In August 2024, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus:
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Source: Airbus
Photo Credit: Airbus
Beloit, Wis. / Bristol, England / Tel Aviv, Israel – September 4, 2024 – Comply365, LLC (“Comply365”), a leading global provider of compliance and safety management solutions for the aviation, rail and defense industries, announced the acquisition of Qualtero Limited (“Qualtero”), a leading provider of solutions to optimize civil and military aviation training operations. The acquisition will create a leading global all-in-one compliance, safety and training platform for peak operational performance serving the aviation, defense and rail industries with over 140 customers located in over 30 countries on six continents. Terms of the transaction were not announced.
In January 2024, Insight Partners, a global software investor, and Liberty Hall Capital Partners (“Liberty Hall”), a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defense industry, announced a strategic growth investment in Comply365 in connection with Comply365’s merger with VistairLimited (“Vistair”). The acquisition of Qualtero represents Comply365’s first acquisition since its merger with Vistair.
Commenting on the acquisition of Qualtero, Tom Samuel, Vice Chairman, and Rob Morgan, CEO, of Comply365 said, “We are delighted to welcome the Qualtero team into the Comply365 family. Qualtero is a world-renowned provider of innovative training and qualification management solutions for civil and military aviation, with a stellar global customer base. This acquisition brings together complementary product lines and talent, further bolstering our ability to deliver a unique value proposition to our customers by connecting the dots between operational content management, safety management, training management, and data analytics.”
Barak Kirmayer, CEO of Qualtero said, “The acquisition of Qualtero by Comply365 marks a significant milestone in Qualtero’s journey. We see immense synergy between the companies’ solutions and teams, and with the support of Comply365, we are poised to deliver even greater value and more innovative products to our combined customers.”
Henry Frankievich, Managing Director at Insight Partners said, “The acquisition of Qualtero is a natural extension of Comply365’s strategy to create a comprehensive compliance and safety platform serving the global aviation, defense and rail industries. We believe that the addition of Qualtero’s widely respected training and qualifications management capabilities will enable our customers to achieve the highest levels of operational excellence. We look forward to continuing to work with Liberty Hall to support Comply365 in their continued growth.”
James Black, Partner at Liberty Hall Capital Partners added, “With the acquisition of Qualtero, Comply365 extends the value proposition it offers to airlines, defense and rail organizations by expanding its capacity to power operational excellence with a leading training management offering. Along with our partners at Insight, we look forward to supporting Comply365’s continued growth, combining the strengths and expertise of both organizations to deliver even greater value to our collective customers.”
Legal advice to Comply365 was provided by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Goldfarb Gross Seligman. Qualtero was advised by DLA Piper and Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.
About Comply365
Comply365 is a leading provider of Operational Content Management, Safety Management and Training Management in the highly regulated industries of aviation, defense and rail. Comply365 provides a powerful combination of expertise and products underpinned by unified best practices, providing airlines, rail and defense organizations with a single digital platform to elevate operational excellence, transform safety management and training, with closer integration of relevant data sets across domains.By empowering airline, rail and defense organizations with an all-in-one compliance, safety, training and data platform, Comply365 ensures their crews and assets always geared for peak operational performance, unlocking unparalleled financial and operational gains through more streamlined, robust and agile operations. Comply365 is the trusted technology partner of many of the most progressive aviation and defenseorganizations worldwide with a global customer base of over 120 airlines, defense and rail organizations.
About Qualtero
Qualtero is a premier provider of training management solutions, empowering organizations to deliver impactful training experiences that drive compliance performance and growth. Qualtero specializes in developing innovative solutions for optimizing commercial and military aviation training operations. Its flagship products include Fox, a comprehensive Training Management System, and Qualtero EQMS, the most modern Qualification Management System. These tools help aviation training organizations of all sizes streamline processes, reduce costs, and enhance throughput.Qualtero’s team of talented and experienced professionals employ proven methodologies to ensure complete customer success, continuously enhancing its solutions with the latest technology to meet their evolving needs.
About Insight Partners
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of December 31, 2023, the firm has over $80B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv and the Bay Area. Insight’s mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO.
About Liberty Hall
Liberty Hall Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defense industry. Liberty Hall’s principals have a 25-plus year history of working together and have led the investment of over $2.5 billion in equity capital in over 25 businesses serving multiple segments of the aerospace and defense industry. Liberty Hall was founded in July 2011 as the first, and remains the only, private equity firm focused solely on investments in middle market businesses serving the aerospace and defense industry. Liberty Hall executes a proven and repeatable investment strategy designed to transform middle market businesses into larger, more capable and diverse strategic assets.
Source: Qualtero
Photo Credit: Qualtero
Rohit V. Chivukula visited the Clark headquartered Alpha Aviation Group (AAG) training facilitites in the Philippines including the flight training based AAG International Center for Aviation Training (AICAT) in La Uñion. Describing his two-day experience as “eye-opening.” He expressed immense gratitude to the AAG teams for their hospitality and for demonstrating how a world-class institution manages its operations while maintaining top-notch flight safety standards.
“It was truly impressive to witness the cutting-edge technology AAG use to ensure safety and seamless operations. Can’t wait to spearhead adaptation of this kind of innovation and growth in my new ensuing assignment.” shared Mr Chivukula.
Alpha Aviation Group operates a full flight simulator training center as well in Chennai, India.
Source: Rohit V. Chivukula and AAG
Photo Credit: Rohit V. Chivukula
FTD.aero is a non-motion Flight Training Devices Manufacturer based in Poland with expertise in designing and manufacturing flight simulators since 2009. Their portfolio includes projects completed for airline customers, universities and private Flight Training Organizations with nearly 30 full-size airliner simulators and dozens of smaller training equipment delivered and operated across the world.
FTD.aero’s flagship products are Flight Training Devices compliant with EASA (FTD-2, FNPT II MCC APS) and FAA (Level 4, 5) qualification requirements, type-representative and type-specific to A320 (ceo, neo) and B737 (NG, MAX) aircraft. This emerging class of fixed-base simulators is becoming a game changer in airline pilot training, which can greatly offload Full Flight Simulator training, resulting in massive savings for Training Organizations. In particular MPL, MCC, JOC, TR and LOFT trainings can be successfully conducted on our devices instead.
For the highest immersion, FTD.aero’s Flight Training Devices are built using OEM aircraft components combined with hi-fidelity simulated hardware manufactured in their own production facility. Over the years, FTD.aero have excelled at developing quality products and innovative solutions available uniquely with their devices. This includes proprietary versatile I/O interface boards utilizing CANBUS communication and ARINC aviation standard. What makes FTD.aero really different is the fact that all of their devices are designed in-house from the ground up. This approach allows for full flexibility of product design and development and ensures highest production standards, as well as post-delivery maintenance, updates and upgrades and reliable technical support. Being independent from third-party suppliers, FTD.aero can guarantee that all of their Customers get quick access to spare parts directly from their own stock, which is critical for continuous heavy-duty operations in airline pilot training environments.
FTD.aero will be attending the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS 2024) on September 10-11, 2024 at Marina Bay Sands Singapore. The company is thrilled to be announcing their new Flight Training Devices based on Airbus A320 aircraft there!
If you want to learn more about their B737 and A320 FTDs type-representative or type-specific Flight Training Devices, meet the team at booth #208 in Hibiscus Ballroom at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on the said dates.
Learn more about FTD.aero here.
Source: FTD.aero
Photo Credit: FTD.aero
United States based flight training simulation solution provider True Course Simulations Team is in Singapore this week to install the region’s first VR Immerse Training Devices at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Asia, part of Embry-Riddle Worldwide College of Aviation.
The project has been a collaborative effort, with True Course Simulations working closely with Matthew Flaherty, Vice Chancellor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Asia and Pablo Alvarez, Associate Vice-Chancellor of Campus Operations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Asia. Their shared vision aims to provide ERAU Asia students with a diverse and well-rounded aviation education, enhancing their training with cutting-edge virtual reality technology.
Source: True Course Simulations
Philippines based AAG International Center for Aviation Training-Maintenance Training Centre (AICAT-MTC), the aircraft maintenance division of aviation and pilot training group Alpha Aviation Group, and Holy Angel University (HAU) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to continue their collaboration on the Aeronautical Engineering Supplemental Proficiency Program (SPP). This marks the third year of partnership between the two institutions, a collaboration dedicated to elevating aviation training to new heights.
Source: AAG
Photo Credit: AAG
Heading365, a specialist in custom Flight Management System (FMS) training solutions, announced its partnership with NexGen Pilot for the Asian market. NEXTGEN PILOT is a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia based provider of VR-based and computer-based training programs for the aviation industry.
“We have welcomed NextGen Pilot, a company specialized in bundling innovative training content providers, as our newest client. It was a natural fit for them to integrate our software solution into their portfolio. Our app offers 24/7 offline availability, a global database, and a multitude of features that make autonomous learning seamless. This partnership perfectly aligns with the needs and demands of NextGen Pilot, and we are excited to support their mission in delivering top-notch remote learning experiences.” shared Heading365.
Source: Heading365
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