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based at RAAF Wagga.

This extension of FlightPro™ from the management of training and operational flying units is a first for Australia and is the natural progression for a tool that has proven itself in the UK, Canada and Finland, as a true enterprise/force wide system, capable of delivering improved efficiencies to all areas of a defence force. "The more organisations that utilise FlightPro™ the more efficiencies are realised. After all, aircrew, controlling agencies and technical staff are all valuable resources that combine to deliver the final capability; its common sense to leverage the real time communications capability delivered within this one Product to manage all of these resources", stated Adam Hogan, Ocean's Sales & Marketing Director.

FlightPro™ was first used to manage technical training at the Typhoon Training Facility (TTF) based at RAF Coningsby in the UK. There FlightPro™ manages the training of all maintenance technicians for the Typhoon program and was recently extended from the school house to allow competency recording and reporting for Typhoon maintenance technicians both on the line and in the depth bays. Notably, FlightPro™ is also used to manage all Typhoon simulator training for aircrew at the same facility.

management system FlightPro™ from Melbourne based Ocean Software Pty Ltd. Ocean tendered in partnership with Canadian training specialists Atlantis Systems Eduplus (ASE) and Canadian based integrator Accenture who will support future complex integration tasks.

The contract covers User Licenses up to an Entity License, Maintenance and Support, and Training and Professional Services to support the implementation of FlightPro™ to all Air Force units.

This acquisition extends the implementation of FlightPro™ in Canada from the training environment where it has managed the NATO Flight Training Canada (NFTC) operation since 2003, to the operational side of the Air Force; providing continuity to the aircrew and the opportunity to leverage a recruitment to retirement solution for the Canadian Forces.

"Ocean Software is very pleased to be further extending its Unit Level Tool concept that began initially in Australia under the JP2030 Ph7b project and has extended to Finland and now Canada. This selection in my opinion is evidence that FlightPro™ is the leading solution globally in the increasingly complex military flight operations and training management market", said Adam Hogan, Ocean's Sales & Marketing Director. "With recent interest shown by a number of other countries and units, both training and operational, the future is very bright for both Ocean and its flagship product, FlightPro™".

support and training services necessary to implement FlightPro™ at the primary FINAF Air Training Bases in Kauhava and Tikkakoski. Concurrently, Ocean was required to train sufficient Subject Matter Experts and Administrator Staff to provide the FINAF with the core capability to implement FlightPro™ across their remaining Air Force units, independent of Ocean support.

Despite a significant break for the European summer, the project has been completed successfully on time and within budget. The FINAF are now set to roll out FlightPro™ across their remaining Force Element Groups, including Fighter, Helicopter and UAV units.

Ocean is proud to have completed this important project successfully and looks forward to supporting FINAF as an enterprise customer in the future.

(FOMS) project requested in June 2009. The project delivers a comprehensive scheduling, aircrew currency & qualification management, asset status and capability reporting tool to the Finnish Defence Forces at a whole of force level. With initial implementation to Tikkakoski and Kauhava Air Bases, therefore delivering FlightPro™'s comprehensive Training Management System capability to the Training Air Wing and Air Force Academy; the full roll out will include all Air Force Units, Helicopter Battalion, Artillery Brigade (UAV) and Air Force Command Finland.

"Ocean Software is very excited to extend the Unit Level Tool concept from Australia where it was first implemented as JP2030 Ph7b, to a second whole of country delivery. This selection is evidence of FlightPro™'s maturity as a comprehensive enterprise capable toolset for the management of aviation operations including all airborne assets and the resources used to support them." said Adam Hogan, Ocean's Sales & Marketing Director, "We hope that Finland is the first of many European countries to join our international User community".

flight training operations globally, ATCA looks to gain improved scheduling efficiency and corporate governance with a resultant improvement in utilization and output. "We are very proud that elite organisations such as Lufthansa Flight Training and the Airline Training Center would select FlightPro™ to manage their Phoenix operation and we look forward to the challenge of extending our partnership with Lufthansa Flight Training in the future" said Ocean's Sales & Marketing Director.
Lufthansa Flight Training
Airline Training Center Phoenix

Melbourne is fantastic".  Drawing on the core technology used to manage Military flying training operations world wide, FlightPro™ -  Civil now includes added capability to improve Civil operations including Maintenance tracking and the newly created civil focussed Finance, Invoice and Reporting module.  Implemented to manage airline and university contracts and full RTO reporting, FlightPro™ - Civil will significantly improve efficiency and output.

Maintenance & Support Services to the TTF and importantly a Licence extension to cover all Typhoon units at RAF Coningsby.

on the Air Command Support System, ULTRA delivers a state of the art enterprise wide aircrew scheduling, categorisation and currency management capability to the RAAF's front line units with the added benefit of FlightPro™'s legacy Training Management functionality covering both on-the-job training (OJT) and the Operational Conversion Units (OCUs) on a single system.  The ULTRA project now transitions to sustainment phase with development underway to add enhanced capabilities, keeping pace with the dynamic environment that is military flying operations.