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NED OF THE YEAR – 2018

NED OF THE YEAR – 2018

I am pleased to announce that Simon Moore, Chairman of Pennant International Group Plc, was named Non-Executive Director of the Year at the 2018 Quoted Company Awards dinner held at The Brewery, London. The award recognises Simon’s role in leading the Pennant board...

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The Virtual Reality takeover

The Virtual Reality takeover

Who hasn’t enthusiastically discussed having a go at skydiving but then, usually the morning after, decided it’s not really for them? I know I have. Well, now all of us with more imagination that courage can experience free-falling in complete safety. How so? Enter...

NED OF THE YEAR – 2018

I am pleased to announce that Simon Moore, Chairman of Pennant International Group Plc, was named Non-Executive Director of the Year at the 2018 Quoted Company Awards dinner held at The Brewery, London. The award recognises Simon’s role in leading the Pennant board to achieve robust good company governance, appointing and supporting the executive team and building strong relationships with our investors. Simon commented that he is honoured to accept the award on behalf of the Group and it is testament to the commitment and hard work of all employees that the Group has navigated a...

Teaming agreement signed with Capewell Aerial Systems LLC

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Pennant International Group plc (“Pennant” or the “Group”), the AIM quoted supplier of integrated training and support solutions, products and services, principally to the defence, rail, aerospace and naval sectors and to Government Departments, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a teaming agreement with Capewell Aerial Systems LLC (a global provider of engineered products for aerial delivery, life support and tactical gear for military, law enforcement and humanitarian agencies worldwide)(“Capewell”). Pennant and Capewell have identified a number of opportunities to work...

New Executive Director appointment

PENNANT INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC (AIM:PEN) Directorate Change Appointment of Group Commercial Director Pennant International Group plc (“Pennant” or the “Group”), the AIM quoted supplier of integrated training and support solutions, products and services, principally to the defence, rail, aerospace and naval sectors and to Government Departments, is pleased to announce the appointment of David Joseph Clements to the Board as Commercial Director with immediate effect. Mr Clements, aged 37, is a solicitor with extensive experience in corporate and commercial law and practice gained over a...

Teaming agreement signed with Resource Group

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Pennant International Group plc (“Pennant” or the “Group”), the AIM quoted supplier of integrated training and support solutions, products and services, principally to the defence, rail, aerospace and naval sectors and to Government Departments, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a teaming agreement with Resource Group (a service provider to airlines and OEMs, accredited by the regulatory authorities as an Approved Aviation Training Organisation). Pennant and Resource Group (sharing common customers and operating in the same sectors) have identified a number of opportunities...

Business Rules and brDoc Schema – The Heavy Tech Stuff!

Stay with me folks, this is not a light topic but it will be worth it… In Issue 4.2 of the S1000D Specification there was the introduction of a couple of new schemas. One of the new schema’s was brDoc, and the use of this schema will be the focus of this blog. This schema has been implemented to provide projects with the ability to create Business Rules. Up until Issue 4.1 the option was to use the Descriptive schemas and use the information code of 022. With Issue 4.2 we can now use the brDoc schema and information code 024 to build our Business Rules. The brDoc schema is very similar to...

Pennant Software Services Announcement

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Pennant Software Services are pleased to announce a successful sale of their world-renowned supportability engineering software suite OmegaPS™ to Damen Shipyards Group. Damen will use the software for various projects with the Australian Government. Allied with product training and installation support Pennant welcome this new customer to the growing OmegaPS user community and look forward to a long and successful relationship in the years ahead.

Can I combine SCORM e-Learning content with S1000D?

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Why use a SCORM-compliant system? SCORM compliance ensures interoperability between e-learning content, authoring tools and learning management systems. It means content will run and behave the same, on different Learning Management Systems. Taking it one step further, combining SCORM with the S1000D specification allows training developers to re-use technical content that is stored within an S1000D repository (like our R4i Common Source Database). This allows training developers and technical writers to use the same base content, hundreds of hours in content creation and re-entering...

Pennant win Order for Training in Singapore from Kawasaki Heavy Industries

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Pennant are delighted to have secured a new Contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan to provide Training for the Thomson-East Line new mass rapid transit rail project. The new four car trains are being built by a consortium comprising Kawasaki Heavy Industries, CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Singapore. Pennant are designing, developing and producing training courseware, comprising: Training Manuals and media for Operators, Running and Heavy Maintenance Training Courses, to be delivered in Singapore. The Thomson Line project will enhance rail connectivity in the...

KiT! Magazine celebrates 25 years!

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Pennant have been involved in producing KiT! Magazine for numerous years and we are proud to celebrate the 100th issue and 25 successful years of the Defence Equipment magazine! KiT! promotes the safe and efficient use of equipment, which is vital on operations and during training. Safety, equipment care and maintenance issues must be communicated to all ranks in a focussed and easily understood format. Official-looking publications such as Safety Bulletins and Army Equipment Support Publications (AESPs) remain the primary source of information, but KiT! provides a useful supplement to...

The Virtual Reality takeover

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Who hasn’t enthusiastically discussed having a go at skydiving but then, usually the morning after, decided it’s not really for them? I know I have. Well, now all of us with more imagination that courage can experience free-falling in complete safety. How so? Enter Virtual Reality, VR, the innovative combination of software, 3D media and an array of fairly complex equipment to generate a totally immersive, three-dimensional environment which can be used for both leisure and, increasingly, training. With its origins in gaming technologies, VR technology is developing rapidly and becoming...

Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA)

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Venue: Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre, Langkawi, Malaysia Date: 21st March 2017 - 25th March 2017 Pennant will be exhibiting its Virtual Parachute Training System (VPTS) software and the latest in VR technology at LIMA; come find us on Stand 4 in the UK Pavilion in the Aerospace Exhibition Hall. LIMA is one of Asia Pacific’s premier Maritime and Aerospace shows. If you would like to request a meeting with our team during the show please contact us at any time via email here and we will be in contact with you...