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Pennant Training Systems Limited (Pennant) has been awarded two Support Contracts for training devices located at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE) Cosford, RAFC Cranwell, RAF Henlow and RAF Brize Norton. In-service with the RAF at DCAE Cosford the Cockpit Pressurisation Trainer, Pressure Refuelling Trainer and the Gaseous Oxygen Trainer will allow trainee aircraft mechanics and technicians to practice their skills on synthetic training devices in a safe but realistic environment. Located at RAFC Cranwell, the Generic Air Load Master Trainer is a representation of an...

Pennant Training Systems Limited (Pennant) is pleased to announce the addition of eighteen (18) Integrated Avionics Maintenance Trainers (IAMT's) to its Service Provision Contract. Managed by the Flight Simulators and Synthetic Trainers (FsAST) Integrated Project Team (IPT) IAMT will be supported, initially for a three (3) years with an option for a further two (2) years. Pennant's Service Provision Contract will provide 1st to 4th line maintenance, with responsibility for equipment obsolescence and spares. Pennant shall also be responsible for future tasks and modification programmes....

Pennant Training Systems Ltd has won a Subcontract with BAE Systems Insyte to provide Computer Based Training (CBT) courseware as part of the Royal Navy's innovative Maritime Composite Training System (MCTS) which addresses a modern approach to Warfare operator training across the surface fleet. The CBT package specifically addresses the operator training solution for the command systems on the Royal Navy Type 23 frigates and Type 45 destroyers. The CBT is part of a blended solution that also includes Instructor led classroom training, classroom based skills training on a generic warship...

Pennant Software Services Ltd has successfully installed OmegaPS LSAR into Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, in Turin, Italy. The software will be initially used for the Turkish MELTEM III Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) variant of aircraft  based on ATR 72-500 commercial aircraft. Alenia Aeronautica is responsible for the design, integration of the mission system, certification, modification and Initial Logistic Support of the aircraft. Pennant Software Services Ltd will be working with Alenia Aeronautica in rolling out a larger installation integrated into the Alenia IBM Web...

Pennant Software Services Ltd have successfully supplied OmegaPS LSAR and OmegaPS Analyzer to MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG.  The software already in use by MAN UK for the UK MoD Support Vehicle Program will also be used for military programs in Canada, South Africa and Australia. Chris Mair, General Manager of Pennant Software Services Ltd described the sale as "excellent, this extends our involvement with Man Erf, we are working closely to ensure that we fully support them as they develop Integrated Logistics Support and, Logistic Support Analysis capabilities" OmegaPS and OmegaPS Analyzer...

Pennant Software Services Ltd working with their new Chinese Distributor CCTECH have successfully supplied and installed OmegaPS LSAR for China Helicopter Institute. The software will be initially used for the new EC175 (6 ton heavy lift helicopter). The China Helicopter Institute are in cooperation with Eurocopter of France for the development and production if the EC175. For Pennant & CCTECH this is a significant move forward into potential new markets within China. Chris Mair, General Manager of Pennant Software Services Ltd, described the new distribution and first sale as "....a...

Pennant Training Systems Limited (Pennant) is pleased to announce the Final Acceptance by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Agency of the Synthetic Environment Procedural Trainer (SEPT2). SEPT2 provides training in marshalling and ground handling of aircraft in complete safety and without the costs of using real aircraft. he student is presented with a 150° wrap-round immersive screen. Three high resolution projectors provide a computer generated display of the airfield and moving aircraft. Realism is enhanced by multi-channelled surround sound effects. Training scenarios and...

Pennant was presented with a golden opportunity to showcase its expertise in rail documentation and training at the recent Rail Safety and Standards Board's Simulation Seminar. The seminar, which was targeted at drivers, investigated the use of driver simulators to improve driving standards and reduce the possibility of accident. Despite the fact that driver training simulators with 180° views typical of those that drivers would see when travelling designated routes were on show, many delegates were enthusiastic about Pennant's applications which ranged from low budget solutions to high...

Final results for 2006 have just been released, please see the document here for further information.

Pennant Training Systems Limited (Pennant) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE) to supply an additional 9 GenSkill, 'Hand Skills Trainer' devices to DCAE Sultan. This will bring the total number of GenSkill in-service with DCAE to 36. The training devices will be used to train Royal Navy aeronautical trainees in basic hand skills including the removal and refitting of representative aircraft components, rigid and flexible pipes, electrical connectors, Line Replacement Items and push pull rod controls. These...

The World of Learning Awards are the industry’s most prestigious awards. Judged by an independent panel of industry experts, they recognize and reward organizations and people who have significantly advanced workplace productivity and performance within the industry. Pennant and the Pension Service – The Learning Highway The Learning Highway is the largest piece of e-learning ever created within the Department for Work and Pensions; bringing together a huge volume of complex technical information and providing the means to build an infinite number of different bespoke routes through the...

Pennant International Group plc, announces that its training systems subsidiary, Pennant Training Systems Ltd, has been awarded a new enabling contract for the provision of e-learning courseware for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years. An initial batch of work has been approved. It is worth in excess of £300,000 and is expected to be completed by the middle of the year. Further funded work is expected over the life of this enabling contract. The e-learning will support the MoD Director General Training and Education initiative to increase the amount of training...

Pennant International Group plc, announces that its training systems subsidiary, Pennant Training Systems Ltd., has been awarded a new service provision contract by the Ministry of Defence for five years with an option for a further 2 years. The contract is worth an initial £3.8 million and has provision for additional services throughout the life of the contract which could significantly enhance its overall value. The contract is to provide training equipment support at 4 RAF bases including the Defence College for Aeronautical Engineering (‘DCAE’) Cosford and the Army and Royal Navy...

Pennant Training Systems Limited (Pennant) is pleased to announce the award of a contract from British Energy for the supply of an additional five STAR Simulators. The STAR (Stop, Think, Act, Review) Simulator’s design emphasises Human Performance by allowing trainees individually, or in groups of two or three, to progress through an “In-Hand” procedure by manipulating switches, push-buttons, and other devices on the hardware panels. An instructor will pre-set scenarios from a stand-alone laptop computer. The STAR Simulators design will allow the simulators to be transportable between...

Pennant Information Services are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a contract by the Helicopter and Islander Combined Integrated Project Team (HIC IPT) to undertake the conversion of obsolete Air Publications for a number of Royal Navy and Army historic aircraft. Much of the published material used to support these aircraft has not been updated since these aircraft were withdrawn from operational service (in one case as far back as 1945) and consists of hard copy manuals of varying sizes, complexity and format. Pennant contract involves the conversion of the manuals to an...

The Company today announces that it has exchanged contracts for the conditional sale of the Company’s Southampton property. The property that is no longer suitable for the Company’s requirements has a book value of £372,500. The sale is conditional upon the purchaser being able to obtain satisfactory planning permission within 9 months of the date of exchange. The agreed sale price is £721,000, in cash, increased by £26,000 for each unit of residential accommodation for which planning is granted in excess of 22 units. On completion, the business currently carried out from these premises...

Pennant Information Services has been awarded a five year contract by the MOD’s Helicopter Engine Project Team (HEIPT) based in Yeovil. Pennant will assist with the management of the maintenance information for the engines of the UK’s Chinook Helicopter fleet. Pennant Information Services Operations Manager Andy Baxter said: "We are delighted to have won this five year contract. It underlines the quality and capability that Pennant provides to its customers." Pennant Information Services Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pennant International Group plc. The company, listed on the AIM...