DCAE Cosford Satellite Sites

DCAE (Gosport)

The DCAE (Gosport) element consists of the Royal Navy Air Engineering and Survival School at HMS Sultan. The school operates 4 strands of training, namely Air Engineering Mechanics, Air Engineering Artificers, Survival Training and Air Engineering Officers.

DCAE (Arborfield)

DCAE (Arborfield) in conjunction with the Technology Branch, which forms part of the Arborfield element of Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering, is responsible for training all Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) aviation technicians, artificers and engineering officers. (Technology Branch is responsible for teaching academic subjects such as electronic theory and the theory of flight, while DCAE (Arborfield) covers, engineering techniques, aircraft systems and equipment training on the lynx and gazelle helicopters).

DCAE (Cranwell)

The DCAE element at Cranwell is responsible for the delivery of Phase 2 specialist training for RAF Engineer Officers.