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"Militaries are operating within a climate of austerity, in a security environment in flux, and with changeable public opinion."

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to many; the problems aren’t tame - the familiar technical risk - but are ‘messy’ and ‘wicked’. There is a need to supplement the technical frameworks grounded in project management practice with an awareness of how whim, perception, trickery, vision and humility affect the business of defence. There is an interesting paper by Robin Holt entitled Risk Management: the Talking Cure in which he draws insights from Machiavelli to describe an approach to managing risk in the face of such messy and wicked problems. He explains that “Machiavelli affords risk management a breadth more typically closed by practitioners of technical and actuarial formulas, for whom an absence of optimal solutions or even resolutions is an anathema. Looked at as a practice of organizational virtu, what begins and ends risk management is not the clear conception of a problem coupled to modes of rankable resolutions, or a limited process, but a judgemental analysis limited by the vicissitudes of budgets, programmes, personalities and contested priorities. The problems of such risk management are configured through not only informational lack but the varying nature of the information itself. Seen through the agitating lens of Machiavelli’s writing, risk management becomes the balancing of order and disorder in the pursuit of aims themselves not immune to change or limit.” He goes on to suggest “To determine aims and the means of their realization, the organization must elicit from itself a sense of humility, or appropriateness, in the face of contingency. The focus is as much upon preparedness for change as upon the strategic pursuit of goals. As such it is more tactic than strategy—the acceptance of the given (only in this case the given is change, and the acceptance is proactive, not quiescent) within which actions and attitudinal stances are developed so as to prompt better performance.” Root hog, or die. Jeffrey N Loube, CPT MS&T, Managing Editor jeff@halldale.com

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Jeff Loube

“Root hog, or die” is an American catch phrase from before 1834. It derives from the early colonial practice of turning hogs out in the woods to fend for themselves. Now, it is an idiomatic expression for self-reliance. For western militaries, the woods are a challenging, even threatening place. Militaries are operating within a climate of austerity, in a security environment in flux, and with changeable public opinion. There is little doubt that western governments are seeking financial solace where they can – leaving militaries to take comfort in small victories. Small victories only go so far and austerity has becoming a catchword in military affairs. Many military programmes are moving to the right, with few commitments as to how far right. Canada, with a relatively healthy economy has just made an 11th hour recall of an RFP for 1500 plus medium sized logistics vehicles, a billion dollars plus programme, citing “Economic, marketplace and budgetary circumstances have changed since this solicitation process began” as the reason to reassess the procurement, and leaving both Army and vendors in the lurch, waiting for a new solicitation. I guess Canada will have to depend on “Smart Defence” to move troops and supplies around. The recent KCIS conference (News in MS&T Issue 3, 2012) explored the complexity of the security environment and concluded, amongst other things, that any attempt to predict the future will fail and that the classical planning process – ends, ways, means- may not be the way to go; austerity is confounding and the guns or butter debate is getting more intense; the physical threats are present, but the political threat is greater; reputation matters; domestic and political context matters; and there are pros and cons in multilateral solutions, national compromise is implicit in multilateralism. And probably the most defining conclusion is that success in this security environment may no longer be defined by victories or losses, but rather by the degree of success in managing risk. And, I believe, this is also the metric that will be used to judge militaries in the business of defence as well as in operations. The challenge is a risk management environment unfamiliar

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05 Editorial Comment The New Metric. In an increasingly complex world western militaries are faced with complex problems. Managing Editor Jeff Loube comments.

08 Interview Martin Gagné. MS&T’s Editorial Board met with CAE’s Group President Military Simulation Products and Training & Services in March 2012.

12 Human Performance Special Burden; Special Training. The Royal Navy’s “Perisher” course prepares submariners for the privilege and the burden of command. MS&T’s Dim Jones continues his introduction to the SMCC in this, the second of two parts.

18 Training Technology Visual Display Technologies. Industry suppliers are offering the military market new and enhanced products that address emerging concerns. Group Editor Marty Kauchak scans the field.

24 Interview NAWCTSD. Chuck Weirauch spoke with the newly appointed Commanding Officer of NAWCTSD Captain Steven Nakagawa.

28 Acquisition Training Technology. In the face of continuing fiscal restraints, militaries are counting on technology to maintain readiness. Chuck Weirauch and Walter F. Ullrich examine the contract opportunities in America, Europe and NATO.

34 Show Report ITEC 2012. The show and conference was held 22 – 24 May. Walter F Ullrich reports.

37 News Seen & Heard. A round up of developments in simulation and training. Compiled and edited by Fiona Greenyer.

46 Flight Simulator Census A Measure of the Industry. MS&T presents the 2012 census of military flight simulators. Ian Strachan compiled the list. 66 Simulation & Training Company Listing The world's simulation and training companies and their website addresses.

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CAE’s Martin Gagné: Visions and Strategies

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The MS&T Editorial Board spoke with Martin Gagné, CAE’s Group President, Military Products and Training & Services, on March 20, 2012, shortly before his announced retirement. Although ‘retired’, he is continuing to work with CAE part-time to support the transition to his replacement Gene Colabatistto, appointed in June 2012. The transcript that follows has been edited to fit the space available. A full transcript is available at halldale.com/insidesnt/defence.

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MS&T: First, thank you taking time to meet with MS&T. Several years ago, a CAE representative lamented that the capital markets did not provide much notice or credit for the military side of CAE’s business (i.e., stock price and capitalization). Has this changed at all? Martin Gagné: From our point of view, you’re right when you were asking if people were taking notice. You look at CAE’s balance of business for the past couple of years and the military business is slightly bigger than civil [aviation]. I am proud of that and we have grown that significantly. And no doubt the market did take notice. Whereas before people thought the military sector didn’t get a lot of coverage, over the last couple of years we did get a fair bit of coverage. And that’s good. People saw in the company that we were achieving balance in a number of activities. You would see about one-half civil and one-half military, and then about one-half products and about one-half services. And people also liked our geographic footprint, that also affords us some resilience. In all, people

taking notice of our defence business has occurred. At the same time, we’re getting a lot of questions about what is going to happen when you look at the [defense] drawdown and the challenges to the market. There is absolutely no doubt what we see are a lot of activities – people in all of the militaries looking at their budgets because of the pressures from an economic point of view. People are making big decisions in terms of how much will we reduce the fleets, how many aircraft are we going to keep – the same thing from a land force point of view. But the interesting thing on the other side is when they get to the tail end of these decisions, they turn to companies like CAE and ask: how can you help us? And then say: now we’ll have a fewer number of platforms and our leaders are telling us we’ll need to maintain readiness as well as operate in a global manner. The solutions that we offer are very much part and parcel of exactly what they need in terms of how do you maintain the same readiness in a more effi-

Above Martin Gagné, Group President, Military Products and Training & Services. Image credit: CAE.

cient manner with a lesser number of platforms. Modeling and simulation is what it is all about. It’s very much part of the solution they are looking for. There is no better time for us to be very close to the customer in understanding their challenges and offer them solutions in terms of how they can move forward. Many of the militaries understand – they are very smart people. They know that readiness will come when you have things like mission rehearsal capabilities. We have a chance from a CAE point of view to talk about the underlying technology that keeps evolving. We continue to invest a lot [10 percent] in R&D. MS&T: And we note that some S&T programs are being reprogrammed in the U.S. DoD FY 2013 budget request and not canceled. MG: Yes. As much as it is challenging

behind. A bit of the “secret sauce” is a legacy simulator has to be able to pull just enough information that it can function within the throughput that it has, but in the same virtual environment. And we developed all of this. MS&T: To follow-up, you mentioned special operations, which is one of the areas of major investment, along with unmanned systems and others, to support the new U.S. military strategy announced this January. There then, appear to be some other major opportunities for the S&T sector during an era of decreased defense spending. MG: You are absolutely right and UAVs are another great domain. We are already involved with UAVs from a defense point of view. The thing that is interesting to us is as regulations open up, is the utilization of UAVs in the civil air space (see MS&T 3 feature article). From the CAE point of view we are always looking at how we can leverage a core technology and look at these other areas. We’re always trying to look ahead and determine where the trends will go. For us, it means you will have more business and more stability for the business,

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MS&T: It appears that the military is starting to view supporting training equipment and training technology as an integral part of the fleet as opposed to a training “add on”. MG: Absolutely. What has come about is the great transformation from not too many years ago, when people looked at simulators strictly to provide type training. You would buy C-130 simulators to train a pilot on a particular configuration of C-130. Today, the military is not just looking at that. It is looking at: how can

I network these assets together and how can I rehearse my mission? It’s a bit of an affirmation of the thinking that we had many years ago. At the time I was the vice president in charge of the visual sector and we started to look at mission rehearsal. It became concrete in concept – with a common environment and common data bases. Those were the “holy grail” of the simulation world. Many thought it was not possible. We had great thinkers and some good people, and invested money to advance the technology. And then came a great customer of ours in the United States [U.S. Special Operations Command]. From a special operations point of view they were thinking in a very similar way. Things were aligned in a perfect manner. They came to visit us and look at what we had, and said that was exactly the kind of capabilities they were looking for. They asked us to write the standards for the common environment and common database for them, and to deliver them on their simulators. It was a great accelerator of that very vision. Today, we continue to invest in these technologies. The great thing is we can also not leave the legacy simulation

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right now in the short term, with some programs moving forward for award, it is a great time in terms of investing and seeding in terms of what we have to offer as part of a solution. The thing that we are encouraged with is that a lot of the programs are not disappearing. We see decisions being “pushed to the right.” In this period when people are wrestling with where the money is going to come from, the decision makers are a bit unsure about moving forward. It creates a challenge for us, but you need to look at CAE and our military backlog, about $2.6 billion (Canadian). We’ve had good, strong orders over the past few years.

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because you are not relying on this one domain, especially if you have some turbulence. You have the other things to strengthen the business with. And for all of us, including Jeff [Roberts, CAE’s Group President, Civil Simulation Products, Training & Services] who has exciting times, but several years ago had some tough times when the military rode out that period relatively well, that’s a great thing. It gives us resilience in the company. We are truly all coupled together from a management point of view in how we move the business globally forward. It’s an exciting time. I’m exactly like you. When I read these reports, one could be a little disappointed, but yet, when you look at these messages, about UAVs, special forces and realism, you right away couple what we are doing with exactly what the customer wants to do, and go after that business. So far it’s been good for us.

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MS&T: And they are looking at the future, too. To determine what is our role going to be. MG: You are right, but with the political leaders very often it’s not the missions that are going to be reduced, it’s you have this much money: now what are you going to do with it to maintain what we are looking for? But again, we very much feel like we are part of that solution, and it’s part of listening what they want to do. To use and apply our R&D money smartly, to make sure we are ready tomorrow with the right technology to assist then achieve their objective.

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MS&T: Some of the developing nations’ ground armies have relatively small budgets. Tell us about some of the opportunities in those markets. MG: When you look at Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East, you absolutely have promising markets. We’re there and we’re present. The thing is through that presence, it’s not a question if we’re going to visit these areas periodically from Montreal, we actually have people there working in those markets. We’re always very, very, diligent in terms of who we do business with. The relationship with a company is absolutely hard-over from an ethical point of view. When you look at CAE our brand name is good. We have worked for many years to make it so. We’re always very

big thing for them. So for us it’s not only going there and putting in some leadingedge technology, but it’s about quality jobs on the ground. CAE is very much minded that way. We go and know that a good, strong long-term relationship has to be based on more than installing one or two simulators. It has to be based on understanding the social economy situation and how can you contribute and make it a win-win – bringing them capabilities that they need and at the same time creating good quality jobs.

Above The UAV sector is an area of growrh and further opportunities. Image credit: CAE.

careful never to put ourselves in a situation to jeopardize the brand name. You go into these markets and you have to choose wisely in terms of where you do business. And even at that, what is encouraging is you see countries where things are changing. We do business in India. It’s good business in India. We have good partners on the ground. There’s good business to be had – but you have to work smartly. At the end of the day it does also resonate with the government. CAE is typically not a company that goes in, wins a contract, sells you a couple of simulators and we’re out. We have to go in and we want to be there for the long run, which means it has to be a good solid relationship. And very often in setting up this relationship you have people within the government who have a vision and share in the vision. We, for example we have a CAE campus [Civil Aviation Training Center] on the outskirts of Bangalore. The Indians are quite proud of this. It’s a showcase of technology. We’re getting good business out of that. And we’re employing a lot of people there, between 400-500. The announcement we made in Brunei [in 2011 establishing a National Modeling and Simulation Center] is another example. You talk to the Sultan and his people and they are very much focused on human capital development. It’s a

MS&T: And we’re talking about diverse jobs – maintainers, engineers, business development personnel and the like, correct? MG: Yes, and when we go in, one of the strengths of this company is to go in and put in all types of business arrangements – it’s not a one-size-fits-all. We have teaming agreements and other arrangements – we cover the whole spectrum. CAE can move in a very agile manner. The good thing is that we can do that because we have done that over many years. Another of our strengths is our ability to create different arrangements that are win-win. All of this is creating another interesting dynamic for our company. You go into these areas and you can see a desire for them to do business with Canada. You can work in that dynamic as well. And for our government – before the civilian leaders travel overseas – it always calls and asks if we have a product or system in that nation so they may even have a picture of the leader taken with that training device! MS&T: And what about CAE’s other relationships within the S&T community? MG: The other thing for us, and equally important to the end customer, is the relationship with the OEMs. It’s always a delicate balance. You always want to be “the prettiest girl at the dance”. You want to dance with everybody – and it’s very tough. People ask the question: how can you do this when you’re working with Boeing, but you’re working with Airbus and Lockheed Martin on the defense side, and you’re also working with Alenia Aermacchi? We look at the landscape and always look at the OEMs and say there are great platforms out there. How do we position ourselves with these platforms that are going to come

MS&T: Are you finding that more customers are buying the courseware as well the training technology which involves redesigning their training programs? MG: Yes, more and more there is an interest in doing that, because when you get the curriculum and courseware, and say you get that from CAE, it does show that optimization – how do you balance the training tasks. For us, the courseware and curriculum that we develop shows, obviously, the strong linkages in terms of all of these tasks that you can do in a virtual environment. And think about companies like Lockheed Martin in Canada with the F-35, the C-130 and whatever else they do. For the C-130, for example, we’re developing all of the courseware for the Department of National Defence. They know that with the knowledge we have, you do your

training needs analysis and there’s a big portion of that that can be done in the virtual environment. We also have a lot of subject matter experts that can also work with the customer. The more realism you have in the virtual environment, the more tasks you can download. Ideally, which gets back to your point, when the customer is buying this many airplanes and this environment from a virtual point of view, and you know what, he’ll be able to do 90 percent of training in the virtual environment. The ideal set up would be to accomplish all training in the virtual environment and maintain your readiness that way. Especially now since you can link people together, and the mission rehearsal aspect is also built in, and now it calls for different sets of scenarios when you do mission rehearsal. Your ability to ingest large amounts of satellite imagery or UAV information in a matter of hours and you put it in a simulation environment so they can say: I have this corridor to fly with these threats along the way. And in a matter of hours we can put this in a simulator and they can do that. So, for us, we’re always thinking exactly about that since that’s what they are about. You are way beyond training a guy or woman who is going to fly a CH-47 down the corridor – there are fighters, other helicopters, they are all linked together and they are executing a mission. MS&T: Thank you for meeting with us and sharing some very interesting insights and perspectives. ms&t

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term and must remain solid; and that all of these partners are always satisfied with what we deliver. When they have questions about co-investing – absolutely, let’s go create that opportunity and we’ll run that operation efficiently. Another great thing about CAE when they talk to us, is that they are not only talking to somebody who can sell them equipment, they know we are users of our own equipment in our own centers and that we have to be making money at it. So you have to develop a technology that you can maintain and operate in an efficient manner to make a profit. They know we are bringing the very best that technology can provide.

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with “long legs”? We know that these aircraft are going to sell. How can we then get closer to the OEM and weave a relationship where we become their preferred training partner? We can become their preferred training partner without them telling you: if you are working with me you are not allowed to go and work on this platform with somebody else. The only way that can come about and is when they look at you, and are absolutely convinced that you bring value to them in helping them sell their wares. When the CEO of Finmeccanica gets up in the morning, I am certainly sure he is not thinking about simulators. He is really thinking about M-346s and C-27Js, and what am I going to do to make the company successful and profitable. So, it always has to be in a conversation where they can see that you can help them in that space: once you invest in a simulator we’ll be side-by-side with you – you can even use the simulation environment to support your aircraft development activities. And when the time comes to field, we’ll be right there with you. We can field together if you want to co-invest. We can put the equipment in a CAE center somewhere around the world. We can also go talk to an end customer that we know well. So we bring all of these value elements so when they look at it, they will say that they want to make CAE its training partner. So when I wake up in the morning I think of exactly those sorts of things: the relationships we have and how to nurture those relationships; that they are long-

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HMS Tireless leaving Faslane. Image credit: Crown Copyright.

The Perisher In this, the second part, MS&T’s Dim Jones continues his observations of the Perisher, the Royal Navy’s Submarine Commander’s Course. Part One was published in MS&T Issue 3/2012

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n MS&T Issue 3, we left the aspiring nuclear submarine commanders of SMC112 in the Thrasher Command Team Trainer at Faslane, surrounded by potential threats and hazards identified during a periscope search. Each type of ship is classified by yards and seconds, based on maximum closing speed, on the assumption that, while you’re not looking, it will turn and charge at you. A Type 23 frigate is a ‘1200-yard, 5-second’ ship, meaning that it can close 100 yds in 5 seconds. 1200 yds (1 minute) is the minimum range at which a dive to 30m can safely be commenced to go underneath it. From this and the actual range can be calculated the maximum time interval at which updated ranges and bearings must be taken. For our Type 23 at 2000 yds, the maximum interval is 40 seconds (2000 – 1200 = 800yds, 5 secs per 100yds = 40 secs). Simple,eh? Not so fast! This calculation is only valid in the front sector (up to 60° off the bow). There are 5 sectors on each side, and the yards and seconds get progressively

less, reflecting that the target is increasingly pointing away from the submarine; therefore, the time intervals for any given range get progressively greater. Now imagine doing this for 4 different ships, all with different characteristics, at different ranges, going in different directions, and periodically zig-zagging. The CO still needs to attend to the ‘closest alligator’, but this will change during the run. He also needs to keep his ops room crew in the picture, especially if one of the targets is about to force him to go deep. In case that all sounds too easy, there are a few extra little ‘gotchas’, like a 2-minute dive time for a large ship, because you have to go deeper. Fishing vessels with nets deployed are a particular hazard, since there is a risk that a diving submarine could snag the nets and drag the fishing boat down; a submarine must therefore avoid a fishing boat laterally, or surface. Finally, ARLs still have to be done at the prescribed intervals, to ensure that no new contacts have appeared. There are a few measures to make life slightly easier. Targets which

meet certain criteria of bearing and range can be designated as ‘ATB (Angle Off the Bow) Checkable’ or ‘limiter’, (aft of 50o, ATB greater than 70o); the latter can be handed off to the AC for tracking on sonar. For any target going away behind the submarine, 1 minute can be added to the look time, to reflect the fact that it would have to turn round to charge at you. If this and its range puts the look time at over the all-round look interval, the target is ‘off the clock’. Nevertheless, picture if you can the DCO, festooned with up to 5 stopwatches, one around his neck, the others hung from his belt, each one independently timing a target. There are no alarms to tell him when the allotted time is up, and he has to remember the intervals for each ship, all of which are constantly changing. After each periscope sighting, he has to covert the elevation into a range and calculate a revised interval. On one of Sam’s runs, I counted 4 ALRs, 22 periscope setups and 4 ATB checks in the first 10½ minutes, after which he was forced to go deep. While all this is going on, Teacher watches and listens, providing comment and advice to the DCO where appropriate, when it will not distract him from his primary task. After the run, there is a hot debrief; a reference log and playback facility are available, but Teacher rarely uses them, and his recall of events is near faultless. Whereas the course members have every other run ‘off’ and only every fourth as DCO, he is ‘on’ for every run, a real test of stamina and concentration.

Mental Arithmetic You are by now probably confused; believe me, I was still confused after 2 days of watching it. I liken it to a juggler trying to keep 5 balls in the air, all of different sizes, being thrown to different heights, and each one liable to move sideways at any time, without forewarning. The speed of mental arithmetic and level of situational awareness I found quite amazing. The course members treated it as nothing special; indeed, they seemed to be of the opinion that, since I had spent much of my life charging around at 450 knots as against 4, this must appear quite easy to me – an

assumption which, although gratifying, was entirely misplaced. There are rafts of rules to observe, but the aim is to exploit all concessions to maximise time intervals, thereby reducing the number of targets ‘on the clock’, and minimising periscope time. Safety must not be compromised, and the fallback is ‘If you’ve lost the plot, go deep!’ Going deep is not a failure; being unsafe is a failure. The course members, having reached the minimum required level of proficiency, then ‘explore the envelope’ – both their personal envelopes and the boat’s. They must be able to justify every decision, and any attempt at inspired guesswork is met with a terse ‘Do the f*****g maths!’ This phase lasts 3 weeks, and each course member will complete 50+ runs in command.

Above Periscope work requires close teamwork... extremely close.

Sea Phase

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Next up was the sea phase, for which the course travelled to Bergen in Norway to join HMS TIRELESS. This was a departure from normal practice; hitherto, all Thrasher work has been done before a single extended sea phase, so the course has completed the more complex simulator missions, and then reverted to ‘Eyes

Only’ at sea. The joint exercise involved parallel courses run by the Dutch and Norwegian Navies, both offshoots of the Perisher, but using diesel attack boats (SSK), HNLMS BRUINVIS and HNOMS UREDD respectively. After some social and professional interaction ashore, the

courses embarked and proceeded to sea. Operating in the real boat is significantly different in some key aspects. The operations room is smaller than the Thrasher, but they are used to this. The DCOs have to use the attack periscope, while Teacher – who is responsible for the safety of the boat during the runs – has access to the search periscope. The attack periscope picture is less clear than Thrasher, and sea state and visibility can degrade it further. The periscopes retract, whereas

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the Thrasher periscope is fixed in height; furthermore, in order to minimise periscope exposure, the DCOs use it at the lowest height possible, which involves a low crouch. The runs are similar to the shore training, and are in a mix of deep and shallower water; the ‘inshore’ periods are generally accepted as being the more demanding. If required, Teacher can radio communicate with the surface ships when at periscope depth, or by releasing flares when deep. As in Thrasher, each run last about 25 minutes, and duties are rotated; again, there is no relief for Teacher. The ‘opposition’ was provided by Norwegian, Dutch and Swedish surface warships, each with its unique recognition features and parameters. Merchant, leisure and fishing vessels were ‘taken as they came’. Poor weather precluded some of the planned deep water work, and the majority of the runs were completed in or close to the fjords, but this did not detract from the overall value of the phase, and all 4 course members completed it to a good standard. Once back in UK, and by way of a short ‘breather’, the course completed a Fire Control Officers’(FCO) course. Then it was back to Thrasher for the next training module – ‘Patrolex’.

