FPMI Receives International Recognition

The FPMI courseware development team located at the Air Education and Training Command on Randolph Air Force Base has passed a significant professional and corporate milestone, according to Col. Thomas Giattino, chief of AETC’s Learning Systems Integration Division

FPMI – subcontractor to Lear Seigler, Inc. – has been notified, following an Underwriters Laboratories independent audit, that they are compliant with the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 9001:2000 quality system standard. “As a result, our registration will be recognized in 149 ISO member countries,” stated Jim Watters, FPMI site manager

Watters stated this industry-recognized achievement is further enhanced by our ISO Team being identified among the top five percent of companies going through the initial registration audit. Underwriters Laboratories indicated it is a rare and impressive achievement on an initial audit when no corrective actions are identified by the auditor

Giattino added FPMI is responsible for developing and maintaining Undergraduate Flying Training courseware, as well as Briefing Room Interactive packages used in AETC’s T-1A Jayhawk, T-37 Tweet, T-38A Talon, and Combat Systems Officer syllabi. FPMI’s 24 professionals have become an integral part of the AETC/A3Z division since coming aboard in 2001, said Giattino. They work hand-in-hand daily with Randolph AFB government (military) Training Program Managers, LSI’s academic instructors and other contractors associated with Randolph AFB missions

The Learning Systems Integration Division, located in Hanger 6, is responsible for the development and production of all Undergraduate Flying Training courseware. This includes the aforementioned courseware and that associated with T-6A Texan II, T-38C Talon, and Aerospace Physiology training. Courseware includes student and instructor guides, computer-based-instruction material, examinations, slide shows, videos, training handouts, and ground training guides. Such are currently used in 31 graduate- and undergraduate-level pilot and CSO training programs. Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training syllabi are being planned for introduction at Randolph next year