New Contract Award

RNS Number : 1858H

Pennant International Group PLC

16 February 2010

 



For Immediate release                                                                                                       16 February 2010

Pennant International Group plc: New Contract Award

Pennant Awarded New Contract for the development of a Virtual Reality Parachute Trainer with the Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)

Pennant International Group plc, the AIM quoted supplier of integrated logistic support solutions, products and services, principally to the defence, rail, aerospace and naval sectors and to Government Departments announces that it has been awarded a new contract by the Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers Project Team (FsAST PT) for the design, manufacture, installation and support of eight (8) Virtual Reality Parachute Trainers (VRPTs) for the Parachute Training School (PTS) at RAF Brize Norton.

The VRPT will be an immersive training aid, giving the student a real time experience in a virtual world that simulates a parachute descent in either free fall or static line. The VRPT will allow the student to practise his parachuting and malfunction skills in a safe but realistic virtual environment.

The instructor will be able to control environmental conditions (time of day, weather conditions), from a dedicated control console, inject malfunctions, monitor a student's jump and debrief using digital capture. Students will be able to jump as individuals or as a 'stick' within the same virtual environment. There will be three environments available including Weston-on-the-Green, a wooded area and water.

PTS provides the instruction for selected personnel from the 3 Services in all aspects of military static line parachuting for Armed Forces personnel. It also provides the training required for selected personnel to become Parachute Jumping Instructors, Synthetic Parachute Instructors and Assistant Parachute Jumping Instructors, as well as providing instructor and student support for Air Concentration Exercise detachments.

Managed by the FsAST PT the training devices will be supported for an initial period of four (4) years with options to extend.

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Enquiries:

Pennant International Group plc                                                                 Tel: [phone]

Chris Snook, CEO

John Waller, Finance Director                                  

WH Ireland                         Mike Coe/ Marc Davies	Tel: [phone]

Winningtons Financial                                                                                Tel: [phone]

Paul Vann/Tom Cooper

Pennant International Group plc, based in Cheltenham, England and is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.

 

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