Starlite Aviation to purchase Vrgineers sims
A military training solution in South Africa is a new version of the reconfigurable trainer developed by Vrgineers. (Photo: Starlite Aviation Academy)
Starlite Aviation Academy and CHS Tactical will use a reconfigurable trainer solution from Vrgineers to train helicopter and fixed-wing pilots in South Africa.
South African flying training provider Starlite Aviation Academy has bought four Vrgineers rotary-wing and two fixed-wing mission simulators.
Through the approximately $1 million contract, Starlite Aviation has established itself as the first African company to operate a dedicated VR mission training facility for defence purposes.
The training solution is a new version of the reconfigurable trainer developed by Vrgineers. The new models are equipped with a new suite of dynamic environment software and full instructor operating stations, the company said in an 8 August statement.
The instruction will be provided by a team of ex-UK military aviation tactics instructors from CHS Tactical,
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