Thales awarded further interactive training contract for Royal Navy's Daring class
04 May 2010
Thales UK has been awarded the second phase of a contract for the provision of interactive 3D media to be used for training maintainers of the long-range radar on the Royal Navy new Daring-class (Type 45) destroyers. This second phase, under contract with BAE Insyte, is to provide SCORM* conformant, web-enabled, training media for Type 45 maintainer trainers.
Thales was awarded an initial contract in April 2007 for the provision of 3D training media for the RESM** and medium-frequency sonar systems. This was the first of its type to be accepted by the Royal Navy. This initial training media, also created under contract with BAE Insyte, is now being used by the Type 45 Training Unit as part of training courses being run at HMS Collingwood and, as the learning assets and elements are SCORM conformant, training will also later be delivered over the UK Defence Learning Portal.
The extensive use of flexible interactive training media provides a cost-effective alternative to the use of traditional training equipment. The design of the assets allows maintenance training to be either instructor-led computer-aided instruction, or self-paced computer-based training. In both modes the maintainer can interact with photo-realistic animated 3D models of cabinets and equipment to work through sequences of learning that cover activities such as ‘start-up/shut-down’, ‘remove/install’ and ‘fault finding’.
Marion Broughton, head of Thales UK’s training and simulation business, says: “Thales has set the gold standard for the development of maintenance training assets within the Royal Navy and this has been recognised by this second contract to provide innovative training for the Daring-class ships.”
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* SCORM = sharable content object reference model
** RESM = radar electronic support measures
About Thales and Thales UK
Thales is a global technology leader for the Aerospace and Space, Defence, Security and Transportation markets. In 2009 the company generated revenues of £11.5 billion (12.9 billion euros) with 68,000 employees in 50 countries. With its 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equip¬ment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers as local partners.
Thales UK employs 8,500 staff based at 40 locations. In 2009 Thales UK's revenues were around £1.5 billion.
Defence Matters campaign
The Defence Matters campaign, in which Thales UK is playing an active role, is an industry-wide initiative to raise public awareness of how thousands of companies, employing hundreds of thousands of people, are supporting our Armed Forces and making a unique contribution to the British economy. For example:
• The UK output of defence companies equates to about 10% of this nation’s entire manufacturing industry
• Productivity in our industry is 15% higher than the UK manufacturing average
• In 2008 defence companies in the UK topped the list for the value of global export orders, with an order book worth £10 billion
• In 2006-07, the defence sector invested £3.34 billion in research & development, around 14% of the UK’s total R&D spend
• Including Thales there are over 3,000 companies in the UK defence industry, with a combined workforce of 305,000
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