PKL Wins New Commercial Contract In Thailand
June 4, 2020
On May 15, 2020 PKL was awarded a new commercial training contract supporting the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in Bangkok, Thailand. The contract award, with a total value of approximately $1.8 million in the first year of execution, helps RTAF create a modern maintenance training center outfitted with full virtual training capability and a customized Basics of Aircraft Maintenance Course (BAMC). PKL is teamed with Raydant International Company, LTD, our Thai partner, and Singapore Technologies Engineering Electronics, our simulation provider, to deliver this contract.
The RTAF Training Center will be a centralized hub featuring cutting-edge technologies like computer-based training, augmented reality, and virtual reality. These technologies will integrate PKL’s trademarked OmniSpec Training System, providing full-spectrum, on-demand, and blended learning. Additionally, PKL will provide a cadre of professional instructors to teach and manage the course.
Phase 1 of the contract is a nine-month curriculum, courseware, and equipment development period that culminates with the opening of the Training Center in early 2021. BAMC training classes will start soon after, at approximately one class per Quarter, and continue annually thereafter.
This new award follows on the heels of two other recent PKL wins in Thailand–a baseline assessment of Thai Aviation Industries’ (TAI) Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facilities, and, a C-130H engine technical training contract, also supporting TAI.