Market Intelligence: South East Asia

L3Harris’s Head of Digital Learning, David Harding shared information on the exciting features of L3Harris’ brand-new platform, SimU, and how it revolutionizes the way simulator engineers/technicians train.

• SimU: A new eLearning platform for simulator maintenance training
• Features: SimU offers a blended in-person and eLearning package, featuring instructor-led walk-throughs and in-situ shots of real equipment. It also provides flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and individualized learning experience for customers.
• Motivation: SimU is driven by the need to deliver training effectively in a post-Covid world, where travel restrictions, skill gaps, and digitalization are major challenges for the simulator industry.
• Future Plans: SimU will initially cover the Airbus A320, and will expand to other aircraft types and additional content.

On what are the benefits of SimU, Mr Harding shared;

“We recognise the cost of training to organisations. Now the pilot training industry is restabilizing, the demand for training our simulator technicians has also increased, which comes at a cost. SimU offers flexibility in when we chose to train. This means you can schedule training outside of key operational times, or technicians can work and train simultaneously!

From a demographic angle, SimU recognises the way people learn by digitalizing their experience. It’s important to realise that people, particularly the younger generation, are more inclined to be mobile orientated and turn to interactive video content when they want to learn something new. We’ve seen this digital experience adopted across several industries, and we wanted to expand that use of a learning management system (LMS) to cover simulator and flight device maintenance training, giving our customers their independence.

SimU will deliver even better-quality training but at a reduced burden to our customers. With traditional training, eight people would have to be released for a considerable number of days, resulting in simulator operations being impacted and additional staffing costs. Essentially, SimU aims to prevent all these impacts.

One of, if not the most valuable elements of SimU is that it is an individual experience instead of a one size fits all exercise. Students can access a huge amount of learning content instantly, train at their own pace and revisit challenging modules that inexperienced technicians may have found difficult in a traditional classroom setting.”

Source: L3Harris
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