SIM.L Regulatory News (SIM)

23 Jul 2007 07:01

SimiGon Limited23 July 2007 July 23, 2007 SimiGon Ltd ('SimiGon' or 'The Company') Canadian Air Force extends SimiGon contract for Winged Warriors exercise July 23, 2006 - SimiGon Limited has been selected to provide the technologicalinfrastructure for the Tactical Aviation Training course of Canada's Air Force,extending a successful relationship between the two parties. SimiGon's AirBook technology is planned to be at the heart of Winger Warrior2007, the Canadian Air Force's next major virtual training exercise, which willtake place in October, although deployment of the systems is expected to takeplace in August. The specifications for Winged Warrior demonstrates the sophistication andflexibility of SimiGon's AirBook, an aviation training software product based onthe Company's core product, SIMbox, a highly flexible, PC-based commercialoff-the-shelf product providing government and industry partners with enablingtechnologies for developing flexible training solutions. The Winged Warrior exercise will involve 30 pilots employing 24 linked AirBooksystems, two of which will be used for exercise management. The rest can beconfigured in a wide variety of ways, including the use of several differentaircraft, or many trainees operating different stations in one vehicle.Following the exercise the systems will be deployed back to squadrons forindividual and tactical training. This is part SimiGon's contract with the Canadian Air Force, which involvedlimited deployments, aimed at individual familiarisation with aircraft andpersonal training, followed by exercise support. . SimiGon President and CEO, Ami Vizer said: "We are delighted that the CanadianAir Force has extended its relationship with SimiGon and that its previousexperience of our technology has given it the confidence to engage in a muchmore sophisticated deployment of AirBook." "Major Jean-Francois Martel, in charge of training for 1 Wing in the CanadianForces, said: "Two years ago we identified SimiGon's AirBook as the onlysolution on the market that fully aligned with our training vision. AirBook'smodularity and SimiGon's past performance made them the obvious choice forWinged Warrior 2007, which is our largest and most important virtual exercisethis year." SimiGon is a fast-growing company with vast experience in providing Modelling,Simulation & Training solutions to customers worldwide. The Company's partnersinclude government and industry leading training and simulation organisations aswell as small businesses providing end users with added value content packages based on SIMbox technologies. Enquiries:SimiGon Limited Ami Vizer, CEO +44 207 929 8980 Corfin Communications Harry Chathli +44 207 929 8980 Ben Hunt This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange