The MoD has signed a contract for Virtual Reality Parachute Trainers for the Parachute Training School at RAF Brize Norton to help Armed Forces personnel hone their parachute jumping skills.
Under a contract worth over £300,000, Gloucestershire-based Pennant Training Systems Limited will design, manufacture, install and support the eight Virtual Reality Parachute Trainers. The trainers will work with students hanging from a metal frame by standard issue parachute harnesses and wearing virtual reality goggles that recreate a jump in a range of virtual environments. Students…
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