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Patrolex is the tactical simulator phase, and is the precursor to the CO’s Qualification Exercise, or COQEX. The pace is less frenetic than Eyes Only, but the tactical scenarios are more complex. Again, it is a 3-week phase; there are only 2 runs per day, but they can last 2½ to 3 hours each. Course members act as DCO, AC and Navigator in rotation, with one in every 4 runs off. The Officer of the Watch is normally provided by one of the boats alongside at Faslane. The DCO will have been given a scenario and task the previous day, and will have planned navigation and tactics. The AC will brief key Ops Room staff; for each run, there will be a crew of 9, plus those support staff ‘driving the boat’ and the threats, and a ‘sound-room staff’, manning the sonar and ESM equipment. The exercises comprise a broad spectrum of tasks, scenarios and threats, designed to develop and test the decision-making processes of all 3 role-players, but particularly the DCO. These processes are, to a greater or lesser degree either intui-

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tive or mechanistic. The goal is intuitive; the norm – especially early on – will be intuitive; with a fallback under pressure of mechanistic; and those unable to cope with either will fail. Once again, a DCO, AC or Navigator must be able to justify all decisions, whether active or passive. A typical task may involve proceeding to a position, normally in shallow water, at a set time, to observe shore activity or deploy sensors. The run may start off relatively quietly and to plan; however, Teacher’s appearance signals that all will not be peaceful for long! Patrolling warships will arrive to make life more difficult, and merchant ships; leisure craft and fishing vessels will further complicate the plot; and the threat of anti-submarine helicopters is introduced. The DCO has to strike a constant balance between navigation and situational awareness versus the risk of detection, and between safety and achieving the mission. Inertial navigation systems are denied, but a GPS or periscope fix can be obtained when circumstances allow. At all other times, there is a ‘pool of error (POE)’ around the boat, the area in which, given errors in deadreckoning, the boat could be; the POE will grow with time until reduced by the next fix; every periscope raising should ideally provide navigational information, and will be on a preplanned bearing to achieve this. Any fix which places the boat outside its calculated POE is a safety issue; the DCO must positively establish position before doing anything else.

Teacher emphasises that the key to success is not to be detected; once you are found, it gets difficult. The key to not being found is tactics - retaining the freedom to deal with eventualities, not be driven by them. Keeping control of the navigation, and the POE small, is fundamental, and a good navigation plan, including a depth profile, is essential. Both warships and helos have radar and sonar equipment, which can operate in either CW or pulse modes. The helo can deploy active or passive sonobuoys, or can ‘dip’ a sensor into the water, for which it has to hover. The helo is not a collision threat to the submarine, but it can move very much faster than a warship. The Merlin helicopters used in these exercises have a very good dipping sonar, and the Blue Kestrel radar is extremely effective at detecting submarines’ masts, as are the crew’s eyeballs if they are looking in the right direction. From each of these exercises, and particularly from the hot debriefs, themes, learning points and adages emerge, for example: ‘If you can make your situation better without jeopardy, do it’; ‘Don’t just accept what you’ve got - you don’t know what’s going to happen next’; and ‘You can eliminate risk to safety, but not to counter-detection’. The pace of the Patrolex exercises may seem slower than Eyes Only, but a peaceful situation can get very exciting very quickly. On one occasion, the DCO and AC lost track of a Type 23, which then turned and charged, crossing the bows at 500 yds. Teacher’s aim in these scenarios is to see what is developing and manipulate the threat to demonstrate the desired learning points. In this, he sees the changing situation in which a DCO

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finds himself as represented by a series of concentric rings, much like an archery target. The outer ring is ‘Surveillance’, where there is no real threat. The next is ‘Tactical Control’, where there is a threat, but the DCO has the upper hand. Further in is ‘Tactical Reaction’, where the DCO is forced to react to a threat, and may lose, or have lost, control of the navigation or counter-detection. The inner ring is simply labelled ‘Teacher’, where some sort of intervention is required in order to prevent the situation progressing to the Bulls-Eye – Emergency Operating Procedures. The DCO’s job is to get himself and his boat as far from the centre as he can, while Teacher conspires with the threat to keep him hovering between Tactical Control and Tactical Reaction.

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And so to the final, and major, hurdle – the month-long COQEX. SMC112 embarked in HMS Tireless at Faslane and transited northwards to the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre (BUTEC) range near the island of Rona for their first task, a series of live trial firings of Spearfish torpedoes against surface and submarine targets on the

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instrumented range. There followed a short exercise in support of Special Forces, in which they were required to mastermind the orderly embarkation and disembarkation of the SF troops – not as easy as it sounds in a confined space. The next phase was the Submarine Tactical Exercise, or SubTacEx, in which the crew of HMS TIRELESS pitted their professional wits against subma-

rine opposition in the form of their Dutch and Norwegian Perisher counterparts in HNLMS BRUINVIS and HNOMS UREDD. Although the requirement for periodic climb to periscope depth to ‘snort’ – run on diesel power and recharge batteries – is a disadvantage, SSKs are quiet boats, and their weaponry and equipment performance broadly comparable with a T-Class boat. Safe separation was achieved through depth layers, including vertical ‘stovepipes’ to allow the SSK to snort. Detecting the opposition while remaining undetected yourself is the name of the game and, at the end of 3 days of cat-and-mouse manoeuvring, the honours were just about even. A word about life on board during a Perisher exercise is appropriate. The relationship between the CO of the host boat (in this case, relatively new in post), who remains responsible for his vessel, and Teacher, who is responsible for its tactical employment, is a unique but practicable one. For the rest of the crew, hosting Perisher is not easy, but it provides them with excellent training and the chance to ‘do what they joined up for’. The SMCC course members rotate between the roles of DCO, AC, Navigator and, if required,

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FCO; other positions are filled by the boat’s crew. When there are specific exercise serials to accomplish, the rotation interval can be between 2½ and 7 hours. At other times, a DCO will be ‘in the hot seat’ for at least 48 hours. The AC is his deputy, and it is up to him to manage their sleep and watch roster according to tasking. The DCO must act as the ship’s captain, and must react to any real occurrence on board, and take advantage of slack periods to achieve routine tasks; HMS TIRELESS was due for a maintenance period following the exercise, and many preparatory tasks needed to be accomplished. The course bunks in the torpedo space, or ‘bomb-shop’, and have access to a small compartment with a lap-top for planning. The Ops Room is a noisy, crowded, physically demanding and – if things are not going well – adversarial environment, but they are used to this. It all amounts to pressure which cannot be replicated in Thrasher. As ever, there is no rest for Teacher, who is on duty for the entire time! Following the SubTacEx came the first Inshore Weekend, a series of specific tasks as in Patrolex, with varying amounts of surface and air opposition. If things were going too well, an exercise inject could be used to liven them up a bit, and there was extra pressure in the form of external assessors such as FOST’s Director North, Capt Paul Halton. This phase acted as a reality check – perhaps the first time the course members really understood the standard they had to achieve. The contrast between their perceptions of the phase and Teacher’s is illuminating. They thought it went well – he wasn’t that complimentary! One criticism was that the serials were treated in isolation with too little thought as to how to link them together. After this, HMS TIRELESS joined Exercise JOINT WARRIOR, a major sea, air and land exercise. For the first few days, she acted as a ‘clockwork mouse’, providing training for other participants. There followed 10 days of combat phase, where the boat was acting in Associated and Direct Support of the Task Group (TG), and tasked by HMS BULWARK. One such task was to locate the ‘mother-ship’ of a piracy operation, and another to seek out and engage enemy surface shipping – this was probably the closest COQEX got to being fun! JOINT WARRIOR complete, it was time to head for the final exercise, the second ‘Inshore Weekend’, a series of tasks under the watchful eyes of Teacher, DN, Commodore Faslane Flotilla (1*) and Commander Operations (2*). Sadly, towards the end of this period, Teacher was obliged to inform Andy that he had not reached the required standard, and Andy left the boat – and effectively the SM force – forthwith. At midday on the last day, the 3 ‘survivors’, and a ‘pretty weary’ Teacher, disembarked at Faslane and repaired to the Wardroom to join their Norwegian and Dutch counterparts for the ‘Perisher Breakfast’ where the aim is to unwind, endure and be ‘the last man standing’. Fatigue eventually prevailed over relief and exhilaration, and the last man was not standing all that long! For Chris, Neil and Sam, the over-riding feeling was of immense personal and professional satisfaction at having successfully completed such an arduous and demanding course. Next appointments for Chris and Neil will be in T-Class SSN, and for Sam in SSBN. Teacher, running his last Perisher, can have the last word: ‘I don’t lose any sleep over the ones who don’t make it, because I know how much I and they have put into it. I lose sleep over the borderline cases’. I got the impression that he wasn’t going to lose any sleep over these three, and that they will soon be playing their parts in ensuring that the RN SM fleet remains in capable and safe hands. ms&t

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Technology and Beyond Group Editor Marty Kauchak looks into visual display sector developments in the military market.

ndustry suppliers are offering their military customers an array of new and enhanced visual display system products. At the same time, the industry providers of visual systems are addressing their military customers’ concerns about return on investment and other life-cycle issues.

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With the demand by senior civilian and military officials for increasingly precise weapons and sensor employment against moving and fixed ground targets, there has been a renewed urgency for UAS crews to train and rehearse for missions the way they operate. One area of rapid technology development allows UAS operators to train and rehearse for missions using ever higher fidelity renderings of onboard cameras and other sensors. MetaVR continues to increase its market share in this space by providing ever more capable embedded software for an expanding number of UAS ground

control stations. Recently, the company announced that AAI Corporation purchased 51 new Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses, with MetaVR’s 3-D visualization software. The product provides the desktop and embedded 3-D synthetic payload visualization system for training U.S. Army Shadow RQ-7B Increased Endurance UAS operators. This latest transaction complements the VRSG licenses previously delivered for AAI’s Hunter, Aerosonde, and Grey Eagle UAS universal ground control systems, in service with Army and Army National Guard units, or special operations forces. MetaVR’s VRSG is meeting some of the vexing challenge in UAS simulation – in one instance, increasing the fidelity of the video transport stream from an ISR sensor. UAS platforms transmit digital video to the ground station for exploitation by UAS operators. This video stream includes the full-motion sensor video, but also includes telemetry information known as KLV metadata. The KLV metadata includes information about the air-

Above Real-time MetaVR VRSG scene featuring a RQ-7B IE Shadow UAV entity flying over MetaVR's virtual Afghanistan. Image credit: MetaVR.

craft's location, sensor pointing direction, the location on the ground the sensor is targeting, and other content. “VRSG is able to provide the KLV metadata as part of its video stream, which can in turn be exploited by trainees using the same tactical systems they use to exploit real UAS video products,” Garth Smith, the company’s CEO, explained. Of interest, one unnamed customer bought MetaVR’s VRSG for the sole purpose of stimulating actual ISR assets with KLV metadata, from the video stream. “This made it look like a test bed, to make certain the hardware was responding properly to the KLV metadata stream,” Smith added.

On the Ground Back on the ground, the U.S. military is

scheduled to receive an array of new vehicles through the next decade. While the training systems have yet to be defined for the new programs, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Evans, product manager for Ground Combat Tactical Trainers at PEO STRI, provided one military customer’s areas of interest in this sector. The Orlando-based acquisition professional said the current state of training and simulation systems has made great strides, as hardware evolution permits continuous improvements in both visual system fidelity and autonomous intelligent entity interactions. “However, the challenge of simulation is to accurately replicate real world scenarios. In pursuing that goal, the following are areas which represent the trends which would lead to the next generation of simulation and training systems.” Evans’ short list of areas for increased focus and a perspective on each includes: • Moving models, and in particular, physics-based moving models and their multiple state representations. These “will greatly enhance training scenarios as it would represent damage inflicted to vehicles based on ammo and target

Above The above image, by XPI Simulation, is based on LIDAR data and is produced by real time ray tracing. Image credit: XPI Simulation.

material type, distance, angle of impact, or even vehicle collisions;” • Life forms, with attributes which include realistic representation of crowded environments with independent behaviors. “Currently, most simu-

lation and training system scenarios do not include a sufficient number of human models to represent realistic urban training scenarios. This updated visual representation of human models will include facial expressions and independent Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support human tactical and non-tactical reactive behaviors;” • Terrain databases, especially the physics-based terrain features and interactions. “This enhancement will result in a realistic representation of interaction in

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the battlefield, including vehicles running into buildings, life forms, vegetation, bodies of water, etc.;” and • Displays. “High Definition technology properly supports the current state of visual representations of training scenarios. However, looking at future requirements, it is likely that when full 3-D glasses-less technology becomes affordable, new requirements that will incorporate such technology will emerge in support of full immersion in the virtual training environment,” Evans concluded. Simon Skinner, the managing director at XPI Simulation Ltd, provided one industry member’s recent efforts in this market. He emphasized “that getting the right visual systems for driver training is extremely important.” This work includes specifying image generators and associated databases, and display technologies correctly which work on COTS motion cueing systems while keeping costs low. “Low cost COTS projectors and LCD (liquid crystal display) screens can help achieve this goal. XPI Simulation has exploited the reduced cost and size of projectors, and the availability of lightweight screens with its own technology to produce motion-capable continuous curved screen projected images cost effectively, thus eliminating the distracting edges and awkward geometries of large LCD screens.” XPI Simulation’s stable of technology solutions includes ground-based LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) acquisition (derived from F1 motor racing experience) to provide high density geo-specific databases which are dimensionally accurate, preventing negative training cues and loss of immersion for the driver. Building upon its earlier efforts in this market, XPI Simulation is completing research work for the UK MOD into next generation image generators (using ray tracing techniques) to provide the extremely high scene density and complexity, needed for training driving both in the day and at night, or in poor conditions using sensors.

Product Developments There has been a flurry of recent activity in the projector and other product spaces, to help meet the military customer’s requirements. At the 2012 ITEC, projectiondesign introduced the FS33 IR projector. The

Top projectiondesign's FS33 IR projector. Image credit: projectiondesign. Below Barco's SIM7Q HB. Image credit: Barco.

company noted the product is its "latest LED (light emitting diode)-illuminated projector to stimulate Night Vision Goggles (NVG) for unrivalled simulated night-time vision." The FS33IR is being marketed for military aviation and ground community training uses. Maria Dahl Aagaard, a Product Marketing Manager at projectiondesign, explained the FS33 IR is a 2nd generation RGB (red, green blue) LED illuminated projector, with a 4th generation LED for IR light. “This means our customers will benefit from a higher IR brightness than what’s available for LED NVG stimulated projectors today. It also has full dynamic brightness control from 0 to100 percent of the RGB visual light allowing for bright daytime, dusk and night time training, gaining a deeper black level for night time training that is truly lifelike.” While the FS33IR projector was not in full production, projectiondesign is already working on several projects for this projector, in particular for “programs including hundreds of units,” Dahl Aagaard added.

Barco reports significant progress in delivering new products to support different military end users, and in advancing the state-of-the-art through internal R&D efforts. The company’s projectors continue to be fielded in one of three configurations: three-chip LCOS; three-chip DLP and single-chip DLP. One recent product fielding, the SIM7Q HB, has more than 40 percent brightness than earlier SIM 7 series projectors, according to Peter De Meerleer, the Director for Product Management at Barco’s Control Rooms & Simulation division. The projector, powered by LCOS technology, also has a contrast ratio (6,000,000:1) and other attributes to ensure deep black levels, supporting NVG and other night missions. “For night mission training, we’re still focused on the LCOS technology, as it still has a much deeper black level. We have projectors that have dynamic ranges [contrast ratios] that are up in the millions – with the SIM 7, as an example,” De Meerleer said. Indeed, Barco continues to further enhance the NVG training experience by offering an option to deliver an extra amount of infrared to stimulate the goggles into the light port. The senior S&T executive also pointed out Barco’s RLM-W12, a threechip DLP projector with WUXGA resolution, was made available for shipping this May. While Barco does not have any new projectors planned for release to the S&T community through the end of 2012, it is working on a number of internal projects to advance the technology. In two of many efforts, the company “has investments in new coating for dome displays – to increase the view in the dome. We also have a range of new displays for entry level application – in driving and marksmanship – with a basic 1920 x 1080 resolution and similar attributes, to provide a realistic display system, but one that has some compromises to make it cost effective,” DeMeerleer added. Earlier this year, RSI Visual Systems unveiled its RSI xT4 image generator. The IG is creating a buzz in the military sector due its ability to help immerse the training audience in complex scenarios using the weapons systems and weapons platforms of the complex 21st century battlefield.

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Above Fog, clouds and low visibility conditions generated with RSI's xT4. Image credit: RSI Visual Systems.

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ate his system at the outer edge of the envelope. The xT4 appears able to provide that high fidelity experience. Freeman briefly described the xT4’s ability to support weapon “projectile” simulation, dynamically change the “viewports” and “eyepoints” during real-time operation, and its “localized” regional weather simulation. “We can provide most any type of projectile simulation effects in the visual

end users have been increasingly discussing ROIs at ITEC, the TSIS briefings in Orlando and other recent conferences attended by MS&T. Rockwell Collins’ Gibbs provided one industry perspective on ROIs as they pertain to visual systems. Gibbs noted that in addition to real-world lighting, efficient volumetric rendering (patent pending) for realistic clouds, smoke and dust, and other increased functionalities, his customers who use the EP-8000 system and put it into training have found: • Their investments of host software for interfacing with legacy Rockwell Collins products is preserved, i.e. the EP-8000 is

plug-n-play compatible with hosts that drove the heritage EP-1000CT; • A smaller footprint is required which means less space - especially important for mobile trainers; • Less power consumption is necessary which means less electricity and less cooling; and • A low-cost of ownership because of reduced life-cycle costs, e.g. fewer line replaceable units to spare, lower meantime-to-repair and fewer/less-frequent obsolescence issues. So, while the EP-8000 is designed to meet demanding simulation requirements, it also is tailored for the low-cost of ownership, Gibbs concluded. ms&t

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scene, and provide telemetry information back to the simulator host computer – that includes its location in the ‘world’, what type of surface impacted, how many impacts (if multiple projectiles), and provide different effects (particle effects utilizing the graphics card ‘physics engine’). All of these effects are completely tunable for the type of displays, display system, and simulated scene (OTW, NVG, IR and other end uses),” he added. The xT4’s dynamically configurable “eyepoint” and channel definitions (for FOV, orientation and other attributes), allows the simulator host computer or instructor to redefine each IG channel, independently if desired, “on the fly”. “This enables the user the capability of ‘zooming’ a specific channel or to dynamically ‘optimize’ the scene for a specific eyepoint location (for instance, a helicopter door gunner who has a very large ‘viewing volume’ in which to move about). An IG channel can also be reconfigured, during realtime operation, to be an OTW, NVG, IR and other end uses, as required by the training scenario,” Freeman explained and continued, “The ability to configure any channels’ viewpoint definitions and characteristics during runtime operation gives more flexibility and alternatives in developing training scenarios.” The “localized” weather and environmental effects allow for “different” weather conditions to be present at multiple locations in the visual scene. Rockwell Collins’ flagship EP-8000 system has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force for the KC-135 tanker simulators – which are now in training. It is also being delivered to the U.S. Army program for the Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) which is just starting its integration. Nick Gibbs, the Senior Director of Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions, told MS&T that the EP-8000 has also been proposed on several other domestic and international simulators for both fixed wing and rotary applications.

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NAWCTSD MS&T's Chuck Weirauch spoke with Captain Steven (sNAK) Nakagawa, recently appointed Commanding Officer of the US Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD).

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aptain Nakaqawa was commissioned in 1986 and as a Naval Flight Officer in 1988. He served as the chief officer, director and program manager in a wide variety of naval organizations and programs prior to his appointment at NAWCTSD as Executive Officer in 2009. He has more than 2,700 flight hours in 23 different aircraft, holds numerous decorations, including the Air Medal and Meritorious Service Medal and has a Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems Management from the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He was appointed Commanding Officer in June 2012. In the Q&A that follows we get a better sense of some of the key training challenges and issues facing NAWCTSD. MS&T: How will DoD budget cuts affect NAWCTSD in the near future? Capt. Steven (sNAK) Nakagawa: With dwindling budgets, people want to do much more with their training in virtual and simulation, live, virtual and constructive ways of doing business. That's why folks come to us to do their training

systems. That's a lot cheaper, and they can do the same kinds of training, with not having to spend money on platforms and not having to drive their platforms into retirement or service life extension programs. MS&T: You have stated that NAWCTSD's surface ship and submarine line of business has been increasing significantly and recently NAWCTSD has partnered with the newly created Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA)'s Training Systems Program Office (PMS 339). sNAK: Especially for the surface portion of our portfolio, the Naval Sea Systems Command has created PMS 339. One of the benefits of having that PMS 339 organizational leadership is that they are able to look across all of the platforms at NAVSEA (including surface and undersea) and figuring out who needs what and being better able to predict all of the training system requirements. They have a much more intentional way of establishing their requirements for training systems and figuring out which ones

Above Capt. Steve Nakagawa (right) relieves Capt. Bill Reuter as Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, June 1, 2012. Image credit: U.S. Navy.

they can fund. NAVSEA has not traditionally been a NAWCTSD customer. With this leadership, we see it as increasing the number of training systems that are going to be required. MS&T: NAWCTSD has become the primary acquisition agency for Littoral Combat Ship training and has announced five separate contract opportunities for that platform, including the nearly $100 million LCS Immersive Virtual Ship Environment contract. What would you describe as the most critical training needs for that program, and how is NAWCTSD helping the LCS PM meet those needs? sNAK: We have been named the Executive Agent for Training for the LCS. In

MS&T: We don't hear a lot about what the Navy undersea community is up to. What are some of the most critical training needs for the submarine fleet and what is NAWCTSD working on to help meet those needs? sNAK: The main thing that Undersea is doing, although they may not be describing their portfolio as increasing in large amounts, is staying steady. One of the things that this community decided to do was implement the Multi-Reconfigurable Training System (MERTS), a flat panel touch-screen monitor system which can be configured in a number of ways, including for the Common Submarine Radio Room. The MERTs can also be reconfigured as the Submarine Communications Support System and Weapons Launch Control. This system provides an amazing amount of costavoidance.

The Undersea community has had their firefighting and damage control trainers for a long time, and these trainers are reaching end of life. So there will be acquisitions in this area as well. MS&T: NAWCTSD recently provided some support for NAVAIR concerning Navy unmanned aerial systems. Would you describe that, and do you foresee any future business in that area? sNAK: I call this the brave new world that we are diving into. We have a lot of people working so that we will have common training systems. We are driving to do this in a common way so that we can be smarter, spend less dollars and create unmanned aerial systems personnel that can understand other UAS systems also, and not just being stovepiped into one system. I know that the Office of Naval Research is looking into some information that has shown that up to 50 percent of the mishaps in UAS operations can be attributed to human factors. If that's the case, we handle human factors with training or modifying the system. We are teaming with the Office of Naval Research on how human brains do the science of learning. This is a way to look into the human factors mishap issue, and is also a good way to tackle how to do the common training system with human factors considered. MS&T: At the TSIS, Brian Hicks pointed out an opportunity for industry in the area of intelligent tutors. He also

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sNAK: In addition to intelligent tutors, we are exploring virtual worlds, including our own Second Life Naval Air Warfare Center in 3D island that we use to showcase our products and services. Here, you can sit down inside an F-18 flight simulation and fly it, for example. We have also conducted acquisition activities in the virtual world. We are also experimenting with gaming technology and mobile devices. The upcoming LCS acquisition for training support contract calls for immersive three-dimensional training technologies that might include gaming, among other things. MS&T: It's interesting to see a NAWCTSD SBIR involved with medical modeling and simulation for training. I don't recall ever seeing this area being mentioned as a contract area of interest for your command before. The SBIR addresses such areas as hemorrhage control training and anatomical training models. What has spurred an interest in this area, a new customer perhaps? sNAK: Within Team Orlando, because the PEO STRI folks have done a lot in medical modeling and simulation, a lot

has leveraged over to the Army, the Marine Corps and us. Also we have increased the participation of the Veteran's Administration in this Team Orlando organization. We are also working with them to see how we can leverage all that information for the Navy medical community. Our story for medical modeling and simulation is because of how far we have come with mostly aviation modeling and simulation for training, we have shown this pattern to tackle the brave new world stuff like I described for UAS. We can adapt some of the technologies that we have had and some of the science of learning that we have done. In conjunction with the Team Orlando folks, and our background in front end analysis, research psychology and the science of learning, we feel that we are postured well to tackle this area. So this will be very much of a growth area in the coming years. MS&T: What do you see as the most significant training challenges for the Navy aviation community? sNAK: The first thing that I think of is UASs. One of the other areas we are

kind of shoring up and are getting even healthier in is the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA). This is a huge area of focus for us. This includes training systems for the Navy's newest platform, the P-8. (Ed. Note – the P-8 Poseidon is the Navy's new anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft. It is based on the Boeing 737-800 airliner and will replace the Lockheed P-3 Orion. The P-8 flew its first mission in February 2012.) We are contracting for and are the lead systems integrator for all of the series of P-8 simulators. Then we have the Joint Strike Fighter coming on, and all of the H-60 platforms. All of these seem to me to be exploding in their markets. This is a growth area, and we are still providing active acquisitions for older platforms as well. The good news for the P-8 is that it was acquired with the simulation and training to do in the simulator as a tenant to its entire training strategy. So they do much more of their training and readiness requirements in the simulator on the ground than in the aircraft. So not only is it much more cost-efficient, it is much better training as well. ms&t

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All was not gloom and doom at the 2012 Training and Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS) in Orlando June 13-14. The US Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) reported a slight increase in contractual obligations in fiscal year 2012 over last year, and the Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) cited a significant increase in its surface ship and submarine line of business. According to Captain Steven Nakagawa, NAWCTSD's new Commanding Officer (see interview this issue), the Navy is willing to put money into training systems in spite of budget cuts. Nevertheless, service presenters at the TSIS made it clear that contractors should make their first price their best and make the most economical contract bid as possible. Their customers are becoming more diversified and calls for training solutions are on the upswing; however, in light of DoD budget reductions, training contracts are coming under more scru-

tiny than ever before. See the Table – US Opportunities for Training Technology and Services, next page, for a listing of current initiatives and contact points.

NAWCTSD TSIS keynote speaker Rear Admiral Randolph Mahr, Commander of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, told the more than 700 TSIS attendees that the US services are looking to industry to help provide the most innovative and cost-effective training solutions possible for the military. "We are looking for business leaders, and we need your innovation and expertise in modeling and simulation because we can't do the job alone as we train for increasingly complex equipment," Mahr said. “The Navy especially likes small businesses, since I consider small business to be the intellectual capital of the country. The challenge is for people to determine not just what we need today, but what we will need ten years from now. We need industry's innovation and expertise to achieve that."

John Freeman, director of the NAWCTSD Surface and Expeditionary Warfare division reported that the organization has just announced its first contract involved with the AEGIS system; the $44 million AEGIS Ashore Team Trainer will support the AEGIS Ashore Missile Defense System. Although the contract is a sole source with Lockheed Martin, there may be subcontractor opportunities available, Freeman said. He expects that the new training system will have "a big impact on readiness." Freeman also announced that his division will lead five Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) training contracts totaling more than $160 million of estimated contract value, including the $99.5 million LCS Immersive Virtual Ship Environment Courseware Development contract, the RFP for which has already been released. He also said that NAWCTSD was informed that contract funding for a Bridge Simulator for the DD1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer would be available for fiscal year 2014, but no further details were provided at the TSIS. The first Zumwalt-class ship is under construction and is expected to be delivered to the Navy in 2014. Dale Whittaker, NAWCTSD Director of International Programs, reported that there has been a significant business growth in the international arena. The largest contract in dollar value is the procurement of two H-60 Tactical Operational Flight Trainers for the Royal Australian Navy, he said. Among the many emerging learning technologies the Navy has researched and developed, intelligent tutors seem to have caught the most attention. Brian Hicks, Director of NAWCTSD's Cross Warfare Programs, announced the Intelligent Tutor contract, a new Navy requirement with a contract value of up to $15 million per year. "This is a very exciting area for us and has the high-level attention of Navy leadership," Hicks said. "There have been huge advances over the past two years with intelligent tutors, so what the Navy is looking at is adopting that intelligent tutor technology for our traditional schools. The goals here are to get sailors

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trained faster before going to the Fleet and reducing the number of instructors. This is a huge opportunity, and you are going to see the RFIs coming out shortly. We really need your help on this one." Under the new $4.5 million Emerging Technologies contract, the Navy is looking at training solutions based on virtual worlds, gaming technologies and especially with mobile applications, Hicks also reported. "This is big area, and we are constantly looking for new and emerging technologies." Maureen Bergondy-Wilhelm, Director of the NAWCTSD Research and Technology Program Office, cited an SBIR M&S and training proposal which includes research for medical models and simulations, including a hemorrhage control training system, synthetic anatomical training models and a3D synthetic tissue printer for medical training. Some emerging other R&D areas or research under the SBIR umbrella include LVC training fidelity, unmanned systems methodology, medical modeling and simulation for training, virtual environments and technologies for training that includes virtual world and gaming, along with haptics, she explained.

demands for integrated environments, Reyenga explained. PEO STRI's role in that is to get its key programs such as the Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CCTT) and Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) systems on station and prepared and ready for use as the LVC-IA is fielded and "glue" it all together to create the Army's integrated training environment, he said. This effort has very high visibility within the highest levels of the service's command structure, Reyenga reported. Joe Giunta, Director of the PEO STRI Acquisition Center, said that his agency expects to perform 3,550 contract actions in fiscal year 2012, a bit down from FY 2011. However, the PEO projects a total of $2.5 billion in contractual obligations for FY 2012, up from $2.4 billion in FY 2011. Under the STOC II contract, to date there have been ten new orders with a total estimated value of $641 million, Giunta added. He also said that an RFP for the new Train, Educate And CoacH (TEACH) Services Contract, for which an RFI had been issued in March 2011, is anticipated to have an RFP release in the first quarter of 2013. TEACH is a spinoff of the Warfighter FOCUS contract

Col. David Smith, Program Manager for the US Marine Corps Training Systems (PMTRASYS) division, told TSIS attendees that his organization is continuing to grow its business and is fully funded for fiscal year 2013. He described that this is a busy time for PMTRASYS, since the command is involved in a significant amount of training systems refresh contracts. He also said that his organization is moving out of sole source contracts and into multiple competitions. Smith also pointed out PMTRASYS favors small businesses, with 48 percent of its contract awards going to those firms last year.

PEO STRI Rob Reyenga, Deputy Program Executive Officer for PEO STRI, said that one of the PEO's most significant areas of concentration is the Army's Live, Virtual and Constructive Integrating Architecture (LVC-IA) effort. The purpose of the LVC-IA is to provide the foundational structure and framework for linking live, virtual, constructive systems into an integrated training environment. The Army now has very significant

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e-NATO – Opportunities for Collaboration ACT’s LGen Karlheinz Veireck outlines this E&T initiative. In my role as Joint Force Trainer for NATO's Allied Command Transformation I have spoken to my colleagues from both NATO and partner countries. The time for major changes in Education and Training is supported. NATO Secretary General Rasmussen underlined this idea with his recent Connected Forces Initiative. The evolution of NATO Education & Training (E&T) makes a perfect match: expanded E&T by standardization, coordination and specialization; increased effort on exercises as we draw down from current deployments; and better use of technology within E&T to make it more effective, efficient and affordable. The aim of this evolution of Education and Training is to be able to deliver a tailored training plan to every individual, or group of individuals and Headquarters, by facilitating requirements, capabilities and opportunities. Pursuing this vision, we have reshaped a global landscape of Education and Training over the past 2 years. In the next months we will align it with international educational standards in order to really offer a comprehensive solution for the nations and partners. Based on a commercial model we have setup an electronic Training Management System (TMS) that is off-the-shelf / online assessable by all / transparent / realtime / simplified and very useful to everybody / and was affordable! This includes an Education and Training Opportunities Catalogue (ETOC) and a software tool to run education and training institutions. In total, it links Education and Training requirements with opportunities and capabilities in our increasing number of Education and Training Institutions. It delivers tailored individual E&T plans online, and quickly identifies gaps. Final Operational Capability is scheduled for September 2012, as part of e-NATO (www.e-NATO.net). As part of our Smart Defence programme, we are implementing an aggressive, state-of-the-art immer-

Above C-IED training is one of the EDA's top priorities. Image credit: EDA/Italy Army.

for training services and has a contractual ceiling value estimate of more than $5 billion. Rob Miller, Chief Systems Engineer for PEO STRI, identified a number of capability gaps that the PEO is focusing on and for which it is requesting industry assistance. These areas are immersive training; medical simulation; a Force on Force/Target Engagement Visualization Tool; high resolution radar; synthetic natural environments; simulated physics-based effects; modeling enhancements; LVC embedded training; realtime target thermal representation; laser enhancements for test and training; and GPS-denied environments.

And the View from Europe In a speech he made at the NATO Chicago summit, the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, reported that EU Member States’ efforts in regard to pooling and sharing and the efforts of the European Defence Agency (EDA) were yielding results. Cooperative projects have been agreed in key areas such as air-to-air refuelling, medical support, maritime surveillance, and training. All of these were also of interest to NATO, he said. He recalled the need for political leadership in all countries in order to achieve a sustainable and structured longer-term policy. “Firstly, we should explore how pooling and sharing could be embedded more systematically in national defence plan-

ning. Secondly, we need to strengthen the European defence technological and industrial base, which is critical to developing Europe’s future capabilities,” Van Rompuy said. It has repeatedly been alleged that the European defence initiatives might be developed at NATO’s expense. These days, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has to concede that developing greater European military capabilities will strengthen the transatlantic link. Rasmussen also announced that NATO will work closely with the European Union to ensure that NATO’s Smart Defence and the EU’s Pooling and Sharing Initiative are complementary and mutually reinforcing. “We welcome the efforts of the EU, in particular in the areas of air-to-air refuelling, medical support, maritime surveillance and training,” the Secretary General announced.

European Defence Agency The EDA is capability-driven and its programmes, projects and other activities have to contribute to improving the military capabilities needed for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) operations. The Capability Development Plan (CDP) is the “driver” for R&T, armament cooperation and for industry. In March 2011 the EDA’s Steering Board, composed of participating Member States’ defence ministers, approved a set of prioritised actions that will be the focal points of the Agency’s activities in years to come. The CDP Top 10 Priorities are: counter improvised explosive device (C-IED); medical support; intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance; increased availability of helicopters; cyber defence; multinational logis-

Smart Defence During NATO’s Chicago summit in May, Alliance leaders took a series of decisions designed to ensure that the Alliance remains capable of dealing with the full range of security challenges even in times of economic austerity.“Here in Chicago, we agreed to implement a

renewed culture of cooperation, so that nations can achieve together what they cannot achieve alone. We put it into practice by agreeing on projects which will provide the capabilities we need, at a price we can afford,” said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Only months after the Alliance adopted its new Strategic Concept at the Lisbon summit in 2010, NATO forces were involved in a combat operation. In the first ever European-led operation, NATO troops enforced a naval embargo and a no-fly zone in Libya. The mission came unexpectedly. No one could have anticipated the Arab Spring. In the end, NATO mastered the conflict in Libya in a relatively short space of time, and celebrated a success. In reality, it was only possible to complete the mission because the United States provided air-to-air refuelling, drones, surveillance and intelligence assets. This incapacity to solve a neighbourhood conflict with its own resources is nothing new for European politicians: Back in the late 1990s, the Kosovo conflict turned for the better only after the United States sent in a military contingent. In the light of the United States’

sive learning programme as well as increasing our e-Learning capabilities and pushing for distributed training solutions. It is the time to work collectively to bring in the Smart Defence ideas and move forward together, sharing costs and experiences. By working with nations we can expand e-Learning in all formats, utilising blended learning with NATO and national institutions. Together with immersive learning we offer a seamless learning and training format, to provide to the war fighter with the best we are capable of. At July 1st ACT has started to take over the programming and management of exercises, to offer holistic education and training solutions out of one hand. One authority not only to save declining resources but to handle future needs more effectively. We will see the incorporation of exercises and their management also for NATO nations and partners in line with political direction and guidance. Our vision is clear: www.e-NATO.net, the easy, effective and efficient way for global education and training – Lieutenant General Karlheinz Viereck.

tic support; CSDP information exchange; strategic and tactical airlift management; fuel and energy; and mobility assurance. The priority actions include a variety of training elements, including: C-IED Training, Helicopter Training Programme, Simulated Tactics Training Study, Study Tactical Training Needs and the CBRNE Training Portal. These projects are all just the very beginning of a process - and the outcome is by no means certain. Even if European governments agree with the concept in principle, there are reservations against premature implementation. For fear of losing some of their sovereignty in this area as well as a few redundant domestic production sites, some nations might ultimately scupper this smart idea that would actually help the European Union as a whole.

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intention to switch its strategic focus from the North Atlantic to the Asia/ Pacific region, Europe has to develop its own capabilities and strengths. This is a challenging matter in times of tight budgets, in which some of the Member States are already unable to meet their commitment to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence. The task becomes even more ambitious when one considers that nobody can predict future threats with any certainty. “To be able to deal with the unpredictable, and to continue guaranteeing the security of each of our member nations, we need to have those capabilities available more widely across the Alliance – and especially here in Europe. In the current economic climate, that is a major challenge. The best way forward is “Smart Defence”, explained

NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow. Smart Defence is based on capability areas that are critical for NATO: ballistic missile defence; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; maintenance of readiness; training and force preparation; effective engagement; and force protection. Smart defence is built on three pillars: • Prioritisation: Aligning national capability priorities with those of NATO has been a challenge for some years. Smart Defence provides the opportunity for a transparent, cooperative and cost-effective approach to meeting essential capability requirements. • Specialisation: NATO should encourage specialisation “by design” so that members concentrate on their national strengths and agree to coordinate

planned defence budget cuts with the Allies, while maintaining national sovereignty over their final decision. • Cooperation: Cooperation may take different forms, such as a small group of nations led by a framework nation, or strategic sharing among those who are close in terms of geography, culture or common equipment. Although smart defence is a policy which applies across the whole of NATO, it is intended specifically for European Member States so that they show more responsibility for their own security. Smart defence involves a change of culture. “In fact, it is a change of mindset and now a way to do business that will continue to unfold well into the future. Even when better times are with us again,” said the Secretary General. ms&t

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Show Report

ITEC 2012 Smaller, but positive and upbeat. Walter F Ullrich reports.

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TEC 2012, which was staged at London’s ExCeL exhibition and conference centre from 22–24 May, was somewhat smaller than expected. Despite this and despite the current financial climate, the show had a positive feel to it and most participants were fairly upbeat. Around 3,000 visitors meant attendance was down about 5% compared to the previous year. One hundred and forty companies from 17 countries set up their booths at the ExCeL – slightly fewer than last year. Thirty-nine companies came to ITEC for the first time, 15 more than in 2011, yet still not enough to balance out the overall drop in numbers. Most of the big players from Europe and North America participated, although many had a smaller footprint than usual. The trend to focus on a few showpieces, even models, or even video clips, continued. “We are mostly here to communicate with our customers and partners,” said Jane Wakeford, Senior Communications Manager at Thales, when asked about the company’s ITEC presence. For Rockwell Collins the main concern is also to show presence. “ITEC

gives me an opportunity to meet with customers, partners and competitors. Having the ability to meet and discuss business on a personal level is something that is difficult to find time to do in my office in Orlando,” explained Richard Layfield, Manager Sales Simulation & Training Solutions Government Systems of Rockwell Collins. Kendra Hathway, Marketing Director, Meggitt Training Systems said, “We come to ITEC to get in front of the European market, but this year we’ve also seen a lot of attendees from Brazil and the Middle East, many of whom have expressed a solid interest in our capabilities.” Visitors came from 29 countries, some from afar: Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and South Africa.

Senior Leadership Senior leadership was well represented. 20% more senior leaders came to this year’s ITEC than in 2011, many taking on active roles in panels and conference sessions. In his keynote speech, Lieutenant General Sir William Rollo, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff at the UK

MOD, encouraged industry to get more involved in future research and development programmes. “We need to find cost-effective ways of making the most of what we’ve got,” he concluded. The Senior Officers Panel explored the theme of training from the point of view of budgetary constraints. Some attendees would have preferred more time for Q&A; shorter speeches would allow for more interaction between the audience and the podium. Many sessions were composed of particularly high-level participants. Dr Jim Blake, Program Executive Officer, U.S. Army PEO STRI, moderated the “Joint Strategic Vision” session, where Frank DiGiovanni, Director, Training Readiness and Strategy, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), USA; Lieutenant General Karlheinz Viereck, Deputy Chief of Staff, Joint Force Training, Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO; and Brigadier Peter Gates, Director General, Learning Branch, Australian Department of Defence updated the audience on strategic roadmaps and lessons learned. One key statement concerned confidentiality and training: “Education and training

show in London. Image credit: Walter F Ullrich.

outweighs security issues,” said Viereck; for DiGiovanni “the benefits outweigh the risks”. In the “Simulation as a NATO Capability Development Enabler” session, hosted by Lieutenant General Viereck, Brigadier General Giovanni Fungo, Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Engineering at NATO ACT; Major General J. Berger, Commander, Joint Warfare Centre; Major General P. Macko, Commander, Joint Force Training Centre; Colonel F. Mastrorosa, Director, M&S Centre of Intelligence; and Mr E. Gough, Chief Scientist, NATO Undersea Research Centre described the role of simulation in their organisations and how simulation will be used in the future. For Brigadier General Fungo, Modelling and Simulation is a methodology for ensuring realistic training within the prevailing monetary and environmental constraints. This was the first time that ITEC hosted the Cyber Security Training and Education Workshop. The event, attended by over 100 delegates, was launched by Baroness Pauline NevilleJones, the UK Government’s Special Representative to Business for Cyber Security. Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) also used the opportunity afforded by ITEC to organise a “SISO Day”, which included a SISO tutorial. Chairman Dr Jean-Louis Igarza welcomed 105 international participants to the event. “ITEC 2012 clearly showed that the military training and simulation community is committed to finding innovations to solve the challenges it currently faces – both those facing troops on the battlefield and new threats which are emerging across many sectors,” said ITEC event director Anna Campagnoli. “The feedback I have received from our exhibitors, visitors and conference delegates, has been hugely encouraging and demonstrates the confidence that the industry has in the show. I look forward to seeing everyone at ITEC 2013 in Rome.” ITEC 2013 will be held in Rome, Italy from Wednesday 22 – Friday 24 May 2013.

Comment of the Conference Chairman, David Richardson ITEC has a history of providing innovative solutions to the challenges facing the industry it serves and is viewed as the leading European forum for the display, discussion and debate of all aspects of military simulation and training. I believe ITEC 2012 once again provided a valuable platform across the global MS&T community and generated very strong support from international military personnel and associations such as NATO and SISO. The four highly relevant and engaging conference themes attracted some very high calibre and senior speakers and panellists which resulted in record numbers of delegates attending the various sessions.

A new addition to ITEC this year was the Cyber Security Training and Education Workshop. With cyber now universally considered to be the fifth warfighting domain and in a direct response to the demands of customers from the military, public sector and industry, the workshop addressed the urgent priority of the alarming shortage of skills within the cyber security workforce. We now aim to build on this when we take ITEC to Rome in 2013 where we will continue to emphasise the need to develop the most cost effective ways to train service personnel to the highest standards.

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The CAE Land Training Systems Footprint MS&T visited the CAE facility at Burgess Hill, Sussex during the runup to ITEC. CAE is generally recognised as being one of the world leaders in airbased training systems, both civil and military; however, albeit less well known, the company has also been producing training solutions for land forces for over 30 years. During the visit senior executives gave an update on the company’s current achievements and future plans in this area noting that CAE intends to address both traditional and new core markets in North America, Europe, the Middle and Far East and Australia, presenting a capability across the full spectrum of land forces training. The savings associated with replacing live training with simulation speak for themselves: the bill for operating an M1A2 tank is $75 per mile; the cost of a tank driver trainer is $2.50 per mile. However, cost and the environmental benefits of synthetic training are only part of the story; simulation can create operational scenarios which are unattainable in live training, and has increasing utility in mission rehearsal and validation of individual and collective readiness. Among the combat vehicles for which CAE currently provide training systems are the UK Warrior (both Gunnery Turret Trainer and Observation Post Vehicle (OPV)), the Indian Arjun MBT, M60A3, Leopard 2A4 and Scorpion. Additionally, there is a networked Centralized Appended Trainer (CAT) for the Canadian ADATS short-range air defence system. A demonstration of recently developed capability included a training system for the T-90, developed in partnership with TATA. It comprises devices for individual training of drivers and gunners, and a crew trainer incorporating a full motion platform and a sound simulation system generating the sounds of engine and track movement, battlefield noise, armament firing and gun control equipment sound effects. INFRONT 3D, a computer-based training system utilising COTS equipment, provides initial and continuation training for Forward Observation Officers (FOO) and Forward Air Controllers (FAC) in the delivery of artillery, mortar fire and close air support onto a variety of targets, in a visual scenario which

ANTares

Above CAE's INFRONT 3D deployable system provides training for forward observation officers (FOOs) and forward air controllers (FACs). Image credit: CAE.

merges a 3D database with 3D targets and weapons effects. Surveillance and target acquisition is effected through a range of devices, including binoculars, laser rangefinder/designators and night sights. The deployable system, comprising 3 mini-computers interconnected by a LAN, can provide training for up to 12 students. The Warrior OPV full mission trainer consists of three containerized simulated Warrior interiors, and an expandable containerized instructor and debrief facility housing three instructor operating station (IOS) consoles; it is fully DIS compatible for collective training. The vehicle mock-up consists of a high fidelity turret compartment, full replica driver’s compartment with a range of controls, gauges and instruments and, in a rear compartment, the communications and MSTAR battlefield radar. Lastly, a range of maintenance training devices combine simulators and hands-on hardware in blended solutions for a wide variety of applications, including M1 and M2 AFV/AIFV, MLRS and HMARS, and a range of communications equipments. It may be some while before CAE’s reputation in land training solutions matches that of its air systems, but this comprehensive and interesting demonstration was a clear signal of intent. – Dim Jones

Military customers have many different, sometimes even divergent needs that need to be met cost effectively. In many training domains, engineers and developers are still looking for some sort of high-quality “jack-of-all-trades-device" Rheinmetall's ANTares modular tactical training system, unveiled to the European audience only recently at ITEC, comes quite close to that "ideal" all-in-one solution. ANTares is made for joint and combined training. It provides fully networked and interoperable air, land and maritime weapon platform simulators in a realistic, high-intensity virtual combat training environment. Architecture and design enable rapid deployment to the area of operations for effective mission rehearsal. It is all commercial off-the-shelf equipment using a common design for all simulated weapon platforms. Such a system design reduces lifecycle costs because it minimizes maintenance needs, and at the same time ensures future technology growth potential. The training system is supported by Rheinmetall Defence's proprietary "Rapid Generation Database", which generates authentic mission training with up-to-date reconnaissance data. ANTares is the result of Rheinmetall in-house research and funding. To reduce the risk, the developers of the system took a good look at what the main military challenges are today, and where they should lead in future. ANTares is a mobile training system which can be used not just for crew coordination training, but for preparing entire units and task forces for tactical missions in foreign deployment zones. The design of the Group’s cubicle concept enables networking of many different weapon system simulators from the different armed services, making it possible to carry out joint tactical training in a federated simulation environment. The simulation cubicles can be freely arrayed in different configurations as a plug & play unit in containers. These containers can then be transported to the theatre of operations either by land, sea or air. The ANTares system might not yet be the final all-in-one tactical training device, but it comes fairly close to that ideal – and, so say Rheinmetall marketing people, it is reasonably priced. – Walter F. Ullrich

A compendium of current news from the military simulation and training industry, compiled and edited by news editor Fiona Greenyer and the MS&T editorial team. For the latest breaking news and in-depth reports go to www.halldale.com.

