London (UK), January 2010 - BAE Systems is taking a new, holistic approach to the way it develops training for its Military Air Solutions' customers around the world. Spurring this new method of doing business is a concept that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and its defence contractors call "through-life capability management."
BAE Systems decided that designing, producing, delivering, managing, and maintaining military training is no exception.
The company has selected OutStart LCMS, which will serve as the single-source hub for assembling, reusing, managing, and deploying learning modules to support its Military Air Solutions' training contracts. These modules comprise classroom, online, and mobile learning for aircraft operators and maintainers, supported by instructor guides, student notes, assessments, surveys, job aides, and help files.
With OutStart LCMS, BAE Systems is able to take a new approach to the standard classroom-based training solution that has been a staple of the training industry for decades. The OutStart system delivers an array of electronic and printed materials that BAE Systems can specifically tailor to its customers' needs, considering what individuals need to help them learn best.
As BAE Systems extends the capability of its combat aircraft, the training impact has to be considered and managed to maintain the configuration of the training content with the aircraft. The OutStart LCMS makes it possible to review existing content and update it quickly, with new material for delivery in the format that BAE Systems' customers require.
All this, says BAE Systems, spells hundreds or even thousands of hours of time saved on redesigning and rewriting learning content. This enables BAE Systems to train its customers using the most up-to-date information in the shortest time, helping its customers deliver operators and maintainers to the front line.
