Paladin AI
Paladin AI, a Montreal company, makes InstructIQ, machine learning that assesses pilot competency from full flight simulator data. TXT e-solutions bought it in 2023.
Founded in 2013 with about ten staff, it now operates as a business unit of PACE Canada within TXT's PACE Aerospace and IT. InstructIQ replaces instructors' subjective scoring with data on how each trainee flies.
European Pilot Selection and Training agreed in July 2025 to use it in ab-initio and advanced courses, its first named training customer; EPST's chief executive says it supports data-driven decisions.
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Products & Solutions
1 productInstructIQ
AI-powered web and mobile platform for adaptive pilot training analytics. Flight instructors install the mobile application on iPads while a hardware data collector connects to existing flight training devices.
Traditional pilot training relies on subjective instructor scoring and one-size-fits-all curricula, making it expensive and inefficient. InstructIQ enables objective, data-driven competency-based training (CBT) that adapts to individual pilot needs, reducing unnecessary training time and associated costs while improving standardization and safety outcomes.
- Automatic activity detection via deep neural networks
- Automatic performance norm assessment
- Intuitive data visualizations and maneuver analytics
- Human-in-the-loop automated grading
7 more features
- Bayesian competency inference engine
- Trainee profiles with competency evolution tracking over time
- Electronic grading sheets
- Briefing and debriefing tools
- Training recommendations
- Competency-based training (CBT) implementation support
- Performance indicator data bank exceeding ICAO Doc 9995 standards
Technical specifications (8)
- AES-256 data encryption in transit and at rest
- Low-latency and scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS
- Deep neural networks for activity detection
- Bayesian machine learning competency inference engine
- Web platform and iOS mobile application (iPad)
- Hardware data collector for simulator connectivity
- AWS services: Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Aurora, Amazon SageMaker
- Dynamic scaling across multiple simulators
- FAA regulatory compliant
- EASA regulatory compliant
- MPL (Multi-Crew Pilot Licence) compatible
- AQP (Advanced Qualification Program) compatible
- GDPR compliant
- CCPA compliant
- PIPEDA compliant
Register notes
Notes held in the Aerostack register. Aerostack has not independently verified them.
Paladin AI addresses the airline pilot training market by replacing subjective instructor assessment with objective, AI-driven competency measurement.
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Its InstructIQ platform integrates with existing flight simulators to analyse performance data and recommend targeted training interventions, enabling competency-based training (CBT) without major operational disruption.
The pilot shortage (global gap of 80,000+ pilots by 2030) and regulatory shift toward CBT (EBT in Europe) are structural tailwinds.
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