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third bridging system developed by szenaris on the basis of the existing hardware platform. Important aspects of this training system are to minimise damages to the bridge laying systems, to impart initial knowledge to the future operators about these complex systems, and to keep the users in practice.

Air Force F-35 Training – The DiSTI Corporation allowed early training for the Academic Training Center (ATC) at Eglin Air Force Base through its virtual maintenance training technology. DiSTI was selected by AAI Services Corporation for development of the F-35 Lightning II Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer (ASMT) as one part of the F-35 training system developed by Lockheed Martin. The ASMT provides training for student maintainers with curriculum covering ground operation, maintenance, and testing procedures and increases student throughput prior to the aircraft being fielded. DiSTI streamlined the conversion of Computer Aided Design (CAD) data provided by Lockheed Martin to

Above F-35 Lightning II Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer (AMST). Image credit: DiSTI Corporation.

produce a high fidelity and interactive virtual maintenance environment for the ASMT. A-29 Super Tucano – Embraer has delivered the 99th, and last, A-29 Super Tucano light attack turboprop to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and the last two upgraded F-5M fighters from the first of two contracts. The A-29 Super Tucano is being used for advanced pilot training and in the Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM). Upgraded Sim - The Thales-operated Sea King helicopter simulator at Royal Air Force (RAF) Valley in North Wales has benefited from a significant upgrade to the visual system, offering an enhanced training capability to the RAF's Search and Rescue Force (SARF). The upgrade has dramatically improved the out-of-the-window visuals for the crews, including improved synthetic scenarios for vital SAR training,

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UAS Information – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has signed a contract to provide training support to the British Army. This will include acquiring video using small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The video will be transmitted in real-time to soldiers' remote terminals, allowing them to be trained in the tasking of surveillance aircraft and the use of the information collected. The training exercises will be conducted from June to October 2012, with an option for an additional year. Trauma Moulage Kits – SIMETRI has won a subcontract to provide Virtual Patient System (VPS) Trauma Moulage Kits to the US Army. The contract, through a partnership with Moulage Sciences and Training (MST), supports the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and will provide simulated injuries products for military medical training. Moulage (simulated wound) kits are used to enhance the medical training capability at the military's Medical Simulation Training Centers (MSTCs), which are standardized Army training assets located at various military installations worldwide. These centers deliver effective medical training with a standardized training platform to better prepare Soldiers to apply medical interventions under combat conditions. CoCBT Training System – The German training software specialist szenaris has handed over to the German Army, after only 14 months of project time, the training system Cooperative ComputerBased Training (CoCBT) for the Foldable Longspan Bridge (FLB). After 'Amphibian M3' and 'Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB)', this is now the

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such as snow landing conditions and operations with night-vision devices. Turkish Trainer - The assembly and manufacturing of Turkish primary and basic trainer aircraft "HÜRKUS", which was designed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) engineers to meet the training requirements of the Turkish Air Force, has been completed and HÜRKUS was rolled out on June 27, 2012. HÜRKUS is compatible with pilot primary and basic training programs, and is able to perform day and night missions, with a tandem seat configuration for trainer and trainee. The aircraft is equipped with a 1600 hp turboprop engine, enabling the easy transfer for trainee pilots to jet aircraft. It has high performance and low operating costs due to the state-of-the-art technology employed. The design is flexible for future applications such as surveillance and weapon upgrades. Gripen Fighter Weapon School – Saab is to invest in an advanced training centre for experienced fighter pilots initially from Gripen countries and its user air forces, at Air Force Base Overberg in South Africa. The Gripen Fighter Weapon School is an initiative from Saab in co-operation with the Gripen Air Forces user group. The school will hone the fighting skills of experienced Gripen pilots from all over the world. The course will be run during the South African summer which offers favourable meteorological conditions. The training will focus on different multirole aspects every year and the advanced airborne exercises will be mixed with academia and survival training in an African context. Supporting Gripen customers in Sweden, South Africa, Hungary, Czech Republic and Thailand, the first course is scheduled to take place late 2013. New threat scenarios and new requirements will drive the course syllabus at the school and the need for more in-depth training on the Gripen aircraft and its systems. It will also increase the students’ operational capabilities by providing a possibility to experience a tactical behavior that differs from their national SOP’s (standard operating procedures) and thereby broadening their skill.

Navy Rugged Display – At Eurosatory in

Above Barco's TL-358 display. Image credit: Barco.

Paris, visualization specialist Barco announced the launch of TL-358, a 23" full HD rugged display that combines thinness with low weight. The latest member of Barco's TL (thin and lightweight) family is designed for use in the space-constrained areas of navy ships, unmanned aerial systems, and shelters. The TL-358 display provides image quality in full HD (1920x1080) resolution and in a 23" widescreen (16:9) format. The display can be easily integrated into racks and comes as a fully enclosed, dripproof unit, and can be operated between -25°C and 55°C. Fire Scout Training Center – Northrop Grumman Corporation has established a new training facility at US Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, for Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operators, that offers flight simulators, hands-on aircraft maintenance and classroom instruction. New flight simulators were placed in the facility to improve the quality of training, incorporating lessons learned during the MQ-8B Fire Scout's recent land- and sea-based deployments. Typical training lasts about six weeks because maintainers and pilots already have technical training on manned helicopters such as the SH-60 Seahawk. Support Contract – AgustaWestland’s AW159 Wildcat Integrated Support and Training (WIST) contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is now operational, providing through life support and training for the Royal Navy and British

Army’s new fleet of AW159 Wildcat helicopters entering service. The initial period of the contract will run to March 2017 with a commercial framework in place that will enable the delivery of support and training services until the planned out of service date of the aircraft in 2044, subject to demonstrating continuing value for money. Work on the contract started in early 2012 to ensure the support and training was in place for the commencement of deliveries of AW159 Wildcats in April 2012. Navy Seabees Sim – GlobalSim, Inc., a Kongsberg Company, has delivered a new training simulator to the Navy Construction Battalions, known also by their moniker “The Seabees”. The new MasterLift 4000 simulation system includes training programs for the Link Belt HTC864 and Link Belt Ls-108H construction cranes. The MasterLift 4000 recreates the operating environments of two types of construction cranes. The simulator offers an immersive training environment, using high definition visual screens and authentic machine controls to fully recreate the crane cabin. ATC Embedded Trainer – Kongsberg Gallium recently announced that it was awarded a contract for the delivery and integration of an Embedded Trainer for the U.S. Navy AN/TPX-42(V) IFF systems. The AN/TPX-42(V) provides the primary air traffic control capability in the Carrier Air Traffic Control Centers (CATCCs) and Amphibious Air Traffic Control centers (ATCCs) aboard Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Assault ships. The Embedded Trainer provides scenario-based, integrated interactive

Military Contracts – CAE has been awarded a series of military contracts valued at more than C$110 million. It will provide a suite of fixed wing advanced jet trainer (AJT) aircraft simulators and training devices as part of an overall solution to meet the future aircrew training requirements of an undisclosed customer. In addition, CAE will also provide integrated procedures trainers, an egress training device, an ejection seat training device, and a range of brief/debrief systems. CAE has been awarded a one-year contract renewal by L-3 MAS to continue providing a range of in-service support solutions for the Canadian Forces’ CF-18 aircraft. CAE will provide avionics software upgrades, integrated logistics support and data management services. Boom Operator Simulator – FAAC Incorporated, part of Arotech Corporation's Training and Simulation Division, has received a $25.3 million contract award for the design, development, production and delivery of 17 boom operator simulator systems. The initial award funded $4.3 million for design and development of a first article with the remaining $21 million in options expected to be exercised for the production of 16 additional units and up to four years of initial contractor logistical support of the installed systems. The boom operator simulator system (BOSS) is a high fidelity trainer for Air National Guard (ANG) boom operators that replicates the KC-135R Block 40 boom pod. Submarine Sim – Thales Australia has signed a contract to upgrade the Collins submarine platform training simulator at the Submarine Training and Systems Centre at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia. By adopting the latest Thales simulator technology, the upgrade will incorporate improvements to the PTS to address obsolescence and fidelity issues, bringing it up to date with the current configurations of the actual submarines. Thales will also be upgrading the periscope visual system under a recently-signed contract. Modular Turret Sim – During Eurosatory, the Belgian defence manufacturer and integrator CMI Defence presented a new modular turret training and simulation system. Based on the example of the company's Cockerill LCTS90 turret hardware, CMI demonstrated the easy plug and play capability of its turrets and weapon systems. The new solution combines three configurations: static systems, embedded turret simulators and mobile simulation systems. CMI uses COTS equipment that is set up in a modular and open electronic architecture.

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To develop its new training and simulation systems, which address all aspects of military simulation, CMI Defence has worked with French SILKAN (former HPC Project). The developed solutions feature direct connection to real combat hardware, creating embedded simulators for training and mission rehearsal. These systems include high performance simulation engines, reconfigurable interactive instructor stations with builtin debrief capabilities, and innovative immersive displays coupled with high fidelity image generation. NexGen Core Avionics – Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) launched its new Cockpit 4000 NexGen technology demonstrator at the Farnborough Air Show. The Cockpit 4000 NexGen avionics suite is a configurable, fully integrated glass cockpit solution featuring a Large Area Display with touchscreen technology. It is designed to enhance mission effectiveness and provide cross-platform training flexibility for advanced military trainers, ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) and light attack aircraft. The Cockpit 4000 NexGen core avionics include CMC’s new 20” x 7” Large Area Display with touchscreen technology as well as a new all-digital raster capable Head-Up Display. Both are supported by a modular, integrated avionics computer built on an open architecture design which allows for growth. A400M FFS – The UK Ministry of Defence has placed an order with Airbus Military to supply the UK’s first A400M full flight simulator (FFS). The contract, worth about £50 million, also includes a simulator support system (SSS). The simulator will be located at the RAF Brize Norton base, where all 22 UK A400Ms will be based, and will be delivered in spring 2014.

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data and voice response capability on any shipboard AN/TPX42(V) console without interfering with on-going operations. The Embedded Trainer is based on Gallium's scalable I-SIM advanced Air Traffic Control simulator, a high fidelity training simulator used in Air Traffic Control Training and airspace analysis by the FAA and Collegiate Training Institutes. The embedded training solution integrates seamlessly with Gallium's InterMAPhicsbased AN/TPX-42(V) operational display software. The Firm Fixed Price contract, competitively awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ, provides options for up to 50 production systems. Gallium's principle subcontractor is Coherent Technical Solutions, Inc., a Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Lexington Park, MD.

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Airbus Military will procure the FFS from Thales Training & Simulation while Airbus Military supplies the aircraft parts and equipment plus a data and software package to enable the simulator to accurately replicate the A400M’s flight and mission characteristics. The FFS will be maintained by a joint venture consisting of Airbus Military and Thales. Training Capacity – Thales has announced the acceptance by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) of the upgrade to the F3.2 standard of the first two Rafale simulator cabins at the simulation centre in Saint-Dizier. The upgrade will improve the instruction and training provided to prepare this squadron for missions of the Rafale F3 including air-to-sea attack with the AM39 anti-ship missile, reconnaissance with the Reco-NG pod, air support with the Damocles laser targeted pod, and nuclear deterrence with the ASMP/A enhanced medium-range air-to-ground missile. The Rafale simulation centre in Landivisiau, which has two simulators, will be upgraded to the F3.2 standard in the summer of 2013. F-35 Training Delivery – Lockheed Martin has taken delivery of the embedded training system for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) from Dutch Space and National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR). The software product provides in-flight mission training for fighter pilots with the use of virtual entities and is based on E-CATS (Embedded Combat Aircraft Training System), a joint development of Dutch Space and NLR. E-CATS is a training simulator system integrated with the operational systems of a fighter jet. It provides fighter pilots with in-flight training and simulated combat scenarios, including virtual air and ground adversaries. The computer-generated adversaries show up on the sensors of the F-35 like real hostile threats with realistic performance characteristics. Pilots are able to train individually (single ship ET) or as a member of a team exercising a combat action in the multi-ship configuration of E-CATS. MX-Sim – L-3 WESCAM has launched its MX-Sim, a training product that simulates the complete operations of WESCAM’s MX-Series of electro-optical and infrared imaging turrets. L-3’s MX-Sim, developed with INSYEN AG based in Germany, has been designed to match a customer’s MX-

Above Elbit Systems' new version of CockpitNG. Image credit: Elbit Systems.

Series configuration with simulated scenarios for a variety of applications. The simulator connects to multiple L-3 WESCAM standard control systems, including hand grips, joysticks and mission grips. Pre-planned scenarios, including improvised explosive device (IED) surveillance, search and rescue, and counter-terrorism missions have been created. Weather conditions and environmental lighting can also be altered to simulate mission-specific operations. The MX-Sim has been developed using Virtual Battle Space 2 (VBS2). The design of the simulator enables plugand-play expansion capability. Joint Intelligence Training – The Virginia Contracting Activity has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a fiveyear contract to support the Regional Joint Intelligence Training Facility (RJITF), which provides training and education opportunities to US, NATO and partner nation militaries throughout Europe and Africa. Northrop Grumman will provide fullspectrum training solutions from design and development to live instruction. The team will support various outreach programs and ensure that training opportunities are offered to even the most remotely located forces using the latest technologies available. ATC Training – Air traffic controllers

at the Hungarian Defence Forces are receiving a special eight-week training course on the 3D tower simulator of HungaroControl as part of MANS 2010+, a programme launched to modernize the air traffic management system of the Hungarian Defence Forces. Air traffic controllers from three Hungarian military airports will receive training at HungaroControl as part of a special training programme in the most state-ofthe-art airport control simulator of Central Europe. Though the Hungarian Air Navigation Service has been successfully using its tower simulator for training civilian air traffic controllers, this is the first time that the facility will be used for military training.

Product Announcements New Capabilities - Elbit Systems' new and upgraded version of CockpitNG®, the unique next generation cockpit for fighter aircraft, helicopters, trainers and airlifters, is comprised of a large area display (LAD), a Low-Profile Head-up Display (LPHUD) and Elbit Systems Targo® Helmet Mounted Avionics system. New applications are projected on all elements of the CockpitNG, displaying all relevant data while hiding the irrelevant information to prevent overload. In the new enhanced version, the high quality LAD touch-screen enables pilots to personalize their displays, applications and information, according to specific mission requirements. MASA SWORD – The MASA Group

Software Methodology – Systematic and MASA Group are investigating using NATO's C-BML in C2 Systems integrated with con-

structive simulations. The project partners are set to establish a methodology to allow Multilateral Interoperability Programme (MIP)-based Command and Control (C2) systems to drive simulation systems using digitised orders and NATO's Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML).Systematic’s SitaWare Headquarters C2 software will be integrated with MASA SWORD automated, aggregated constructive simulation through a prototype C-BML interface. Command & Control Software – The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has agreed to an operating lease of a suite of SitaWare Command & Control (C2) software through Systematic’s in-country partner, Eagle Technology. The 3-year agreement will support NZDF's command and control (C2) training programme. SitaWare will be introduced into a number of training environments during the lease period to expose as many personnel as possible to operating in a digital environment. SitaWare is a rapidly deployable, off-the-shelf solution which allows integration of multiple systems and legacy applications into a single, unified operational overview. License Upgrades – Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has announced that both the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have upgraded their enterprise licenses to the exciting new VBS2 v2.0. The multi-million dollar contract extension by the ADF includes VBS2 and VBS2Fires license upgrades, gold support, VBS2Fusion, and the revolutionary VBS2Strike for game-based forward air control training. The ADF have been employing VBS since 2005, when VBS1 was used to train soldiers deploying to Iraq. The ADF have been central to the evolution of the product, and most recently, the ADF funded the development of a range

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presented the latest version of MASA SWORD, the company's automated, aggregated constructive simulation software for efficient training and analysis at Eurosatory 2012. SWORD helps users develop and deploy advanced and highly realistic scenarios for the training of decision-makers in command posts and crisis centres, as well as for the analysis of military doctrines and emergency procedures. Advanced Tool – NGRAIN has introduced NGRAIN Producer® Pro to the maintenance training and support community. Delivered as part of the NGRAIN Production Suite - a platform enabling organizations to rapidly produce powerful 3D task training and support applications - Producer Pro is an advanced authoring tool for the creation of 3D Knowledge Object™ (3KO®) simulations. Human Simulation Software Suite – DI-Guy Version 12 is released and shipping. DI-Guy 12 is an integrated suite of realtime human simulation products and tools that includes DI-Guy SDK, DI-Guy Scenario, and DI-Guy AI. Version 12 highlights include: • Next generation character visualization and models including normal maps for enhanced high performance visual realism, reference shaders and infrastructure to support end application lighting and sensor environments, and multi-layer textures enabling customizable and extensible materials; • Multi-threaded and multi-core processing for high performance visualization and AI path planning performance; and • Upgrade of DI-Guy Expressive Faces to the industry leading, FaceFX advanced facial animation solution. The FaceFX Studio Professional tool provides unprecedented facial authoring capabilities, including lip synching, gestures, and emotions that enable easy creation of realistic, animated dialogues. “DI-Guy Version 12 addresses the realtime human character performance and visualization requirements identified by our customers,” says Marc Schlackman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. DLP Projectors – Christie has announced an expansion to its product offerings for the visualization markets with the addition of its next-generation Mirage M Series high performance digital projectors. The M Series joins the latest Mirage J Series, adding three new 3D capable products to the dual-lamp platform for a total of 21 projectors in the Mirage Series line up. "Both Mirage M and Mirage J Series projector platforms now come with an Intelligent Lens System (ILS™) that features auto lens calibration and an all new version Christie Twist™ hardware that is included as a standard feature of the projector," noted Larry Paul, senior director, Technology and Visualisation Solutions Management, Christie. "These new Mirage products fill a critical need in visualisation applications for display solutions that allow for greater quality in all types of immersive environments, from CAVE™ systems to spherical, curved and flat screen visualisation display solutions." The new Christie Twist hardware provides enhanced built-in geometric warping with sharper imagery, and advanced edgeblending capabilities that reduce or eliminate all electronic blending artefacts to cover the full gamut of the most demanding of immersive visualisation markets.

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of amphibious simulation capabilities including the LCM-8 and Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) at very high levels of detail. Blending & Warping – ImmersaView has launched ImmersaView Warp™, the next generation in multi-channel blending and warping software. ImmersaView Warp software allows designers to create vivid seamless visual displays on surfaces on any shape or size. It integrates with Windows XP/Vista for full screen, 3d content, and adds warping of all content under Windows 7. CCTT PDSS Contract – AVT Simulation has won an IDIQ prime contract from the US Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to provide Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) for the close combat tactical trainer (CCTT) program. The contract has a base year plus four option years and is worth up to $49.4m. CCTT is the US Army’s largest training program and supports training of Infantry, Armor, Mechanized Infantry, Cavalry and Armored Reconnaissance units from squad through battalion/ squadron level, to include their staffs, throughout the world. The contract team led by AVT Simulation is composed of small businesses and/or small disadvantaged businesses including Advanced Systems Technology, Inc., Daedalus Technologies, Dignitas Technologies, and Wave Enterprises. Virtual Tour Guide – DiSTI’s Virtual Tour Guide (VTG) gave visitors of ITEC an interactive map, ability to set reminders, and exhibitor insight. The DiSTI Corporation created the Virtual Tour Guide (VTG) application to provide an enhanced paperless experience for visitors of ITEC 2012. The free iOS app was available on the Apple App Store, providing show attendees with a method of organizing their time at ITEC through an interactive show floor map, a full list of exhibitors, and the ability to set reminders for program events. In announcing the app, President of DiSTI Joe Swinski stated “Through attending and exhibiting at numerous tradeshows, we’ve realized how challenging it can be to stay organized and on track with everything that goes on in just a few days. The goal of this app is to make it easier for attendees to plan, manage, and navigate all that there is to

Above Reiser Systemtechnik has partnered with Grob Aircraft. Image credit: Reiser Systemtechnik.

do at ITEC so they can maximize their experience. We hope to expand the use of the guide for future conferences and trade shows.”

Ventures & Partnerships EADS Hiring – At the Farnborough Air Show, EADS and its divisions - Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter - signed the CEO Charter of the UK Resource Centre (UKRC) for women in Science, Engineering and Technology to demonstrate their commitment equal career chances and diversity. In order to reach its targets in terms of a higher percentage of female employees and managers, the Group is planning to hire 1000 women in 2012. By signing the charter, EADS commits to support the aim of increasing the participation of women in science, engineering and technology, to develop gender equality and communicate around it, as well as to promote best practice. EADS is already committed to implementing diverse policies among its workforce and aims at lifting the level of women recruited to 25%, and the number of female managers to 20% by 2020. This will be achieved via a number of different initiatives such as specially dedicated leadership programmes such

as GROW (Growing Opportunities for Women). EADS have proved over the years its active support to the national objective to raise the profile of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects in the hope of encouraging more students, and particularly female students, to study these subjects and ultimately choose careers in STEM related fields. Partnership – Reiser Systemtechnik has partnered with Grob Aircraft to provide an important element of the total turn key military training solution of the 21st Century. Reiser Systemtechnik has provided simulation and training devices for platforms such as Typhoon, Tiger, NH90 and PC-21. Recently, Reiser was contracted as a prime contractor for training systems for the NH90 for Germany and France. The new, all-in-one training system of H3 Training Systems, which is an inhouse training provider of Grob Aircraft AG, will offer real-life flying experiences. Reiser Systemtechnik also plans to work with Grob Aircraft to offer simulation in a “power by the hour” scheme to make the system economically competitive. Saab Acquisition – Saab has acquired Täby Displayteknik AB, a subsidiary of ISD Technologies AB. Saab also owns 30 percent of ISD Technologies AB. Täby Displayteknik AB develops simulator solutions, and with just twelve employees, developed the Joint Fires Synthetic Training (JFIST®) for virtual joint exercises with the various weapons systems used by air, naval and ground forces.

Letter of Intent – Saab has signed a Letter of Intent with TAFF (Turkish Armed Forces Foundation) in order to develop business and explore new business opportunities to third party countries as well as Turkish and Swedish domestic defence markets. The aim of the initiative is to strengthen the current relationship between Saab and TAFF and add new business dimensions in a globalized world. TAFF Group Companies have net sales of 1.8 billion dollar and employs about 11,000 people. Merger – HPC Project, expert in simulation and Arion Enterprise, a company specialized in real time and embedded systems are combining their activities under the name of SILKAN. The two French companies have already worked together on research projects like AGREGATION, which increases the ability of subcontractors to validate the relevance of the developments made. Furthermore, they have cofounded EOSSY (Experts Offer for Safety SYstems), an association of high tech SMEs. The new company offers simulation

systems integration, numerical simulation solutions as well as critical real time systems integration. In particular, SILKAN regards itself as a pioneer in the field of embedded simulation. ITEC Exhibitors – For Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) ITEC marked a distinct milestone in delivering on their approach to customers, business and visibility within the Military Simulation &Training industry. ITEC solidly demonstrated the established position of VBS2. VBS2 was included for the main component of 31 booths/companies demonstrations. This was a quarter of the entire show. BISim was proud to support all of them, particularly the Armed Forces booths where VBS2 was shown at its best delivering into live,virtual and constructive training application and systems. BISim booth partners were ESG, who have developed their VBS2 remote to great effect. Eurosimtec proved that they are leading developers of VBS2 with VBEdit, Caspian Learning continue to provide the highest level of mobile/elearning through VBSWorlds and JDome demonstrated their entry-level portable dome that did exactly as promised. VDC

DS and Ryan Aerospace came together to provide a great performance helicopter sim focusing on reusability, low delivery cost and a training system fit for purpose. SFS highlighted the excellently received Royal Navy Davit Trainer that they designed, built and delivered in just 3 weeks for the show in collaboration with BISim and the Royal Navy. Pete Morrison, CEO, said “Bohemia Interactive Simulations are very proud of our and our partners’ participation at ITEC 2012. The quality of ITEC attendees has been excellent this year and the exhibition has proved itself in London as a key event, not only for Europe, but internationally within the Military Simulation & Training Industry.”

