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10 July 2009 – SELEX Systems Integration Ltd, a Finmeccanica company, is working with the Royal Norwegian Air Force to develop a distributed learning trial, designed to address the Air Force’s changing and evermore demanding training requirements.

The six-month programme will convert the existing Technical Training Package (TTP) emulation to SELEX Systems Integration’s latest web-enabled emulation technology, as well as adding new functionality needed to support distance learning. This will be followed by a classroom-based trial to determine the success of this new training approach.

The project extends SELEX Systems Integration’s (formerly VEGA’s) long-term relationship with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and builds upon the existing integrated training solution that the company developed to support type conversion and recurrent training of F-16 technicians in the Royal Norwegian and Royal Netherlands Air Forces.

The aim of the work is to develop new web-based functionality for the F-16 TTP to enable a remote learning environment, making the most efficient use of instructors whilst maintaining the quality of the learning experience for the students. The programme aims to design distributed yet highly interactive training in an innovative, highly efficient, flexible and accessible way. By delivering training at the point of use, anywhere in the world, ‘just in time’ learning can help combat skill fade, and enable students to work through training when and where they want.

At the end of the trial, the Royal Norwegian Air Force will retain the new capability to deliver distance learning lessons for those components converted during the trial. The result of the trial will also help develop knowledge of how future emulation-based training capabilities should be specified and procured for more than just the F-16 specific TTP emulation.

SELEX Systems Integration Director of Training Solutions, Tony Miklinski, said: “Training is moving away from long residential courses towards ‘just in time’ training where it’s conducted in small, intense and highly purposeful sessions, immediately prior to the trainee / technician having to perform a related procedure or task. This enables training to continue even after students, and the equipment for which they are responsible, have been deployed. We believe that the combination of our emulation technology and the latest web-based technologies can provide financial benefits to the customer, as well as improve student efficiency and effectiveness.

“We hope the successful completion of this trial leads to a fully functioning transformation of the existing F-16 TTP training system into a distributed, remote training capability, and develops useful experience and authority to inform subsequent training for other platform procurements such as future combat, rotary wing and multi-engaged aircraft.”