News from APATS: Simnest Group & AviatePro Expand AI-Assisted Sim Collab

Simnest Group, bringing together Simnest Aviation and Simnest Pilot Academy, has entered into a strategic collaboration with AviatePro Services Ltd. to further develop, validate and expand an AI-assisted multimodal training-review platform, Simvidence Powered by Simnest, for professional flight training and broader commercial deployment. Building on prior cooperation, technical preparation and initial operational experience, the parties have formalised a broader cooperation covering expanded deployment, technical integration and the continued joint development of the co-branded product.

The AI-assisted platform brings together synchronised simulator video, multichannel audio, speech, session events and observable human-performance signals as source- and timestamp-traceable evidence for instructor-led debriefing and pilot self-assessment.

The platform supports instructors by identifying reviewable moments from synchronised visual, vocal, communication, interaction and session-context evidence. Relevant observations remain linked to their original source and timestamp so that instructors and pilots can revisit them in context. Its purpose is not to replace instructor judgement or automate pilot assessment, but to provide an additional evidence layer for more focused and consistent debriefing.

Simvidence Powered by Simnest is being developed and validated on Simnest Aviation simulators in the real-world training environment of Simnest Pilot Academy, with input from experienced instructors. This brings together Simnest’s simulator technology, instructor expertise and real-world training experience with AviatePro’s AI-supported human factors and debriefing technology.

The technical cooperation also includes assessing whether simulator telemetry, aircraft-state, event and other technical data can be made securely available to the platform, preferably on a read-only basis, adding further operational context to its analysis. The same infrastructure may later support additional training functions, including self-study solutions, automated e-journey log functions and other digital training-support services.

“The real value of AI in pilot training is not to replace the instructor, but to help make important moments more visible and easier to review and understand,” said Cpt. Gyula Kühtreiber, CEO of Simnest Group. “By combining AviatePro’s technology with Simnest’s simulator and training expertise, we aim to create a practical tool that supports better debriefing and more evidence-informed training.”

“Simvidence Powered by Simnest is designed to add a reviewable evidence layer to the professional observations instructors already make during simulator training,” said Krisztian Makai, Founder and CEO of AviatePro Services Ltd. “Working with Simnest Aviation and Simnest Pilot Academy gives us the real-world training use, instructor feedback and simulator integration expertise needed to develop the technology further and make it practical at scale.”

Krisztian Makai will present early findings and practical examples during the APATS 2026 conference session “From Hunches to Evidence: How AI Can Make Human Factors More Visible in Pilot Training?” on 2 September 2026. The session will examine how non-

intrusive, AI-supported analysis can make factors such as workload, resilience and cockpit dynamics more observable and useful in simulator debriefing while preserving the central role of instructor judgement.

Simnest is exhibiting at APATS, taking place now through 2 September. Stop by booth 208 to learn more.