Exercises Maple Flag 2012 – Throughout the month of June pilots, crews and aircraft of several nations flew alongside members of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in an international livefly military exercise hosted by 4 Wing Cold Lake. Known as Exercise Maple Flag since it began in 1978, the exercise allows air force personnel from different

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nations to develop their interoperability by simulating a United Nations air campaign against a highly-capable enemy. A full spectrum of capabilities are exercised, including command and control, air-to-air and air-to-ground operation, air-to-air refuelling, airborne warning and control, air transport, rotary-wing tactical airlift, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The ability of air forces to integrate with land forces are also incorporated into the exercise. This year’s Maple Flag also included Exercise Winged Warrior, incorporating additional training opportunities for nonfighter aircraft and land forces. RIMPAC – Military leaders from 22 nations launched Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2012, at the beginning of July. RIMPAC is hosted biennially by US Pacific Fleet in and around Hawaii. 22 nations, 40 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 people will participate in RIMPAC 2012. The exercise is designed to enhance the tactical capabilities of participating units in major aspects of maritime operations at sea. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd in the series, which began in 1971. It is the world’s largest international maritime exercise. This year’s RIMPAC has a number of exercise firsts including a humanitarian assistance/director relief (HA/DR) component and the US Navy will demonstrate its “Great Green Fleet” approach with some surface warships and aircraft functioning on biofuel blends. The HA/DR portion of the exercise is a five-day exercise that involve Hawaii disaster responders as well as more medical personnel that have participated in past RIMPACs. Anatolian Eagle – Six Italian Air Force (ItAF) Eurofighter Typhoons from the 4th Wing in Grosseto and the 36th Wing in Gioia del Colle participated in the multinational exercise "Anatolian Eagle" in Turkey. The renowned exercise took place at Konya air base and saw participation from around 80 aircraft from Turkey, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and NATO. For the fifth time, the Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons played a major role in the exercise which is designed to enhance operations in complex combat environments and develop the interoperability of different air forces.

"Anatolian Eagle" 2012 was the ideal setting for the Italian Eurofighter Typhoons to share their combat experience gained in Libya last year and to demonstrate the aircraft's air patrolling and air superiority capabilities. NATO's Operation Unified Protector, highlighted a need for prompt action in situations of international crisis and a need for extreme accuracy, flexibility and seamless integration of weapon systems and this exercise provided an ideal setting for such training. Red Flag Alaska – Eight Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from German Air Force Jagdgeschwader 74 (JG 74) took part in a two week 'Red Flag' exercise in Alaska alongside American, Polish, Japanese and Australian air forces. Eurofighter Typhoons were deployed from their home base in Neuburg, Southern Germany, to Eielson Air Force Base to participate in the internationally renowned exercise. Red Flag provided an opportunity for the participating nations to gain invaluable experience in tactical missions, collective defence and conflict management. Fighter Wing JG 74 took part in the exercise in readiness for its assignment to the NATO reaction force this year, assuring the unit has the right level of interoperability and capabilities for such a role.

The deployment of the Eurofighter Typhoons to Eielson Air Force Base set a new milestone in the history of the German Air Force with the 8,000 kilometre, ten hour Atlantic crossing to the Alaskan base, located 42 kilometres south east of Fairbanks. The Eurofighter Typhoons made the trip in groups over two days, supported by two German MRTT A310 tankers and demonstrated again the ease of deployability over long distances.

Up Coming Events USCG 2012 HPT Workshop – The US Coast Guard has over 220 HPT practitioners registered already for the 2012 HPT workshop that is being hosted by FORCECOM’s Performance Technology Center. They add that USCG personnel do not need to submit an individual request to attend as this is an approved USCG hosted event. The goal of the workshop is to share experiences to answer the question: "Performance Technology – What Really Works?" The Workshop will be held at the Hampton Embassy Suites & Convention Center in Hampton, Virginia on September 12-14, 2012. The deadline for submission of abstracts is August 10th. Workshop registration, hotel registration and abstract submissions are open via a link from the HPT Workshop page: http:// www.uscghpt.org Key speakers include: • Rear Admiral Steve Mehling Commander, Force Readiness Command

Swiss Army/RUAG – Colonel Max Fenner, lastly Commander of the Swiss Army’s Land Forces Training Centre, retired from the Military service end of April this year. Max Fenner, a veritable institution in the Live Training domain, and pioneer in instrumented MOUT facilities will however continue to provide his expertise to the training community. For the Swiss RUAG Group, Fenner will be a member in NATO’s UCATT (Urban Combat Advanced Training Technology) activity. Cubic Defense Applications – Dave Schmitz has been appointed chief operating officer and will be responsible for all facets of CDA’s worldwide operations, engineering, and product line day-to-day performance. Donald Haring has been named CDA’s vice president, human resources, replacing John Schierer, who was named corporate vice president of human resources. Bell Helicopter – Keith Flail has been named as the director of Military Program Office Operations. He will be responsible for executing the daily actions of the Program Office and will lead the functional program management and core process teams. Lockheed Martin – John Neilson has been appointed to the newly created position of Communications Director,

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Military Flight Simulator Census

Table 1: Military Flight Sims by Nation Sims Country % Prev Diff year 1078 USA 50.0 879 199 114 UK 5.3 102 12 77 France 3.6 77 0 50 Italy 2.3 45 5 50 South Korea 2.3 47 3 50 Germany 2.3 58 -8 48 Japan 2.2 48 0 44 Russia 2 38 6 44 Canada 2 39 5 38 Sweden 1.8 31 7 36 Saudi Arabia 1.7 33 3 32 Netherlands 1.5 31 1 29 India 1.3 28 1 29 Australia 1.3 30 -1 28 Egypt 1.3 28 0 27 Taiwan 1.3 30 -3 25 Spain 1.2 25 0 21 Brazil 1 20 1 20 UAE 0.9 19 1 19 Turkey 0.9 18 1 19 Singapore 0.9 19 0 13 Belgium 0.6 13 0 12 Poland 0.6 12 0 12 Thailand 0.6 12 0 11 South Africa 0.5 10 1 11 Iraq 0.5 11 0 11 Switzerland 0.5 12 -1 10 Malaysia 0.5 8 2 10 Israel 0.5 10 0 9 China (PRC) 0.4 9 0 9 Indonesia 0.4 9 0 172 37 Others 6.1 161 11 2158 1912 246

View. These are followed by 208 simulators with 6 and more channels. Compared to 2011 there are increases in numbers of those with 9 and more channels, particularly in some FGA aircraft simulators that have nearly 360 degree cover using domes with front-projection or multiple display facets with back-projection. Examples include the dome displays by Rockwell Collins (ex SEOS) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 simulators, and the Link SimuSphere faceted display system. 952 (44%) of simulators are on either a Local or Wide Area Network (LAN/ WAN) an increase of over 200 since last year. For new military simulators except the simple Unit Level Trainers, a network capability has become essential. Transportable simulators have increased from 158 (2011 43 count adjusted for new accounting practice) last year to 168, mainly in the US Army. There have also been increases in simulators for R&D and those with two separate cockpits such as for the pilot and gunner in an Attack Helicopter. There has Table 2: Military Flight Sims by Manufacturer Sims Country % Prev Diff year 472 L-3 Link 21.9 323 149 251 CAE 11.6 256 -5 181 Thales 8.4 189 -8 157 Boeing 7.3 157 0 152 FlightSafety 7 150 2 110 Lockheed Martin 5.1 109 1 78 Rockwell Collins 3.6 51 27 75 ETC 3.5 62 13 56 Elbit 2.6 54 2 53 Frasca 2.5 54 -1 41 Sogitec 1.9 41 0 38 CSTS Dinamika 1.8 30 8 34 AMST 1.6 34 0 34 Camber 1.6 15 19 32 Indra 1.5 32 0 29 Saab 1.3 22 7 28 BAES 1.3 21 7 28 Mitsubishi 1.3 28 0 25 QinetiQ 1.2 25 0 20 Aero Sim 0.9 18 2 20 DoDaam 0.9 20 0 20 VR Media 0.9 20 0 19 Eurofighter ASTA 0.9 19 0 17 USAF AFRL 0.8 17 0 13 AgustaWestland 0.6 3 10 11 Alenia Aermacchi 0.5 8 3 10 Havelsan 0.5 10 0 9 Beijing BlueSky 0.4 9 0 9 Korea Aero 0.4 9 0 9 Merlin FSG 0.4 9 0 127 37 others 0.4 117 10 2158 1912 246

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tor is the Mission Simulator for the C-17 Globemaster III which is used for 26 sorties in preparation for only two handling flights before pilot qualification on this complex strategic transport aircraft. The 618 simulators for rotary wing aircraft include helicopters and the V-22 Osprey tilt-engined design. Only 263 (43%) rotary simulators have 6-axis motion. This is largely because many are deployable trainers rather than Full Mission Simulators. However, in most helicopters vibration is a major cue, nevertheless, only 98 (16%) are reported to have specific vibration cueing devices. For out-the-window (OTW) visuals, systems with centre, left and right channels are most numerous and are fitted to 647 simulators. These are followed by 579 single- and two-channel devices, showing the popularity of simple Unit Level Trainers (ULT) for procedural training. The next in order is 349 five-channel devices that are generally similar to 3-channel displays but with extra left and right channels for more horizontal Field of

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his year 2158 flight simulators are listed in the census, 246 more than in 2011, which itself was 90 more than in 2010. Compared to 2011 there are nearly 200 more in the USA, 12 more in the UK, 7 in Russia, 5 each in Italy and Canada, and 3 each in Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Also, because of the difficulty in obtaining information from some countries, overall numbers will be an underestimate; particularly for the People’s Republic of China, Iran, Russia and some nations that were part of the Soviet Union. For a few countries, the number is less than last year, including Germany with 8 less and Taiwan with 3. At first sight, the large overall increase in 2012 is surprising in this current climate of austerity. In the case of US Army simulators, the increase is largely due to a change in how these are counted. Transportable simulators in containers or truck trailers have previously been counted as one simulator per container or trailer. However, in some programs such as the Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) there are up to six simulators in one container, each capable of training independently from the others, and this year such simulators are listed individually, accounting for 115 of the overall increase. The fighter (F, FGA, FT) roles lead with 973 simulators, including those for A/C types with a light attack role that are also used as advanced trainers. After this come 618 simulators for rotary wing aircraft, 314 for multi-engine transports, and 180 for basic trainers. Finally there are 30 simulators for UAVs, 22 for no particular role (listed as “generic”) and 21 capable of simulating more than one role. All of these numbers are greater than those for last year, particularly in the rotary and multi-engine areas. Of the fighter simulators, only 143 (15%) have motion platforms because in many forces, wide view visual is considered more important than cues of real motion. 78 FGA simulators (8%) have anti-G suit inflation and only 45 (4.6%) have motion seats. In contrast, for the 314 multi-engine aircraft simulators, 230 (73%) have motion platforms. Many are to the Level D design that is standard for commercial air transport under regulatory rules of aviation authorities. One military example of a Level-D-equivalent Full Flight Simula-

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also been an increase in Roll-on Roll-off designs that allow different cockpits to be fitted on the same motion base and visual system. The cockpits are for different aircraft types and can be used as Flight Training Devices when operated on their own As in previous years, L-3 Link, headquartered at Arlington, Texas, is well in the lead. It has enhanced its lead this year, partly due to how we count simulators mounted in containers or trailers mentioned earlier, which added 115 to

Codes Used Within The Tables Aircraft Categories F Fighter, FGA Fighter/Ground Attack, FT Fighter/Trainer, (all with centre-line thrust, little asymmetric effect after an engine failure) G Generic cockpit M Multi-engined aircraft with significant asymmetric effect on closing an engine, and other transport aircraft R Rotary Wing aircraft such as Helicopters, Tilt/Rotor & Tilt/Wings T Trainer aircraft (with centre-line thrust, little asymmetric effect on engine failure) U Unmanned Aircraft

Motion Axes 0-6, zero being fixed-base E Electric H Hydraulic V Vibrator(s) M Motion Seat G Anti-G-suit inflation D Dimming of visual at high G Y Freedom in yaw (yaw ring) NK Not Known NA Not Applicable

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in the UK, Alenia Aermacchi in Italy and AgustaWestland in Italy and the UK.

Conclusion Despite a general downturn in military spending and withdrawals from conflict areas, the flight simulator sector is continuing to hold its own. In an age of austerity and changing security demands, more training in synthetic environments will be needed to keep troops ready for the next operation. The future looks bright. ms&t

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Visual Display ch I.G. channels, w Display windows, CC Cross-cockpit Collimated C Collimated D Dome PD Partial Dome F Faceted back-projected

the Link total, mainly due to the increase in containerised helicopter simulators for the US Army mentioned earlier. As in 2011 Link is followed by CAE, Thales, Boeing (mainly from the St Louis site, formerly McDonnel Douglas Training Systems), FlightSafety and Lockheed Martin. This year Rockwell Collins has gained a place over Environmental Tectonics (ETC), while both increased their simulator count. Other increases are from Camber in the USA, CSTS Dynamika in Russia, Saab in Sweden, BAE Systems

General Abbreviations ACT Air Combat Training/Trainer ACTT Aircrew Command & Tactics Trainer APT Aircrew Procedures Trainer AoI Area of Interest (display), the high resolution centre of a display, sometimes Head-Slaved to where the pilot is looking ASTA Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids AVCATT Aviation Combined Arms Tactics Trainer CPT Cockpit Procedures Trainer DART Display for Advanced Research and Training DisoTr Disorientation Trainer with full freedom in yaw DMO Distributed Mission Operations DMRT Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainer DSALT Distributed Synthetic Air Land Training FFS Full Flight Simulator FLIR Forward-Looking Infra Red FMS/FMT Full Mission Simulator/Trainer FNPT Flight Navigation Procedures Trainer FTD Flight Training Device HMD Head-Mounted Display HOTAS Hands On Throttle and Stick IFT Instrument Flight Trainer I.G. or IG Image Generation system LAMARS Large-Amplitude Multimode Aerospace Research Simulator (Gondola on hydraulic arm) MCAS Marine Corps Air Station MDTS Mission Training by Distributed Simulation MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft

NAS Naval Air Station NVG Night Vision Goggles, optical light intensifiers for night vision OFT Operational Flight Trainer OTW Outside World (or Out-the-Window) Pax River MFS US Navy Manned Flight Simulator section at Patuxent River, Maryland PFI Private Finance Initiative, a system where finance is from private companies who gain income from use of the facility PMATS Predator Mission Aircrew Training Systems PSPK Russian for a Flight Simulator with a moving cockpit used for generic aircraft research PTT Part-Task Trainer RFT Ready for Training, normally associated with a date at which a training device will be RFT RoRo Roll-on Roll-off SAR Search and Rescue SE Single Engined SF Special Forces SOF Special Operations Forces TCC Tactical Control Centre TOFT Tactical Operational Flight Trainer TORT Tactical Operational Readiness Trainer TProj Target Projector, for projecting a high-fidelity target image on the overall display u/d Updated UTD Unit Training Device WST Weapons System Trainer WTT Weapons and Tactics Trainer Aircraft Manufacturers Aero Vod Aero Vodochody (Czech Replublic) AgWest AgustaWestland (Italy & UK) BAES BAE Systems Boeing Includes ex-McDonnell Douglas aircraft CASA Construcciones Aeronauticas SA, the Spanish part of the EADS company EADS European Aeronautic Defense and Space company H-Beech Hawker Beechcraft (incl. ex Raytheon aircraft) KAI Korea Aerospace Industries LM Lockheed Martin NorGrumm Northrop Grumman PZL Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze, the ex-Polish State Aviation Works Simulator Manufacturers and Operators AAB Army Air Base AFB Air Force Base AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory (USAF) AIDC Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation AMST Austria Metall System Technik ASI Aero Simulation Inc. ATIL Aviation Training International Ltd. BASC Beijing Blue Sky Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. BIAM Beijing Institute of Aviation Medicine CAE includes CAE USA CAE India Private Ltd ex Macmet CAE USA Tampa facility of CAE USA, ex-Reflectone, ex BAE Systems CSC Computer Sciences Corporation EF ASTA Consortium Eurofighter Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids Consortium ETC Environmental Tectonics Corporation FATEC Fuji Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd. FSI FlightSafety International HATSOFF Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying

HFTS Helicopter Flight Training Services HTMI Helicopter Training Media International GmbH IAI Israel Aircraft Industries JSDF Japanese Self Defence Force KAI Korea Aerospace Industries L-3 Link Link Simulation and Training LM includes Lockheed Martin Akron & Orlando facilities MDTS Mission Training through Distributed Simulation Merlin FSG Merlin Flight Simulation Group NAS Naval Air Station NLR Netherlands National Aerospace Laboratory PLA Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liberation Army (of China) RC Rockwell Collins Government Systems RDE Rheinmetall Defence Electronics ROK Republic of Korea Rotorsim AgustaWestland and CAE Training Centre at Sesto Calende, Italy Shanghai E Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Co SIMONA SIMulation, Motion and Navigation Institute of the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft) SIRE Synthetic Immersion Research Environment SLM Singer Link Miles ST Electronics Singapore Technologies Electronics (Training & Simulation Systems) Pte Ltd. STS Tulsa Safety Training Systems Inc., Tulsa, OK TCT Tactical Control Centre Thales includes ex-Rediffusion, Singer-Link Miles and Thomson CSF Thales Fr Cergy Pontoise factory (ex Thomson CSF) TsAGI Tsentralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ny Aerogidrodinamicheski Institut (Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute) VRM Virtual Reality Media WIML Wojskowy Instytut Medycyny Lotniczej (Wojskowy Aero Medical Institute, Warsaw) Image Generator and Display Systems Aechelon (USA) - PC Nova CAE (Canada) - MaxVue, Medallion, Tropos CATI Carmel Applied Technologies Inc. Compuscene Imagery from the ex-GE company CSTS Dinamika Raduga IG Diamond Visionics - DiaVis imgery FlightSafety International - Vital series imagery FO HMD Fibre Optic Head-Mounted Display Frasca - FVS, TruVision imagery GMO Glass Mountain Optics Indra (Spain) - INVIS imagery ISM Industrial Smoke and Mirrors Ivex (USA) - VDS 1000 imagery (company no longer in imaging business) Link Simulation & Training - ATAC DiG, SimuView imagery, also SimuSphere faceted display LM (Lockheed Martin) - CompuScene (ex GE) imagery PC/PC IG Personal Computer / PC-based Image Generator PCX-IG PC-based IG using the PCX system from the ex Zsoft Corporation Quantum 3D (USA) - Aalchemy, Indepedence imagery Redifun (RSI) - RasterFlite, Raster XT Rockwell Collins (ex Evans & Sutherland Imagery) - CT series, ESIG, EPX, Harmony, PT2000, SimFusion, SP series SGI Silicon Graphics International Corp - Onyx imagery Sogitec - Apogee imagery Tector - Opdis imagery (company no longer in imaging business) Thales - Image, Space series, ThalesView, Visa XPI XPI Simulation Ltd.

We invite comments and corrections to the tables. Updates can be incorporated on the census summary on our web page that is revised more often than the annual printed version.

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Algeria - Air Force LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Vital 4

3ch/4w 150x40

Plus FSI-built systems trainer

Angola - Air Force Aero Vod L-39-C/ZA Albatros

PC-NOVA

3ch/3w 150x45

FTD

Mil Mi-17 Hip

FT&GA VRM R

VRM

PC IG / Vega

3ch/3w 180x45

FTD

Moravan Zlin 143/242

VRM

VRM/IMMAX

1ch/1w 60x45

CPT/FNPT

Argentina - Air Force Boeing A-4M Skyhawk

SGI

3ch/3wC 150x40

Bombardier Learjet 35

FGA Camber M

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Dassault Mirage III/5/50/C/E/VP

Thales

Vital 4

3ch/3w 150x40

IAI Dagger A

IAI

Vital 4

3ch/3w 150x40

Argentina - Army Bell UH-1H Huey

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Argentina - Navy Dassault Super Etendard

FGA Thales

Apogee

3ch/3w 150x40

Australia - Air Force 1

Medallion

3chCC 150x40

BAES Hawk 127

Airbus EADS A-330 (KC-30A MRTT) M

FT&GA BAES

SGI

1ch/1w 40x30

BAES Hawk 127

FT&GA BAES

SGI

1ch/1w 15x25

BAES Hawk 127

FT&GA BAES

PXC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

WST

Boeing B737 AWACS Wedgetail Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

CAE

Plus mission sys trainer

Through BAES Australia PTT

Thales

ThalesView

3chCC 150x40

Plus flat-panel trainer

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

1ch/1w 40x30

Tactical Trainers

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

6ChF 360x130

SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

6ChF 360x130

SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

8ChF 360x130

SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

8ChF 360x130

TOFT, SimuSphere display

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

LM AP-3C Orion

CAE

MaxVue

3chCC 150x40

LM AP-3C Orion

Thales

ESIG-5530

5ch/5w 210x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Medallion-S

5chCC 200x40

LM C-130J Hercules

CAE

Medallion-S

4ch/5w 200x40

DisoTr Gyro IPT II

Visual u/d

Australia - Army Eurocopter Tiger ARH

Thales

ThalesView

6chD 200x60

2 cockpits plus 2 x 2-cockpit CPTs

NH Industries NH-90

CAE

Medallion

5chCC 220x60

Level D qualified

Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk

CAE

MaxVue Enh B

5chCC+2chin 220x60

Plus Maintenance Trainer

Australia - Navy Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawk

Thales

ESIG

3chCC 150x40

Austria - AeronautX Cessna Citation Jet 2

VRM

VRM/IMMAX

3ch/3w 150x35

FTD II

Austria - Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-X

6chD 360x130

0MGD

Plus 6 TProj

Austria - AMST training facility Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 123x30

6HY

DisoTr Airfox

Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

6HY

DisoTr Airfox

Austria - Jet Alliance Fight Training Cessna Citation Jet 1

VRM

X-Plane

3ch/CC 180x40

Cessna Citation Jet 2

VRM

EP-1000CT

3ch/3w 135x33

FNPT II MCC

Bahrain - Air Force BAES Hawk Mk 129

FT&GA Thales

ThalesView

1ch/1w 60x40

Avionics trainer

BAES Hawk Mk 129

FT&GA Thales

ThalesView

11chD 330x90

0MG

EO trainer

SGI

1ch/1w 40x30

PC IG

6ch/5w 145x60

LM F-16C Block 40 Sikorsky UH-60M/L

FGA L-3 Link M

Rockwell Collins

UTD FTD 7, Transportable

Generic fighter L39

ETC

PC IG

1ch/C 40x30

4EY

DisoTr Gyrolab GL-1000

FT&GA ETC

PC IG

1ch/C 40x30

4EY

DisoTr GyroFlight

Belgium - Air Force Aermacchi SF-260D

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Alpha Jet

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 123x30

FT&GA Thales

ThalesView

3ch/3w 150x40

LM F-16 MLU

FGA Thales

ThalesView

1ch/1w 40x30

ULT

LM F-16 MLU

FGA Thales

ESIG 30+

6chD 270x60

WST

LM F-16A MLU

FGA LM

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Plus UTD

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet E

Belgium - Army AgWestland A-109

CAE

PT-2000

3ch/3w 150x40

AgWestland A-109 B1

Thales

Space Magic

3ch/3w 150x40

FTD

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Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Belgium - CAE Training Centre LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Vital 4

