Upgraded German Navy Sea King helicopter simulator...
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5/16/2017 06:00:00 AM
Upgraded German Navy Sea King helicopter simulator ready-for-training at Nordholz Naval Airbase
Rotterdam, Netherlands,
May 16, 2017 - (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) - Today at the
International Training and Education Conference (ITEC), Europe's
largest show for military training and simulation, CAE announced
that the company has completed a major upgrade on the German Navy's
Sea King MK41 helicopter simulator ahead of schedule and it has
re-entered service at the Nordholz Naval Airbase in Germany.
Previously, Sea King training was
conducted on a basic instrument flight rules (IFR) training device
originally built by CAE in the mid-1970s. As part of the
major upgrade to a full-mission simulator over the past 12 months,
CAE performed a range of significant updates, including the
addition of the latest-generation CAE Medallion-6000 image
generator with Common Database (CDB) architecture, upgraded
avionics for concurrency with the current helicopter, enhanced
synthetic and tactical environment simulation software, new
vibration system, an improved instructor operator station, and a
new brief/debrief station. The CDB architecture, which was recently
adopted by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) as an international
standard for the creation of synthetic environment databases, will
further enhance the ability to perform networked, interoperable
mission training across the German Armed Forces.
"For almost 40 years the Sea King
training device has provided valuable training, and now with the
updates the Sea King full-mission simulator will continue to
deliver critical training that enhances the readiness of the German
Navy's Sea King aircrews," said Marc-Olivier Sabourin, CAE's Vice
President and General Manager, Europe/Africa. "With the
operational requirements placed on the German Navy's Sea King
helicopter fleet, they needed to increase the use of synthetic
training and the upgraded simulator enables the German Navy to
conduct more training in the full-mission simulator."
The German Navy is now able to
conduct a range of training tasks in the Sea King full-mission
simulator that were previously not possible, such as ship deck
landings and night vision goggle training.
"This project required very close
collaboration with the German Navy and we are pleased to have
delivered the upgraded Sea King full-mission simulator ahead of
schedule," said Sabourin. "CAE's training systems integration
experience and expertise is helping our defence customers
increasingly leverage synthetic training to cost-effectively
prepare aircrews for mission success while contributing to the
efficient use of operational platforms."
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