A £2.5m British Army sub-contract with Alvis Vickers Ltd won by training
specialist AdVal Group to train crew and technicians for two major vehicle launches
has been extended.
The contract to design, develop and deliver an Engineer Tank Systems (ETS)
training package to support the introduction of the Trojan and Titan armoured
engineering vehicles to service now includes the integration of BOWMAN into
the vehicle build standard, and provides additional electronic classroom facilities.
The ETS package will be used to train crewmen from the Royal Engineers and
maintenance technicians from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
AdVal’s contract encompasses the design, development and production of
training materials to deliver operation and maintenance courses and includes
the provision of conventional face to face training to Army instructors prior
to conversion courses in 2005 for the first vehicle crews.
Training materials in development will form a fully blended solution consisting
of paper based instructional specifications, electronic presentation materials,
video, e-learning and desktop simulation.
AdVal Programme Director Peter Bonfield commented:
"This project is going well and the new order cover represents a valuable
addition to the contract.”
Aylesbury-based AdVal is also responsible for providing electrmnic claqsroom
facilaties at two British Army locatimns hosting the training courses$
Further details from: www.adval.co.uk