3chCC 150x40

Brazil - Air Force Alenia/Embraer AMX A-1 EADS CASA C-295 Embraer Emb-312 Tucano

FGA Compro M

CAE

FT&GA ABC Dados

SGI

3ch/3w 170x40

Medallion

3chCC 150x40

Opdis

3ch/3w 150x40

Embraer Emb-314 Super Tucano FT&GA Elbit

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x60

NorGrumm F-5BR Tiger II

FT&GA Elbit

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x60

NorGrumm F-5E Tiger II

FT&GA LM

ESIG HD

5chD 210x50

Inc helmet display Ex GE Training Centre

Brazil - Embraer Embraer R&D

FGA Camber

3ch/3w 150x40

WTT

Brazil - Navy Bell Jet Ranger III Boeing TA-4J

Thales

FGA Quintron

PXC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

XPI

2ch/2w 70x40

Canada - Air Force AgWestland AW101 Cormorant BAES Hawk 115 Bell B412/212

Atlantis

FT&GA BAES R

CAE

CATI

3ch/3w 120x30

SGI

1ch/1w 46x29

MaxVue

5chCC+2chin 220x60

To AW Specification - SAR Training CPT

Boeing CF-18 Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SGI

8ChF 360x130

0MG

SimuSphere display

Boeing CF-18 Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SGI

8ChF 360x130

0MG

SimuSphere display

Boeing CF-18 Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

HOTAS PTT

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

CAE

MaxVue

5chCC+2chin 220x60

Boeing F/A-18 Hornet

FGA CAE

Vital 9

6chD 220x50

Boeing F-18 Hornet

FGA Wyle (operator)

VRM/IMMAX

3ch/3w 120x35

Centrifuge

MaxVue

3chCC 150x40

Maxvue display

Boeing CH-47

LM C-130E Hercules

CAE

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

MaxVue

3chCC 150x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Vital 4

3chCC 150x40

Maxvue display

LM CC-130J Hercules

CAE

Medallion-6000

3ch/3w 210 X 50

FMS

LM P-3 Orion (Aurora)

CAE

Medallion-S

4ch/5wC 210x45

LM P-3 Orion (Aurora)

CAE

Medallion-S

4ch/5wC 210x45

Level D qualified

Canada - Allied Wings Bell 412CF

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

Grob G120A

Atlantis

Vital X

6ch/6w 220x60

6H 0

Level 5 FTD

H-Beech King Air C90B

FSI

Vital 9

3chCC 180x40

For military trg

Canada - Canada Wings Aviation Training Beechcraft C90B King Air

FSI

Vital 9

3chCC 180x50

Bell 412

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 200x60

6HV 0V

Bell 412

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 200x60

6HV

Canada - Forces Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Sikorsky CH148 Cyclone

Rockwell Collins

ESIG EPX-5000

10chD 200x90

DisoTr Gyro 1

Canada - NFTC BAES Hawk

MaxVue Enh B

3ch/4w 200x45

Beechcraft T-6 Texan II

FT&GA CAE T

CAE

MaxVue Enh B

8chD 300x60

0 0

Beechcraft T-6 Texan II

CAE

MaxVue Enh B

3ch/4w 180x40

Chile - Air Force Dassault Mirage III/5/50 EADS CASA C-101 Aviojet A-36 Generic trainer SE piston

Sogitec

FT&GA Indra F

ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x40

INVIS

3ch/3w 150x40

0 0

Flat panel display

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

GAT II sim

China - BIAM Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

6HY

DisoTr Airfox

Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Centrifuge

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Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Centrifuge

Generic fighter

Beijing BlueSky

CGI

4chF 270x45

ACT

Generic fighter

Beijing BlueSky

CGI

5chD 330x60

ACT

Harbin Y-5

Beijing BlueSky

CGI

3ch/3w 150x40

Shenyang F-6/J-6 (MiG 19)

Beijing BlueSky

CGI

4ch/5w 300x135

0MG

Shenyang F-6/J-6 (MiG 19)

Beijing BlueSky

CGI

3ch/3w 150x40

FGA Beijing BlueSky

CGI

3ch/3w 150x40

Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker

Head-tracked display

Colombia - Air Force Enstrom F28F Falcon

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 180x45

Columbia - Vertical de Aviation Mil Mi-8/Mi-17

VRM/ASE

VRM/IMMAX

1ch/1w LCD 24â&#x20AC;?

Croatia - Air Force Pilatus PC-9

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

CPT

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer MiG 21-bis Fishbed

Soko Z I

Sims Image on line Generator 1

Apogee-6

Visual Display 1ch/1w 60x45

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Czech Republic - Aero Vodochody Aero Vod L-159B

FT&GA E-COM

E-COM

6chD 220x150

Aero Vodochody training facility

Aero Vod L-39

FT&GA E-COM

E-COM

4ch/5w 60x120

Aero Vodochody training facility

Czech Republic - Air Force Generic F&R L39, L159, MiG29, Rotary FR

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

ETC

FGA Saab

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x30

4EY

Saab Grape/PC

8chD 240x155

DisoTr Gyro IPT II

Czech Republic - Helicopter Training Centre Ostrava Mil Mi-171

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

8ch/PD 210x60

FFS

Denmark - Air Force AgWestland AW101 Merlin

Atlantis

Dia Vis Genesis

3ch/3w 120x30

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

DisoTr Gyro 1

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

7ch/7w 270x130

SimuSphere display

FGA L-3 link

SimuView

3ch/3w 120x40

PTTs

LM F-16 MLU LM F-16 MLU

To AW Spec. - SAR/Maritime training

Ecuador - Air Force Dassault Mirage F1

Thales

SP-3

3ch/3w 150x40

IAI Kfir C2

IAI

Vital 4

3ch/3w 150x40

Egypt - Air Force Aero Vod L-59E Albatross Boeing AH-64D Longbow Dassault Mirage 2000E

FT&GA Letov LV R

Boeing

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x40

CGI

4ch/5w 200x45

Thales

Visa

6chD 270x60

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet MS1

FT&GA Thales

SP-3

3ch/3w 150x40

Embraer Emb-312 Tucano

FT&GA ABC Dados

Plus ejection seat trainer

Opdis

3ch/3w 150x40

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

4EY

DisoTr GL 1000

Generic single engine

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

GAT II model

Grob G115E

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

FT&GA Beijing BlueSky

CGI

3chCC 200x45

Medallion-6000

3ch/3w 210 X 50

CGI

3ch/3w 180x60

Hongdu K-8E Karakorum LM C-130H Hercules LM F-16 Block 15, 32, 40L

CAE

FGA L-3 Link

ULT

Finland - Air Force BAES Hawk 51

FT&GA Thales

INSTA

1ch/1w 150x40

BAES Hawk 51

FT&GA Thales

INSTA

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing F-18C Hornet

FGA Boeing

PC IG Simcore

8chPD 220x110

Boeing F-18C Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

CompuScene 6

6chD 300x75

WTT

France - Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000

Latecoere

1ch/1w 40x30

Centrifuge Model 101.5

Dassault Mirage 2000-5

Sogitec/Thales

Apogee4

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD

Dassault Mirage 2000C2/3

Thales

Visa 4

6chD 270x60

plus TProjs

Dassault Mirage 2000D

Sogitec

Apogee

1ch/1w 40x40

UTD

Dassault Mirage 2000D

Sogitec

Apogee

5chD4.6m 270x135

Dassault Mirage 2000D

Sogitec

Apogee 3

5chD8m 270x135

Dassault Mirage 2000D

Thales

Apogee

6chD 270x135

Dassault Mirage 2000N

Thales

Visa 4

4ch/5w 160x40

Dassault Mirage F1/2000

Thales

Visa 4

6chD 270x60

Dassault Mirage F1CR

Thales

Space Magic

3ch/3w 150x40

Dassault Mirage F1CR

Thales

Space Magic

3ch/3w 150x40

Dassault Rafale F2

with TProjs

Visual u/d Visual u/d

Apogee

8chD 330x130

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet E

FT&GA Thales

Space Magic

1ch/1w 40x30

Embraer Emb-312 Tucano

FT&GA Thales

Space Magic

1ch/1w 40x30

FTD, visual u/d

Apogee 3

6chD 200x60

Convertible, Puma or Cougar

Eurocopter AS532 & SA330

FGA Sogitec/Thales

8m dome

Sogitec

Eurocopter SA330 Puma

Thales

Visa

4ch/5w 220x45

Transall C-160 NG

Thales

Space Classic

3ch/3w 180x40

Visual u/d

Thales

Visa

6chD 270x60

Thales

Space Magic

3ch/3w 150x40

FTDs

France - Army Eurocopter AS350/AS550

Thales

Visa

3ch/3w 150x40

Eurocopter SA341 Gazelle

Thales

ThalesView

6chD 270x60

Grob 120

Frasca

Sogitec

3ch/3w 180x45

2 cockpits

France - Helisim centre Eurocopter AS332/532 S Puma/Cougar R

Thales

Space Magic 200

5chCC 200x60

Ro-Ro, Super Puma & Cougar

Eurocopter AS365/565 Dauphin/Panther R

Thales

Space Magic 200

5chCC 200x60

Ro-Ro, Dauphin & Panther

Eurocopter EC155 Super Dauphin

Thales

ThalesView

5chCC 200x60

Eurocopter EC225/AS725 S Puma/Cougar R

Thales

ThalesView

5chCC 200x60

Ro-Ro

NH Industries NH-90

CAE/Thales Fr (HTMI) 1

ThalesView

5chCC 220x45

Ro-Ro

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Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

France - Navy AgWestland WG-13 Lynx HAS2/4

Thales

Space Magic

4ch/5w 220x45

Dassault Atlantique ATL2

Thales

Space Magic

3ch/3w 150x40

Dassault Rafale F1

FGA Sogitec/Thales

Apogee 6

1ch/1w 60x40

Dassault Rafale F2

FGA Sogitec/Thales

Apogee-6

8chD 330x130

Dassault Super Etendard

FGA Thales

NorGrumm E-2C Hawkeye

CAE USA/Sogitec

Space Magic

3ch/3w 150x40

Apogee-4

3ch/4w 190x50

UTD, one on A/C carrier

France/Germany - Armies - Combined Training Eurocopter Tiger HAP/UHT

Thales

SimFusion7000

3ch/3w 150x40

2 cockpit FTD

Eurocopter Tiger HAP/UHT

Thales

SimFusion7000

6chD 270x60

2 cockpits

Germany - Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-6000

8chPD 240x105

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-X

4chPD 220x100

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-X

3ch/3w 150x40

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-6000

6chD 360x130

0MGD

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-X

6chD 360x130

0MGD

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Generic fighter

AMST

Transportable Cockpit Trainer Plus 6 TProj Plus 6 TProj Centrifuge

Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

6HY

Diso Tr Airfox

Generic multi

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x40

6HY

Diso Tr Airfox - 2 seats

MiG 29A Fulcrum

CAE/ERA

Medallion

3ch/3w 150x40

NH Industries NH-90

HFTS

ThalesView

8chD 230x85

6HV

Panavia Tornado IDS

FGA CAE

u/d CAE Stolberg

Medallion-S

7chD 300x120

Transall C-160

CAE

Medallion 6000

3ch/3w 150x40

Transall C-160

Thales

ESIG-3000/200

4ch/5w 200x45

u/d CAE Stolberg, laser projection

Germany - Air Force/Navy Panavia Tornado IDS

FGA CAE

CompuScene 3

7ch7wColl 210x45

Germany - Army Bell UH-1D Huey

CAE

Harmony

4ch/5w 240x90

Eurocopter EC-135

CAE

Harmony

5chCC 240x90

NH Industries NH-90

HFTS

ThalesView

8chD 230x85

6HV

Sikorsky CH-53 Stallion

CAE

Harmony

3chCC 150x40

Germany - Army/Air Force NH Industries NH-90

HFTS

ThalesView

8chD 230x85

6HV

Germany - HFTS NH Industries NH-90

CAE

Medallion-S

5chCC 210x45

NH Industries NH-90

Thales

ThalesView

5chCC 210x45

Plus FTDs

Germany - NATO AWACS Boeing E-3A Sentry

CAE

Medallion 200

3chCC 150x40

Germany - Navy AgWestland Lynx

CAE

MaxVue Plus

5chCC 180x60

AgWestland Sea Lynx 41/88

CAE

MaxVue Plus

5ch/4w 200x40

LM P-3C Orion

CAE

SP-3T

3chCC 150x40

Ex Netherlands

Germany - Simtec DO228

AMST

PC IG

2ch/2w 80x30

FNPT II

Greece - Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000-5

Sogitec

Apogee

5chD4.6m 270x135

Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

6HY

DisoTr Airfox

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

OFT

SimuView

4ChF 180x70

LM F-16 C Block 52+

FGA L-3 Link

0 W

SimuSphere display

Hungary - Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

8chD 240x155

India - Air Force

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PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

BAES Hawk 132

FT&GA BAES

PXC IG

1ch/1w 56x44

CPT

BAES Hawk 132

FT&GA BAES

PXC IG

1ch/1w 46x29

PTT

BAES Hawk 132

FT&GA BAES

PXC IG

3ch/3w 180x50

6HMG

BAeS/Dassault Jaguar Darin 1

CAE/Macmet

Medallion

3ch/3w 150x40

Dassault Mirage 2000H

FGA CAE/Macmet F

Thales

Visa

6chD 270x60

Dornier/HAL Dornier 228

CAE/Macmet

PC IG

5ch/5w 200x40

Generic

AMST

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

6HY

Diso Tr Airfox

Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Centrifuge Diso Tr Airfox

0 L

Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

6HY

LM C-130J Hercules

CAE

Medallion

5chCC 150x40

CAE/Macmet

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Visa 4

3ch/3w 180x40

MiG-27 Flogger SEPECAT Jaguar

FGA Thales

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

India - Army HAL Alouette - Chetak/Llama R CAE/Macmet 2 PC IG 3ch/3w 150x40 0V L India - HATSOFF Training Centre HAL Dhruv R CAE 1 Medallion-6000 3ch/3w 210 X 50 6H Ro-Ro Various B412/Dauphin/Dhruv R CAE 1 Medallion 5chCC 210x45 6H Ro-Ro, 3 cockpits India - Navy AgWestland Sea King 42 R Thales 1 PC IG 3ch/3w 150x40 3H BAES Sea Harrier FGA Camber 1 SGI 3ch/3w 150x40 0 L WST BAES Sea Harrier FRS51 FGA CAE/Macmet 2 PC IG 3ch/3w 150x40 6H L Original 1983 by SLM BAES Sea Harrier FRS51 FGA Thales 1 Harmony 6chD 270x60 6H Visual u/d MiG-29K Fulcrum F RDE Bremen 1 PC IG 7chD 300x75 6H Laser projectors, Avior system Indonesia - Air Force BAES Hawk 209 FT&GA Thales 1 ESIG 3000 6chD 270x60 0 BAES Hawk 53 FT&GA ETC 1 Opdis 1ch/1w 40x30 0 Boeing A-4E Skyhawk FGA ETC 1 Opdis 1ch/1w 40x30 0 LM C-130H Hercules M CAE 1 MaxVue Enh 5chCC 210x45 6H LM F-16A Block 15 FGA Thales 1 ESIG-3000 3chD 270x90 0 Head-tracked AoI NorGrumm F-5E Tiger II FT&GA ETC 1 Opdis 1ch/1w 40x30 0 Indonesia - Army Bell NB412 R Frasca 1 GT100 3ch/3w 150x40 6H Eurocopter NBO-105 R Frasca 1 GT100 3ch/3w 150x40 6H Indonesia - Navy Socata TB-10 T Frasca 1 TruVision 3ch/3w 180x45 0 Iran - Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook R Beijing BlueSky 1 CGI 4ch/5w 200x45 0 Iraq - Air Force H-Beech T-6A Texan II T FSI 1 Vital 9 1ch 45 x 33 0M W IFT Mil Mi-171E R VRM/ASE/FTC 1 VRM/IMMAX 5ch/4w 180x45 (70) 0V L FTD 7 Iraq - Air Force (US Training Program) Bell 206 R Frasca 2 TruVision 3ch/3w 180x45 0 Bell Huey R Frasca 2 TruVision 3ch/3w 180x45 0 Cessna 172 T Frasca 3 TruVision 3ch/3w 180x45 0 Cessna Caravan M Frasca 2 TruVision 3ch/3w 180x45 0 Israel - Air Force Boeing F-15I/AUP Eagle F LM 1 ESIG 4ch/5w 210x100 0 Generic G Elbit (ex BVR) 1 PC IG 1ch/1w 120x60 0 Missile trainer at Rafael Generic fighter F IAI 1 PC IG 5chPD 230x85 0VMG ACT H-Beech T-6A Texan II T FSI 2 Vital 9 7chPD 270x70 0M W LM F-16A FGA Elbit 1 PC IG 3chPD 180x60 0MG L LM F-16D FGA Elbit (ex BVR) 1 PC IG 6chD 220x100 0 L Two seats LM F-16I FGA Elbit 1 PC IG 6chD 220x100 0MG L 2 cockpits Sikorsky CH-53 & UH-90 R CAE 1 MaxVue 5chCC+2chin 220x60 6H Ro-Ro, 2 cockpits Sikorsky CH-53 & UH-90 R CAE 1 MaxVue 5chCC+2chin 220x60 6H Ro-Ro, 2 cockpits Italy - Aermacchi Aermacchi MB-339A FT&GA Elbit (ex BVR) 4 PC IG 3ch/3w 180x45 0 Aermacchi training centre Italy - Air Force Aermacchi M-346 FT&GA CAE 1 Medallion 3ch/3w 150x40 0 Aermacchi MB-339C/D FT&GA Elbit (ex BVR) 2 SGI 3ch/3w 180x45 0 Agusta Bell AB-205 R CAE 2 Vital 4 5chCC 210x45 6H Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan M Opinicus/Alenia 1 Alenia Sapphire 3chCC 180x45 6E L FFS with NVG Alenia Aermacchi T-346A T Alenia Aermacchi 1 Medallion 6400 25ChD 360x130 MG L Full Mission Simulator Alenia Aermacchi T-346A T Alenia Aermacchi 1 Medallion 6200 3ch/3w 180x60 0 L Flight Training Device Eurofighter Typhoon FGA Alenia Aermacchi 1 Alenia Sapphire 5chD 220x140 0 LW E-ACPT4 model Eurofighter Typhoon FGA Alenia Aermacchi 1 Alenia Sapphire 1ch/1w 40x25 0 LW AC PT2 model Eurofighter Typhoon FGA Alenia Aermacchi 1 Alenia Sapphire 5chD 220x140 0 LW E-ACPT3 model Eurofighter Typhoon FGA EF ASTA Consortium 2 Medallion 7chD 360x140 0MG L FMS + 6 TProj Eurofighter Typhoon FGA EF ASTA Consortium 2 Medallion-X 6chD 360x140 0MG Plus 6 TProj Eurofighter Typhoon FGA EF ASTA Consortium 1 Medallion-6000 5chD 220x140 0 Cockpit trainer Eurofighter Typhoon FGA EF ASTA Consortium 2 Medallion-X 6chD 360x140 0MG Plus 6 TProj Generic G AMST 1 PC IG 3ch/3w 150x40 6HY DisoTr Airfox LM F-16A ADF FGA Compro 2 SGI 1ch/1w 40x30 0 LM KC-130J Hercules M CAE 1 Vital 9 5chCC 200x40 6H Plus avionics PTT Panavia Tornado IDS FGA CAE/Galileo 2 Medallion 3ch/3w 150x40 6H Visual u/d Italy - Alenia Sim Centre Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan M Alenia Aermacchi 1 Alenia Sapphire 3chCC 180x40 0 LW Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan M Alenia Aermacchi 1 Alenia Sapphire 2ch/2w 80x30 0 LW Cockpit trainer Alenia Aermacchi Sky-X/Y UAV

Alenia Aermacchi

Alenia Sapphire

1ch/1w 40x30

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Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA Alenia Aermacchi

Alenia Sapphire

7chD 360x135

0MG

Plus 2 TProj

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA Alenia Aermacchi

Alenia Sapphire

5chD 220x140

E-ACPT1

Italy - Army Agusta Bell AB-205A

CAE

MaxVue Enh

3ch/4w 150x40

2 cockpits

AgWestland A129 Mangusta

Thales

Medallion-S

6chD 270x60

2 cockpits

Italy - Navy AgWestland EH-101

CAE/AgWest

Medallion 6000

8chC 220x60

AgWestland EH-101

CAE

Medallion

5chCC 210x45

pC-NOVA

8chF 360x135

Boeing/BAES Harrier II+

FGA Indra

Also NVG & rear console Maxvue display

Italy - Rotorsim Centre AgWestland AW139

AgWest/Frasca

TruVision

6chPD 200x70

EASA FTD 2

AgWestland AW139

CAE/AgWest

Medallion-6000

3ch/3w 210X80

Civil & military trg Ro-Ro, 2 cockpits

AgWestland AW139 & A109

CAE

Medallion-S

5chCC+2chin 200x60

AgWestland AW139 & A109

CAE/AgWest

Tropos 6000

5chCC+2chin 210x80

NH Industries NH-90

CAE/RDE/ThalesFr (HTMI) 2

Tropos 6000

5chCC+2chin 210x80

Japan - JSDF Air Beechcraft Beech 400A Jayhawk

SGI

5chCC 180x40

Based on USAF T-1A

Boeing F-15J

ETC

PXC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

3EG

Centrifuge G-FET 6G/s 15G

Boeing F-15J

ETC

PXC IG

3ch/3w 120x70

4EY

DisoTr GL 4000

Boeing/Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle

ESIG-3000

1ch/1w 40x30

Boeing/Mitsubishi(MHI) F-15J Eagle F

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-5530GT 8chD 260x80

0MG

Generic fighter

ETC

PXC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

4EY

Hawker U-125A Hawker 800

CAE/Fuji (FHI)

SE2000+

5chCC 210x45

3ch/3w 150x40

Thales

ESIG-3250

Kawasaki T-4

Kawasaki C-1A

FT&GA Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-5530GT 3chCC 180x60

Kawasaki T-4

FT&GA Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-950

8chD 260x80

DisoTr GL 2000

6H Visual u/d

LM C-130H Hercules

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-4530

5chCC 220x46

Mitsubishi F-2A

Mitsubishi(MHI)

PC IG

5chD 240x120

Mitsubishi F-2A

Mitsubishi(MHI)

DiaScene IG-5530GT 6chD 210x110

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-750

Sikorsky/Mitsubishi UH-60J Black Hawk R

5chCC+2chin 220x60

UTD

Visual u/d

Japan - JSDF Ground Bell/Fuji AH-1S Cobra

Mitsubishi(MPC)

ESIG-4000

3chCC 150x40

6HV

Bell/Fuji AH-1S Cobra

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-1000

3chCC 150x40

6HV

Bell/Fuji UH-1J Iroquois

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-3000

3ch/3w 165x40

Boeing AH-64DJP Longbow

Boeing

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing/Fuji AH-64D Apache

Fuji Aero (FATEC)

DiaScene IG-7500

4ch/5w 180x60

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-95

3chPD 165x40

Sikorsky/Mitsubishi UH-60JA Black Hawk R

Flat panel display Flat panel display

Japan - JSDF Maritime Beechcraft TC90

Mitsubishi(MPC)

LM P-3C Orion

CAE/Mitsubishi (MHI) 2

DiaScene IG-95

3chCC 150x40

MaxVue

5chCC 210x45

LM/Kawasaki P-3C Orion

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-3000

3chCC 150x40

LM/Kawasaki P-3C Orion

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-1000

3chCC 150x40

ShinMaywa US-1A

Mitsubishi(MPC)

DiaScene IG-3000

3ch/3w 180x40

ShinMaywa US-2

ShinMaywa

PC IG

3chCC 180x40

Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon

Mitsubishi(MPC)

PT-2000SJ

5chCC+2chin 120x40

6HV

Sikorsky/Mitsubishi SH-60K Sea Hawk R

Mitsubishi(MHI)

DiaScene IG-950

5chCC+2chin 220x60

Sikorsky/Mitsubishi SH-60K Sea Hawk R

Mitsubishi(MHI)

