant Group plc ("Quadrant") announces that a special joint
venture  company ("SPV"), of which Quadrant owns 50%, has  won
selection  as  the  Preferred Bidder  for  a  Private  Finance
Initiative  contract  to be awarded  by  the  UK  Ministry  of
defence  for  the provision of pilot training  for  the  RAF's
Boeing E3D Sentry aircraft for a minimum of 25 years.

If  the  selection proceeds to a firm contract,  signature  is
anticipated to be around April 2000.  Such a contract would be
expected to generate approximately #50 million of revenues for
the SPV over the full 30 year contract life.

In  addition, if and when the contract is finalised,  the  SPV
will  place  short term orders worth in the  region  of  #1.75
million  with  Quadrant's  subsidiary  Systems  Limited,   for
updating the RAF's current E3D full fight simulator.

Quadrant's  50%  partner  in the SPV  is  Evans  &  Sutherland
Computer  Corporation, the world's leading provider of  flight
simulator visual systems.

For further information, please contact

David  Coghlan, Chief Executive of Quadrant Group plc -  01527 850 080, or
Jeff  Sandiford, Chairman of Quadrant Systems Limited -  01444 246 226


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