It was billed as something special. A major event. A clear statement about Thales' commitment to simulation and training. And by the end, there could not have been one person in the room who could doubt that Thales was not only here to stay, but it was also here to win.

The launch of The New Reality had been cloaked in mystery from the beginning. There is often the risk, in taking such an approach, that the final 'reveal' does not quite match the billing. Not in this case.

As the curtains went back, and the new 'RealitySeven' simulator appeared like some magnificent creature from an H G Wells novel, picked out in brilliant purple and blue, the crown had been firmly placed upon the head of Thales as the newly anointed leader in simulation and training.

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Thales has taken the brave step of acknowledging flaws in the delivery of its training and simulation services and investing significant time and money to launch a new standard of service.

Branded “The New Reality”, the programme is the result of an 18-month period of research that showed Thales that better customer engagement was required. The new focus comprises four pillars: integrated solutions; commercial solutions; support solutions; and equipment solutions.

“We’ve had some feedback from customers who questioned whether Thales was really interested in the simulation business. The answer is most definitely ‘yes’, and we want people to know it,” said Marion Broughton, managing director of the Thales training and simulation business.

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A launch ceremony at the company's new production plant near London Gatwick airport in the UK today unveiled the company's latest series of full-flight simulators, dubbed RealitySeven. The unique aspect of these training devices, says the company, is that they are completely modular assemblies.

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Thales Enters Pilot Training Service Provision Market and Launches Simulator carborundum    February 26th, 2009 - 4:41 PM In spite of Marks assertion I find it difficult to see what in the final analysis the differences are between the Thales solutions on offer and those provided by CAE.  CAE provide Training where their customers want it CAE will provide assistance to existing Airline based training centres, provide managment expertise if required and even run training centres on behalf of customers if required. Seems to me the only difference at the end of the day will come down to who can provide the best financing deals, who has most credibility, and who has the best technology. The first one can only guess at but my guess would be that Thales has deeper pockets than CAE. The second because of track record Thales will have to build up. For the third one would need to know more about the current Thales technology but it shouldn't be too difficult to better current CAE technology. Times could get interesting again

Re: Thales Enters Pilot Training Service Provision Market and Launches Simulator admin    February 27th, 2009 - 5:33 PM I spoke to someone at Thales'communications department, about this conumdrum, today, and was told that Flight International given the wrong impression in the quoted article. The crux is that Thales will sell equipment and services to airlines or training centres, as does CAE, but that Thales is not intending set up its own independent training centres, as CAE has done.

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