DiaScene IG-3000

5chCC+2chin 220x60

Flat panel display Visual u/d

Japan - US Marine Corps Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey

Veraxx Eng Corp

pC-NOVA

6ch/5w 220x60

LM KC-130T Hercules

JF Taylor

ESIG-4530

3ch/3w 180x40

Containerised FTD

Japan - US Navy NorGrumm E-2C Hawkeye

ASI

EPX

1ch/2w 90x40

Reconfigurable

Jordan - Air Force EADS CASA C-101CC Aviojet

Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot

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Dassault Mirage F1C

Thales

FT&GA Indra

Visa

3ch/3w 150x40

Vital 5

1ch/1wC 30x40

LM F-16 MLU

FGA Thales

ESIG 3000

6chD 270x60

LM F-16A Block 15

FGA L-3 Link

SGI

3ch/3w 150x40

UTD

Kazakhstan - Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound

CSTS Dinamika

FGA VRM

Raduga CD

4ch/5w 200x60

FMS

X-Plane

3ch/3w 135x45

FMS

Kuwait - Air Force BAES Hawk 64

ThalesView

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

9ChF 360x130

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

CompuScene 4

6chD 300x75

WTT

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA Boeing

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

4EY

Generic

FT&GA Thales

ETC

TOFT, SimuSphere display

DisoTr GL 1000

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Kuwait - Army Boeing AH-64D Longbow

Boeing

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Malaysia - Air Force BAES Hawk 208 Boeing F-18D Hornet EADS CASA CN-235-220M

FT&GA Thales/Sapura FGA L-3 Link

CompuScene 6

3ch/3w AOI 330D

Head-tracked AoI, also avionics trainer

CompuScene 6

6chD 300x75

WTT

Sapura Defence

Saab Grape

3ch/3w 180x40

Generic Light piston

ETC

PXC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Vital 10

3ChCC 180x40

MiG 29N Fulcrum

CAE/Sapura

MaxVue Enh A

3ch/3w 40x120

MiG 29N Fulcrum

CAE/Sapura

MaxVue Enh B

3ch/3w 55x120

Multiple MiG29, F-18, Hawk, Su-30 FGA ETC

PXC IG

5chPD 120x70

3EG

Sukhoi Su-30

PXC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

ETC

GAT II sim

Centrifuge ATFS 400 10g/s 15G

Malaysia - AIROD AgWestland AW139

CAE/AgWest

Medallion 6220

8chD 210x80

6EV

Also NVG mode

Mexico - Air Force Mil Mi-17-1V Hip

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

5chPD 220x60

FFS

Mexico - Navy Generic Helicopter

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Generic Twin Engine

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Morocco - Air Force Agusta Bell AB-205A Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet 1H

CAE

FT&GA Thales

Vital 3S

3ch/3w 150x40

ESIG

2ch/2w 90x40

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Vital 3S

2ch/2w 70x45

SimuView

9ChF 360x130

LM F-16C Block 52

FGA L-3 Link

2 cockpits

W SimuSphere display

Myanmar - Air Force MiG 29 Fulcrum

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

6chPD 120x60

FMS

Netherlands - Air Force AgWestland Lynx

CAE

MaxVue Plus

5chCC 210x45

Boeing KDC-10

CAE

Medallion-6000

3ch/3w 210 X 50

Eurocopter BO-105CB

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Generic

AMST

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

1EM

Barany Chair

Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

6HY

DisoTr Airfox

CAE

LM C-130 Hercules

Visual u/d

Medallion 6400

5chCC 210x45

LM F-16 MLU

FGA Thales

ESIG 3000

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD

LM F-16A MLU

FGA LM

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD

PC IG

5ch/5w 160x30

FTD

Pilatus PC-7

AMST

Netherlands - Navy AgWestland Sea Lynx 27/88/90

CAE

MaxVue Plus

5chCC 210x45

Netherlands - NLR Generic Reconfigurable

NLR

NLR PC IG

4ch PD 180x70

HPS, for heli research

LM F-16MLU

FGA NLR

NLR PC IG

3ch/3w 135x30

F4S, for research & ops, ACT 4-ship

LM F-16MLU

FGA NLR

NLR PC IG

1ch/1w 45x30

F4S, for research & ops, ACT 4-ship

Various Reconfigurable

NLR

NASA

1ch/1w 45x30

APERO, for research, human & cockpit

Various Reconfigurable

NLR

NLR PC IG

3ch4wColl 135x30

GRACE, for research; coupled to ATC sim

Netherlands - SIMONA Institute Generic

Delft Tech Uni

Harmony

3chCC 180x40

Research, special motion platform

Netherlands - TNO Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

3GY

DisoTr Desdemona disorientation

AgWestland AW 109LUH

AgWest

ESIG

7chD 220x60

6EV

Also NVG mode

AgWestland AW 109LUH

AgWestland

ESIG

7chD 220x60

6EM

Also NVG mode

Bell UH-1H Huey

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

LM P-3K Orion

Fidelity Flt Sim

LCD Mosaic Wall

3ch/4w 40x150

Nigeria - Air Force LM C-130H Hercules

FT&GA Letov LV M

CAE

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Vital 4

3chCC 150x40

6H 0

LM F-16 MLU

FGA Thales

ESIG 3000

1ch/1w 40x30

LM F-16A MLU

FGA LM

ESIG HD

1ch/1w 40x30

SEPECAT Jaguar

FGA Thales

Image 2

3ch/3w 150x40

Ex Tampa, installed by Rotran UTD

Norway - Air Force LM F-16

ESIG 3000

3chD 270x60

Head-tracked AoI

Generic fighter

FGA Thales F

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

DisoTr Gyro 1

Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma

Thales

ESIG

3ch/3w 150x40

Oman - Air Force AgWestland Super Lynx 300

CAE

Medallion-S

5chCC+2chin 200x60

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Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer Generic LM F-16C Block 50+ Pilatus PC-9

ETC

FGA L-3 Link T

Frasca

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

PXC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Avionics Trainer

SimuView

6ChF 300x130

FMT, SimuSphere display

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Pakistan - Air Force Generic LM F-16A Block 15

ETC

FGA Thales

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x30

4EY

ThalesView

3ch/3w 150x40

DisoTr GL 1500

Peru - Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000P

Sogitec

Apogee

6chD8m 200x60

Poland - Air Force LM F-16C/D Block 52

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

8ChF 360x130

FMT, SimuSphere display

LM F-16C/D Block 52

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

3ChF 160x70

SLTs SimuSphere display UTD

PZL PZL-130TC1 Orlik

ETC-PZL

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

PZL PZL-130TC1 Orlik

ETC-PZL

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

PZL-Mielec I-22 Iryda

ETC-PZL

SGI

3ch/3w 150x40

PZL-Mielec M-28 Bryza 1R

Letov LV

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra

ETC-PZL

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

PZL-Swidnik W-3 Sokol

ETC-PZL

SGI

3ch/3w 200x60

Sukhoi Su-22M4 Fitter

FGA ETC-PZL

SGI

3ch/3w 190x50

Sukhoi Su-22M4 Fitter

FGA ETC-PZL

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Also aero-medical trg

UTD

Poland - WIML Military Institute of Aviation Medicine

Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Centrifuge

Portugal - Air Force LM F-16 MLU

FGA Thales

ESIG 3000

1ch/1w 40x30

LM F-16 MLU M2

FGA Thales

ESIG 4530

3ch/3w 180x40

LM F-16A

FGA Indra

Vital VII

3ch/3w 150x40

LM F-16A MLU

FGA LM

ESIG HD

1ch/1w 40x30

Vought A-7P Corsair II

FGA Indra

Vital 7

3ch/3w 150x40

UTD

Qatar - Air Force AgWestland Sea King Commando Dassault Alpha Jet Dassault Mirage 2000-5

Thales

FT&GA Thales F

Sogitec

3ch/3w 150x40

GI 10000

1ch/1w 40x40

No OTW visual UTD

Romania - Air Force Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan

Alenia Aermacchi

Alenia Sapphire

3chD 180x45

Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan

Opinicus/Alenia

Alenia Sapphire

3chCC 180x40

Craiova IAR-99 Soim

FT&GA Elbit Romania (Simultec) 1

PC IG

3chPD 180x60

IAR SA330 Puma

Elbit Romania (Simultec) 1

PC IG

3chPD 180x60

MiG-21 Lancer

Elbit Romania (Simultec) 1

PC IG

3chPD 120x40

Inc helmet display

MiG-21 Lancer

Elbit Romania (Simultec) 1

SGI

3chPD 120x40

Inc helmet display

Pilatus PC-9

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Data Link with flying A/C

GAT II sim

Russia - Air Force Aero Vod L-39

FT&GA CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

3ch/3wC 129x30

FMS

Aero Vod L-39

FT&GA CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

3ch/3w 190x50

FMS

MiG-31 Foxhound

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

5ch/5wC 200x28

FMS

MiG-31 Foxhound

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

3ch/3wC 120x28

FMS

MiG-31 Foxhound

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

3ch/3w 120x30

PTT

Mil Mi-24P Hind

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

3ch/PD 120x40

FMS

Mil Mi-24P Hind

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

5ch/PD 176x60

FMS

Mil Mi-24PN Hind

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

1ch/1w 40x30

PTT, Inc FLIR, NVG

Mil Mi-28NE Havoc

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

6chPD 160x70

Head tracked, inc FLIR, NVG

Mil Mi-8AMTSh

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

8chPD 240x70

FMS, Inc FLIR, NVG

Mil Mi-8MTB-5

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

8chPD 240x71

FMS

Sukhoi Su-24M

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

4ch/4wC 172x28

FMS

Sukhoi Su-24M

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

2ch/2w 80x45

PTT

FGA Kronshtadt/Sukhoi

Transas Aurora

5chD 270x110

FGA CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

3ch/3wC 120x28

FMS

Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker D

FGA CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

1ch/1w 40x30

PTT

Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback

FGA CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

4ch/4wC 172x28

FTD

Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker D

Mil Mi-17 Hip

Kronshtadt

Transas Aurora

8chD 180x75

Mil Mi-17V5 Hip

Kronshtadt

Transas Aurora

8chD 180x75

Mil Mi-26T Halo

Kronshtadt

Transas Aurora

8chD 180x75

Mil Mi-35M Hind

Kronshtadt

Transas Aurora

8chD 180x75

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Sukhoi Su-30MK

Russia - Army

Russia - Kamov Kamov Ka-52

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

6chPD 180x83

FMS

Russia - MiG Engineering Center MiG 29 Fulcrum

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

3ch/3wC 129x28

FMS

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Russia - Mil Helicopters Mil Mi-28NE Havoc

Russia - Sukhoi Training Facility

Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker C

CSTS Dinamika

FGA CSTS Dinamika

1 1

Raduga CD Transas Aurora

3ch/3w 120x30 3ch/3w 110x30

0 0

L L

Research Sim Research Sim

Russia - TsAGI Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Centrifuge

Generic fighter various

TsAGI

CompuScene 6

3ch/3w 180x45

Research Sim type PSPK 2

Generic fighter

TsAGI

8chPD 240x140

Research Sim type PS 10M

Generic fighter

TsAGI

1ch/1w 60x45

Research Sim type PSPK 102

Generic multi various

TsAGI

3ch/4wC 160x40

Research Sim type PSPK 102

Saudi Arabia - Air Force BAES Hawk 65

FT&GA BAES

PXC IG

1ch/1w 50x25

BAES Hawk 65

FT&GA Thales

ESIG

3ch/3w 150x40

BAES Typhoon

BAES

EPX 500

5chD 240x105

Bell 412SAR

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 140x30

CPT Cockpit Trainer

Bell B412/212

CAE

Vital 9

3chCC 150x40

Boeing E-3D Sentry

Thales

SP-X

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing F-15C Eagle

Boeing

AAlchemy

6chD 330x60

Boeing F-15C Eagle

ESIG HG

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing F-15S Eagle

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Boeing KE-3D Sentry tanker

Thales

SP-3T

3ch/3w 150x40

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x30

4EY

DisoTr Gyro IPT II

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

1EG

Centrifuge G-Lab

CAE

LM C-130H Hercules

DMO 3x2-ship UTD, plus avionics trainer

ESIG 4530

3chCC 150x40

Panavia Tornado F3 ADV

FGA Thales

RC Harmony

3ch/3w 150x40

Plus CPT

Panavia Tornado GR4

FGA Thales

RC Harmony

3ch/3w 150x40

Plus two CPTs

Pilatus PC-9

BAES

PXC IG

1ch/1w 50x25

Pilatus PC-9

BAES

EPX 500

3ch/3w 150x40

CPT

Saudi Arabia - Navy Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma

Thales

Space

6chD 270x60

Eurocopter AS-565N Dauphin 2

Thales

Space

6chD 270x60

Singapore - Air Force Boeing A-4 S1 Skyhawk

FGA CAE/STTS

Vital 6

3ch/3w 150x40

Plus mission trainers

Boeing A-4SU Skyhawk

FGA CAE/STTS

CompuScene 6

2chD24ft 270x90D

Head-tracked AOI

Medallion

5chCC 200x45

Boeing CH-47D Chinook

CAE

Eurocopter & Sikorsky AS332/532 & UH60 R

CAE

Medallion 6000

5chCC+3chin 240x50

Ro/Ro S Puma, Cougar, BlackHawk

Eurocopter AS332B/M S Puma

Thales

Compuscene 6

6chD 270x60

Op by STTS company

Eurocopter AS550 A2/C2 Fennec

ST Electronics

Soko CGI

3ch/3w 180x45

Eurocopter EC-120

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 180x45

Generic

AMST

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

DisoTr at Aeromedical centre

Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Centrifuge at Aeromedical centre

3EG

G-FET

Generic fighter

ETC

PXC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

H-Beech C90GTi

Frasca

TruVision

2chHMD 220x75

Head-tracked AoI

FGA ST Electronics

PC IG

3ch/4w 200x45

Plus distributed mission trainers

FT&GA ST Electronics

Onyx2

1ch/1w 40x30

Medallion 6000

3ch/3w 240 x 90

LM F-16C NorGrumm F-5E Tiger II Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk

CAE

Ro/Ro S Puma, Cougar, BlackHawk

Slovakia - Air Force Aero Vod L-39-C/ZA

VRM/IMMAX

3ch/3w 150x45

FTD

MiG 29 Fulcrum

FT&GA VRM M

VRM

VRM/IMMAX

6ch/6w 180x90

FMS

Mil Mi-17 Hip

VRM

X-Plane

4ch/4w 180x45 (70)

FMS

Slovakia - Opera Jet Cessna Citation Jet 2

VRM

VRM/IMMAX

3ch/3w 135x33

Military use

AgWestland AW 109LUH

AgWestland

AAlchemy

3ch/3w 120x50

Also NVG mode

AgWestland AW109LUH

AgWest

AAlchemy

3ch/3w 120x50

Also NVG mode

SGI

5chPD 180x130

0MG

FT&GA BAES

Eurocopter AS532 Cougar

Thales/RUAG

ESIG-4530

6chD 270x60

Pilatus PC-7 Astra

Thales

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Pilatus PC-7 Astra

Thales

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Saab Grape/PC

9chD 240x155

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

South Korea - Air Force BAES Hawk 67

ThalesView

4ch/5w 200x40

Boeing F-15K Eagle

FT&GA Thales F

Boeing

Independence

1ch/1w 40x30

Boeing F-15K Eagle

Boeing

Independence

6chD 330x60

Boeing/LM F-15K, KF-16

ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x30

3EG

EADS CASA CN-235-100M

Havelsan

Harmony-II

5chCC 220x45

UTD ATFS-400 Centrifuge, 2 cockpits

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Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Generic

DoDAAM

CGI

3ch/3w 150x40

Pilot aptitude trainer

Generic

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

3EG

GL-4000 Centrifuge

Generic fighter

DoDAAM

CGI

3ch/3w 45x180

Centrifuge

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

3EG

DisoTr GL 1000 Centrifuge G-Lab

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

1EG

Generic helicopter reconfigurable

DoDAAM

CGI

6chPD 75x150

Tactics trainer

Iliushin T-103

FT&GA DoDAAM

CGI

1ch/1w 35x40

CPT to FAA FTD Level 5

KAI KT-1 Ungbi

FT&GA KAI

Onyx 2

3ch/3w 150x40

KAI KT-1 Ungbi

FT&GA KAI

Onyx 2

6chD7.3m 200x60

KAI T-50 Golden Eagle

FT&GA KAI/Dodaam

Harmony 2

3ch/3w 180x60

KAI T-50 Golden Eagle

FT&GA KAI/Dodaam

Harmony 2

8chD7.3m 315x180

LM F-16C Block 25

FGA L-3 Link

ESIG-3000

5chD 330x60

LM F-16C Block 25,52

FGA L-3 Link

SGI

1ch/1w 40x30

LM F-16C Block 52

FGA L-3 Link

CompuScene 6

5chD 330x60

LM F-16K

ETC-PZL

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x30

3EG

LM KF-16

FGA DoDAAM

Eigen

11chD 300x130

0MG

FMS

LM KF-16

FGA DoDAAM

Eigen

6chPD 210x110

0MG

FMS

FT&GA DoDAAM

NorGrumm F-5E Tiger II

UTD

CGI

1ch/1w 40x30

CPT

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

DoDAAM

CGI

3ch/3w 150x40

FTD

Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawk

DoDAAM

CGI

1ch/1w 40x30

FTD

Sukhoi Su-30

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

4EY

Gyroflight

South Korea - Army Bell AH-1F/S Cobra

CAE

ESIG-4350

4ch/5w 210x60

Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawk

Thales/DoDaam

ThalesView

4ch/5w 200x45

South Korea - Navy AgWestland Lynx

DoDAAM

CGI

5chCC 210x60

6EV

Links to Sonar Stn & P-3 sim

Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawk

CAE

ESIG-4350

4ch/5w 210x60

Link to other UH60P

Sikorsky UH-60P Black Hawk

DoDAAM

CGI

5chCC 210x60

Link to other UH60P

Spain - Air Force 2

Indra

3chC 150x40

Canadair CL-415

Boeing EF-18A Hornet

Indra

Invis2

3ch/3w 180x40

Dassault Mirage F1M

Indra

1ch/1wC 30x40

Dassault Mirage F1M

Thales

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

INVIS

3ch/3w 150x40

Medallion

3chCC 150x40

EADS CASA C-101B Aviojet EADS CASA C-295

FGA Indra

FT&GA Indra M

CAE

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-X

4chPD 220x100

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-X

6chD 360x130

0 0MGD

Generic trainer T-6

ETC

PC IG

1ch/C 40x30

LM C-130 Hercules T-10

Indra

INVIS

3ch/4w 200x45

FT&GA Indra

INVIS

3ch/3wC 150x40

INVIS

6chPD 200x45

NorGrumm F-5M Tiger II Sikorsky S-76

Indra

Flat panel display

4EY

Plus 6 TProj DisoTr Gyro IPT II

Spain - Airbus Military Airbus A-400M

Thales

ThalesView

3ch/3w 150x40

FTD

Airbus A-400M

Thales

ThalesView

5chCC 225x50

FMS, also flat panel trainer

Spain - Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook HT-17

Indra

INVIS

3ch/4w 200x45

Boeing CH-47 Chinook HT-17

Indra

INVIS

8chD 210x80

6EV

Eurocopter AS532 Cougar HU21L

Indra

INVIS

3ch/4w 200x45

Eurocopter AS532 Cougar HU21L

Indra

INVIS

8chD 210x80

6EV

Eurocopter Tiger HAD

Indra

INVIS

6chD 165x120

Eurocopter Tiger HAD

Indra

2 cockpits

INVIS

12chD 240x120

6EV

2 cockpits

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Boeing/BAES EAV-8B Harrier II

FGA Indra

CT5A

9chD 150x40

Boeing/BAES Harrier II+

FGA Indra

pC-NOVA

8chF 360x135

INVIS

5wCC 210x120

6HV

Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk

Indra

FMS FMS FMS

Sudan - Air Force Hongdu K-8S Karakorum

FT&GA Beijing BlueSky

CGI

3chCC 200x45

Sweden - Air Force AgWestland AW109LUH

AgWest

Independence 3000

3ch/3w 180x50

Also NVG mode

AgWestland AW109LUH

AgWestland

Independence 3000

3ch/3w 180x50

Also NVG mode

DiaScene IG-7500

3ch/4w 180x60

Barco SEER-4 display Centrifuge

Saab 105/SK60

FT&GA Sjรถlan&Thyselius

Saab JAS 39 Gripen

FGA Wyle Labs

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x35

Saab JAS 39 Gripen

FGA ISD Technologies

Equipe PXC IG

3ch/4w 180x45

Saab JAS 39 Gripen

FGA Saab

PC IG / Vega

6chD 200D

Dome w AOI

Saab JAS 39 Gripen

FGA Saab

PC IG / Vega

6chD 200D

Dome w AOI

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

9chD 240x155

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

8chD 240x155

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

3chD 135x35

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

6chD 200X90

Saab JAS 39A Gripen

FGA LM

PC IG

5chD 250x50

Saab JAS 39A Gripen

FGA LM

ESIG-3000

3ch/3w 150x40

Remarks

Sweden - Saab Saab JAS 39 Gripen

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

7chD 270x155

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

11chD 270x155

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

3chD 120x40

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

3chD 120x40

Saab JAS 39 Gripen E/F

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

3chD 135x40

Saab JAS 39 Gripen E/F

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

3chD 180x40

Saab JAS 39 Gripen E/F

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

3chD 180x41

Sweden - Swedish Defence (FMV) Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Saab Grape/PC

8chD 240x155

Switzerland - Air Force Boeing F/A-18C

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

8ChF 360x130

TOFT, SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18C

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

1ch/1w 40/30

R&D System

EPX-5000

1ch/1w 48x36

Pilatus PC-7

RUAG

Switzerland - Pilatus Pilatus PC21

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x40

FTD

Pilatus PC21

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x40

FTD

Pilatus PC21

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x40

FTD

Pilatus PC21

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x40

FTD

Taiwan - Air Force AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo

AIDC

ESIG-3000

7chD 330x70

Head-tracked AoI

Dassault Mirage 2000-5

Sogitec

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x40

UTD

Dassault Mirage 2000-5

Sogitec

Apogee

8chD8m 320x130

plus 2 TProj

Dassault/LM Mirage 2000 & F-16

Latecoere

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Centrifuge Model 101.5

Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

6HY

DisoTr Airfox

Generic fighter

AMST

PC IG

1ch/1w 60x40

Centrifuge - originally by Latecoere

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Medallion

3chCC 200x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Medallion

3chCC 200x40

LM F-16

FGA Camber

7chD 270x70

LM F-16A Block 20

FGA L-3 Link

ESIG-3000

3ch/3w 150x40

LM F-16A Block 20

FGA L-3 Link

ESIG-3000

5chD 330x60

WST

Taiwan - Navy Sikorsky SH-60C Seahawk

CAE

ESIG 3000

3ch/3w 150x40

Similar to USN SH-60F sim

Thailand - Air Force Generic

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Air to Air Trainer

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/C 40x30

4EY

DisoTr GL 1500

FT&GA Elbit

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x30

NorGrumm F-5E Tiger II

PAC CT/4E Airtrainer

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Pilatus PC-9

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Saab Grape/PC

9chD 270x155

Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D

FGA Saab

Inc helmet display GAT II sim

Thailand - Army Bell UH-1H Huey

CAE

SP-3T

3ch/3w 150x40

2 cockpits

Tunisia - Air Force Aero Vod L-59T Albatros Generic

FT&GA Letov LV F

ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x40

Plus ejection seat trainer

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

GAT II sim

Turkey - Air Force FGA Havelsan

PXC IG

3ch/3w 210x60

Boeing F-4E-2020 Phantom II

FGA Havelsan

PXC IG

3ch/3w 210x60

LW L

Havelsan

EPX-5000

3chCC 180x40

6HV

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

1EG

Centrifuge G-Lab

ETC

4EY

Diso Tr GL 2000

Generic fighter

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

LM F-16C Block 30

FGA L-3 Link

ESIG-3000

3ch/3w 120x40

LM F-16C Block 40

FGA L-3 Link

ESIG-3000

3ch/3w 120x40

LM F-16C Block 40

FGA L-3 Link

ESIG-3000

5chD 330x45

Several C-130, F-16, T-38, UH60

FMR ETC

PXC IG

5ch/5w 120x70

4EY

EASA Level C

DisoTr GL 1500

EASA Level D

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Turkey - Army Bell UH-1D Huey

CAE

ESIG-600

3ch/3w 150x40

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk S-70

Havelsan

EPX-5000

3ch/3w 210x60

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk S-70

Havelsan

EPX-5000

5chCC 220x60

6HV

Turkey - Navy Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk

Havelsan

EPX-500

3ch/3w 180x45

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Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk

Sims Image on line Generator

Havelsan

EPX-5000

Visual Display 5chCC 220x60

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities 6HV

Remarks EASA Level D

UAE - Air Force 1

Image IIIT

3ch/3w 150x40

Dassault Mirage 2000-9

BAES Hawk 63

FT&GA Thales F

Sogitec

Apogee

3ch/3w 150x45

Dassault Mirage 2000-9

Sogitec

Apogee-3

6chD6m 270x135

One seat

Dassault Mirage 2000-9

Sogitec

Apogee-3/4

6mD8m 270x135

Two seats

Generic

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

4EY

DisoTr GL 1000

LM F-16E/F

FGA Sogitec

Apogee-3/4

3ch/3w 160x40

Plus 4 sensors

LM F-16E/F

FGA Sogitec

Apogee4

8chD8m 300x130

4 sensors, 4 TProj

LM F-16E/F Block 60

FGA LM

ESIG-4530

3ch/3w 150x40

LM F-16E/F Block 60

FGA LM

PC IG

5chD 250x50

Pilatus PC-7

CAE

MaxVue

3ch/3w 150x40

Pilatus PC-9

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

UAE - Emirates/CAE Training Centre

Bell B412/212

CAE

Tropos

3ch/3w 180x60

UAE - Presidential Guard Sikorsky UH-60M/L

Rockwell Collins

PC IG

6ch/5w 145x60

FTD 7, Transportable

UK - AgustaWestland Training Academy

AgWestland AW101 Generic

Atlantis

Dia Vis Genesis

3ch/3w 120x30

To AW Specification

UK - Air Tanker Consortium Airbus A330-200 FSTA (Voyager)

Thales

ThalesView

3chCC 200x45

R7 design

UK - Army AgWestland Lynx AH7/9

Thales

ThalesView

5ch/5w 220x60

PFI contract, also CPT

Boeing Apache AH1 Longbow

Boeing (ATIL PFI)

EPX 5000

6chD 240x90

FMS + Tproj

Boeing Apache AH1 Longbow

Boeing (ATIL PFI)

EPX 5000

6chPD 220x90

Transportable

Various Reconfig, Apache/Lynx/Gazelle R

Rockwell Collins

EPX-5000

5ch+2chins 160x140

Mission Command Training

UK - BAE Systems BAES F-35

BAES

PC IG

5chD 200x60

R&D role

BAES Typhoon

BAES

PC IG

6chD 180x100

R&D role

FGA EDM

5chPD 90x180

Eurofighter Typhoon

Deployable Trainers

UK - Cranfield Aerospace LM F-16

FGA Cranfield Aerospace

PXC IG

1ch1w 60x40

0MG

Motion & G-suit demonstrator

UK - Defence Helicopter Flying School Bell 412EP

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

6HV

Bell 412EP

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 170x45

PFI, also Frasca CPT PFI with FSI

UK - EDM Ltd. LM F-16

FGA EDM

PXC IG

2ch1w 60x40

Motion seat demonstrator

UK - ETPS Generic

AMST

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

6HY

DisoTr Airfox

UK - Pennant Training Ltd. Generic fighter Hawk & others

Pennant Trg Sys

RasterFlite

3ch/3w 120x40

CPT demonstrator

UK - QinetiQ Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA QinetiQ

QinetiQ IG

1ch/1w 60x40

Generic F&R reconfigurable

QinetiQ

EPX 50

12chD 250x75

Research, ACT Joust ETPS Test Pilot Training

Generic R&M reconfigurable

QinetiQ

QinetiQ IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Research, Hovers prog, heli & large ac

Panavia Tornado GR4

FGA QinetiQ

XPI

4ch/4w 270x180

4m Cube, for tactics & TP training

UK - Royal Air Force AgWestland EH-101 Merlin HC3

CAE PFI

Harmony 1

5chCC 210x45

AgWestland Sea King 3

Thales

ThalesView

4ch/5w 200x45

Plus rear-crew trainer

CAE

FMS

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6HVM

TCC for co-ord

Medallion-6000

3ch/3w 210 X 50

BAES Hawk Mk1

FT&GA BAES

Onyx 2

1ch/1w 40x30

IFT, PFI

BAES Hawk Mk1

FT&GA BAES

Onyx 2

9chD 320x130

0MG

WTT, PFI

BAES Jetsream T1

Thales

SP-X

3chCC 190x45

BAES Typhoon

BAES

PC IG

5chD 220x105

BAES VC10 C & K

Thales

ESIG 3250

3chCC 150x40

Beechcraft B200

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

FTD

Beechcraft B200GT

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

FMS

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

CAE PFI

Harmony 1

5chCC 210x45

Boeing E-3D Sentry

Thales

ESIG 4530

3chCC 150x40

CAE PFI

Eurocopter SA-330 Puma HC1

6HVM

Cockpit Trainer Thales MERLIN Contract

TCC for co-ord

Harmony 1

5chCC 210x45

6HVM

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA EF ASTA Consortium

Medallion-X

6chD 360x130

0MGD

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA QinetiQ

XPI

12chD 250x75

DSALT Facility

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA QinetiQ

XPI

12chD 260x42

DSALT Facility

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA QinetiQ

XPI

1ch/1w 60x40

DSALT Facility

Eurofighter Typhoon

FGA Thales

ThalesView

1ch/1w 40x30

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

6HY

Generic

AMST

TCC for co-ord Plus 6 TProj

Transportable Cockpit Trainer DisoTr Airfox

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Generic

ETC

PXC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Avionics Trainer

LM C-130 Hercules

CAE USA

ESIG-4530

5chCC 210x45

Plus FTD and PTTs Thales MERLIN Contract

LM C-130H/K Hercules

Thales

ThalesView

5ch/5w 200x40

LM KC-130J Hercules

CAE USA

ESIG-4530

5chCC 210x45

Thales

ESIG-3250

3chCC 190x45

4th vis ch for rear view - MERLIN Contract

Panavia Tornado GR4

LM TriStar K1

FGA QinetiQ

XPI

12chD 250x75

DSALT Facility

Panavia Tornado GR4

FGA QinetiQ

XPI

5chD 180x40

DSALT Facility

Panavia Tornado GR4

FGA QinetiQ

XPI

1ch/1w 60x40

DSALT Facility

Panavia Tornado GR4

FGA Thales

Harmony 1

10chD 270x60

ESIG

3ch/3w 150x40

Raytheon Sentinel R1 (ASTOR)

Rockwell Collins

Plus CPT and PTT; PFI

UK - Royal Navy AgWestland EH-101 Merlin HM1

CAE

MaxVue

5chCC 180x40

AgWestland EH-101 Merlin HM1

CAE

MaxVue

8chD 270x70

AgWestland Lynx HAS8

CAE

MaxVue

5chCC 210x40

AgWestland Sea King 6

Thales

ThalesView

4ch/5w 200x45

Plus 3 rear-crew trainers

UK - Universities Generic

Merlin FSG

AAlchemy

1ch1w 60x40

Type 520 with reconfig flt prog

Generic

Merlin FSG

PC IG

3chx3w 120x40

Type 521 with reconfig flt prog

Merlin FSG

PC IG

3ch3w 120x40

Type 521 with reconfig flt prog

Generic GA

Uruguay - Air Force Pilatus PC-7

Frasca

FVS

1ch/1w 40x60

USA - Air Force Alenia C-27J Spartan

FSI

CATI

5chCC 200x40

Beechcraft Beech 400A Jayhawk

EPX

3ch/4w 200x40

Bell CV-22 Osprey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

6EV

WST

Bell CV-22 Osprey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

FTD

Bell CV-22 Osprey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

FTD

Bell CV-22 Osprey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

Bell TH-1H Huey

CSC

CGI

3ch/3w 150x40

6H 6H

ESIG-500

4ch/5w 220x40

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

Boeing B1B Lancer

Thales

ESIG

3ch/3w 150x40

OFT

Boeing B-1B Lancer

Boeing

SP-3T

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing B-52B Stratofortress

Boeing

EPX-500

3ch/3w 150x40

Plus 5 CPTs and 2 mission trainers

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

3ch/3w 180x40

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

WST Level D+

Boeing CH-47F Chinook

FSI

CATI

5chCC+2chin 200x45

6EV

CPT

Boeing E-3A/B/C Sentry

CAE

Medallion

5chCC 225x50

Boeing F-15A/C Eagle

SE2000

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing F-15C Eagle

Boeing

ESIG-4350

6chD 330x60

DMO 4-ship

Boeing F-15E Eagle

Boeing

Independence

6chD 330x60

DMO 4-ship

Boeing F-15E Eagle

ESIG 500

5chD 250x50

Boeing KC-10A Extender

Thales

ESIG-4350

4ch/5w 225x45

Plus 4 FTDs

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker

Thales

ESIG

3ch/3w 150x40

Plus 2 boom operator PTTs Visuals u/d, motion added

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker

Thales

ESIG-4350

4ch/5w 225x45

Boeing RC-135R/W Rivet Joint

Rockwell Collins

ESIG-5530

3chCC 150x40

Gen Atomics Predator GCS

L-3 Link

SimuView

3ch/3w 150x40

Generic

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

1EG

PMATS Centrifuge g-Lab 10g/s to 15G

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x30

3EG

ATFS-400-31 Centrifuge

Generic fighter

Wyle (operator)

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x35

Centrifuge

Generic fighter reconfigurable

USAF AFRL

PC IG

6chPD 330x75

Research - SIRE (Synth Research Env)

Generic fighter reconfigurable

USAF AFRL

Onyx

6chD 266x110

Research - LAMARS, uses hydraulic arm

Generic fighter reconfigurable

USAF AFRL/Link

SGI

8chF 330x75

Research - M2 DART type

Generic reconfigurable

USAF AFRL

PC IG

6chD 330x75

Research, MS-1 type

Generic trainer T-6

ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x40

4EY

DisoTr Gyro IPT II

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

1ch/1w 45x33

IFT

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Bell UH-1H Huey Bell UH-1N Huey

FTD FSXXI prog

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Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

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Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

OFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

1ch/1w 45x33

IFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

4ch/5w 270x70

OFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

1ch/1w 45x33

IFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

OFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

1ch/1w 45x33

IFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

OFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

1ch/1w 45x33

IFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

4ch/5w 270x70

OFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

1ch/1w 45x33

IFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

4ch/5w 270x70

OFT

H-Beech T-6A Texan II

Frasca

FVS-200TX

3ch/3w 150x40

AF Academy

TsAGI

3ch/3w 150x40

Research

Vital 9

3chCC 180x40

LM A-10 LM AC-130U Hercules

FGA USAF AFRL M

CAE USA

LM AC-130U Hercules

PT-4000

3ch/3w 150x40

LM C-130 Hercules

CAE USA

CompuScene 4

3chCC 150x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE USA

ESIG 4000

3chCC 150x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE USA

Vital 4

3chCC 150x40

LM C-5B Galaxy

Sims Image on line Generator

SF Spectre gunship SF Combat Talon II

CAE

Vital 8

5chCC 225x50

LM F-16

FGA USAF AFRL

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Research

LM F-16

FGA USAF AFRL

PC IG

3chHMD 360x90

Research, RS-2 project

LM F-16 30/40

FGA L-3 Link

Simuview

7chF 330x130

WST, SimuSphere display

LM F-16 CCIP

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView HD

18ChF 360x130

MTC, SimuSphere HD display

LM F-16 MLU

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

7chF 330x130

UTD

LM F-16 Multiple Blocks

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

1ch/1w 360x130

UTD with BB

LM F-16 Multiple Blocks

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

2chHMD 360 FoR

UTD with AHMD

LM F-16 Multiple Blocks

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

9ChF 360x130

WST , SimuSphere display

LM F-16A/C

FGA L-3 Link

Meta VR

5chD 330x45

for USAF Reserve

LM F-16A/C

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

4chF 180x130

UTD with LoDart

LM F-16C Block 50

FGA Boeing

ESIG

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD

LM F-16C Block 50/52

FGA LM

Vital 9

3ch/3w 150x40

DMO 3x4-ship

LM F-22 Raptor

L-3 Link

SimuView

8ChF 360x130

FMT, SimuSphere display

LM F-22 Raptor

L-3 Link

SimuView

2ch/2w 90x40

WTT

LM F-35A-C Lightning II (JSF)

FGA Flight-Dynamix

EPX

3ch/3w 150x40

Transportable DMRT

LM F-35A-C Lightning II (JSF)

FGA LM

PC IG

25chD 360x150

RC dome, LCoS projectors

W W

LM HC-130P Hercules

FSI

Vital X

5chCC 225x50

LM HC-130P Hercules

FSI

Vital X

5chCC 225x50

LM KC-130J Hercules

SGI

4ch/5w 200x50

WST Plus CPT and PTTs

LM MC-130E Hercules

Vital 9

3ch/3w 150x40

SF Combat Talon I

LM MC-130H Hercules

Vital 9

3ch/3w 150x40

SF Combat Talon II SF Combat Shadow

LM MC-130P Hercules

Vital 9

3ch/3w 150x40

LM MC-130W

FSI

Vital9

5chCC 224x50

WST

Lockheed AC-130U Gunship

Opinicus

Vital X

5chCC 220x45

For Special Forces

Lockheed MC-130H Talon II

Opinicus

Vital X

5chCC 220x45

For Special Forces

Lockheed MC-130H Talon II

Opinicus

Vital X

5chCC 225x50

For Special Forces

Lockheed MC-130P Shadow

Opinicus

Vital X

5chCC 200x40

For Special Forces

NorGrumm B-2A Spirit

L-3 Link

Redifun

5ch 220x45

Weapon System Trainers

NorGrumm E-8C JSTARS

Rockwell Collins

EPX-5530

3chCC 180x40

Plus FTD

NorGrumm T-38C Talon

FT&GA Boeing

ESIG-4530

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD

NorGrumm T-38C Talon

FT&GA Boeing

ESIG-4530

6chD 216x135

u/d from T-38A devices

NorGrumm T-38C Talon

FT&GA Boeing

ESIG-4530

6chD 330x60

Pilatus U-28A (PC-12)

Opinicus

Vital X

4chCC 210x70

For Special Forces

Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk

Camber

1ch/1wC 150x40

WTT

Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk

L-3 Link

Raster XT

5ch 220x45

Sikorsky MH-53J Stallion

CompuScene 5

4ch/5w 220x50

SF Pave Low IIIE

Sikorsky MH-53M Stallion

CompuScene 5

4ch/5w 220x50

SF Pave Low IV

Sikorsky MH-60G Black Hawk

Vital 9

4ch/5w 220x50

SF Pave Hawk

Sikorsky MH-60G Black Hawk

Camber

SGI

5chD 150x40

SF Pave Hawk

USA - Army Bell TH-1H Iroquois

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 200x60CC

6EV

OFT FSXXI

Bell TH-67 Creek

FSI

Vital 9

1ch/1w 18x24

IFT FSXXI

Bell TH-67 Creek

FSI

Vital 9

3chCC 180x50

6EV

OFT FSXXI

Boeing A/MH-6M Little Bird

CAE

Medallion-S

4ch/5w 240x90

Boeing AH-64 Apache

CAE

ESIG-1000

2chHMD 360x120

Head-tracked, CAE FO HMD

Boeing AH-64 Apache

CAE

MaxVue

2chHMD 360x120

Head-tracked, CAE FO HMD

Boeing AH-64D Longbow

Boeing

ESIG-2000

4ch/5w 180x60

Transportable

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Boeing MH-47E Chinook

CAE/L-3 Link

Medallion-S

5chCC 210x50

Plus TopScene, for SOF av regt

Boeing MH-47G Chinook

CAE

Medallion-S

5chCC 225x50

SOF aviation regiment

Eurocopter UH72

Frasca

TruVision

3ch/3w 150x40

Several 5 heli types

L-3 Link

Link

2chHMD 360 FoR

Several 5 heli types

L-3 Link

Link

5chCC 200x45

Several 5 heli types

L-3 Link

138

Link

2chHMD 360 FoR

Sikorsky MH-60K Black Hawk

CAE

Medallion-S

5chCC+2chin 220x60

SOF aviation regiment

Sikorsky UH-60 A/L Black Hawk

FSI

Link SimuView

5chCC+2chin 200x45

6EV

OFT, FSXXI programme

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

FSI

Link SimuView

1ch/1w 24x18

IFT, FSXXI

Sikorsky UH-60A/L Black Hawk

Rockwell Collins

PC IG

5chCC 220x45

Sikorsky UH-60M/L

Rockwell Collins

PC IG

6ch/5w 145x60

W W

FSXXI RCTD FSXXI OFT AVCATT, 6 sims per container, transportable

FTD 7, Transportable

USA - Avenge, Inc. Beech RC-12/King Air 300

Fidelity Flt Sim

LCD Mosaic Wall

4ch/4w 40x180

For military training

USA - Boeing Training Facility Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 225x50

Level D+ FMS

USA - CAE USA Training Center LM C-130H Hercules

CAE USA

Medallion 6000

5chCC 220x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE USA

Vital 4

3chCC 150x40

USA - Coast Guard American Eurocopter HH-65C

ASI

PXC IG

3ch/4w 180x40

Boeing HH60J/HH65C

ASI

PXC IG

2ch/2w 90x40

6H 0

Dassault HU-25

ASI

PXC IG

3ch/4w 180x40

Sikorsky HH-60J

ASI

pC-NOVA

3ch/4w 180x40

Sikorsky MH-60T

ASI

PXC IG

3ch/4w 180x40

Sikorsky MH-60T Black Hawk

JF Taylor

Alion

4ch/5w 220x45

CPT open plan

USA - DoD Mil Mi-17 Hip

Elbit

PC IG

3chPD 180x60

6EV

Mil Mi-24P Hind

Elbit

PC IG

3chPD 180x60

6EV

Mil Mi-8MTV Hip

Elbit

PC IG

3chPD 180x60

6EV

USA - EDM Mobile Training BAES Hawk AJT

FT&GA EDM

2ch/2w 35x90

Mobile demonstrator

USA - Era Training Center AgWestland AW139

AgWest/Frasca

TruVision

6chPD 200x70

EASA FTD 6

USA - Lockheed Martin Training Centre LM F-16 MLU

FGA Thales

ESIG-4350

3ch/3w 150x40

USA - Marine Corps Bell AH-1W Super Cobra

L-3 Link, Veraxx

Vital 9

5chD 330x60

2 cockpit WST

Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

FTD

Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

6EV

FFS

Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey

Veraxx Eng Corp

PC IG

6ch/5w 220x60

Containerised FTD

Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey

Veraxx Eng Corp

pC-NOVA

6ch/5w 220x60

Containerised FTD

Bell MV-22 Osprey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

FTD

Bell MV-22 Osprey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 220x60

6HV

FFS

Bell UH-1N Huey

ASI

pC-NOVA

3ch/4w 180x40

Bell UH-1N Huey

JF Taylor, Veraxx

pC-NOVA

3ch/3w 150x55

Bell UH-1N Huey

L-3 Link, ASI

Vital

5chD 330x60

WST

Bell UH-1Y Super Huey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 200x60

FTD

Bell UH-1Y Super Huey

FSI

Vital 9

5chCC 200x60

6EV

FFS

Harmony

6chD 330x60

FGA Thales

Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight

ASI

ESIG-2000

3ch/4w 180x40

Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight

ASI

pC-NOVA

3ch/4w 180x40

L L

Transportable, Avionics Trainer

Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight

CAE USA

CompuScene 4

4ch/5w 220x70

Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight

ESIG-5530

3ch/4w 200x40

Plus WST Dual TOFTs, SimuSphere display

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

10ch/9wF 360x130

Boeing F/A-18D Hornet

FGA LM

AAlchemy

3ch/3w 150x40

Boeing/BAES AV8B Harrier II

FGA Indra

pC-NOVA

8chF 360x135

Boeing/BAES Harrier II

FGA Boeing

CompuScene4

6chD 330x60

LM KC-130F/R Hercules

CAE

CompuScene5

5chCC 220x50

LM KC-130J Hercules

CAE USA

Vital 9

5chCC 200x50

LM KC-130J Hercules

AAlchemy

5chCC 200x50

LM KC-130R Hercules

CAE

CompuScene 6

3chCC 150x40

FMS

Plus avionics PTT

u/d ASI

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Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet

WST

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Boeing AV8A Harrier

Transportable, avioics trainer

LM KC-130T Hercules

Vital 9

3ch/3w 150x40

NorGrumm EA-6B Prowler

SymSystems

PC IG

3ch/3w 190x45

Transportable; plus OFT, 1 WTT

Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion

L-3 Link, DEI

ESIG 5530

5chCC+2chin 220x45

WST

Sikorsky CH-53E

ASI

pC-NOVA

3ch/4w 180x40

Transportable, Avionics Trainer

Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion

L-3 Link, JFTI

pC-NOVA

4ch/5w 220x70

WST

Military Flight Simulator Census

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities

Remarks

Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion

CompuScene 5

4ch/5w 200x60

Transportable

Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion

USN Pax River MFS

Alenia

3ch/4w 180x40

Transportable

Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King

ASI

ESIG-5530

3ch/3w 150x55

Transportable

Sikorsky VH-60N Black Hawk

ASI

ESIG-5530

3ch/3w 150x55

Transportable

USA - NASA Boeing AH-64 Apache

CAE

ESIG-1000

2chHMD 360x120

Reconfigurable, FO HMD

Generic reconfigurable

NASA Ames

DiaScene IG-7000

5chCC 200x45

Vertical Motion Simulator w 60ft heave

USA - NASA/FAA/Commercial Generic reconfigurable

NASA Langley

EP-1000

5chCC 200x40

Cockpit Motion Facility w 76in motion

Generic reconfigurable

NASA Langley

EP-1000

4ch/4WC 184x34

76in motion

Generic fighter reconfigurable

NASA Langley

NASA

4ch 210x45

All-glass Transport Simulator

U/G NASA Langley

NASA

6ch 135x67

Adjustable cockpit floor for seat/stand ops

Generic fighter reconfigurable

USA - NASA/FAA/USN/Commercial Generic reconfigurable

NASA Langley

EP-1000

5chCC 200x40

76in motion, Navy use for upset recovery

USA - NASA/USN/USAF Generic reconfigurable

NASA Langley

ESIG/EP

3chD 360

2x40 ft domes, Diff Manoeuvre Sim (DMS)

USA - NASTAR Centre Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

4EY

Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x30

4EY

DisoTr GyroFlight

FGA ETC

PC IG

3ch/3w 110x70

3EG

Centrifuge ATFS 400

Multiple F-18, F-16, F-35, F-22 USA - National Test Pilot School Configurable Fighter/UAV

DisoTr GL 2000

Camber

Q3D

3ch/3w 150x40

WTT

USA - Navy 25

PC IG

3ch/3w 150x40

Plus 6 CPTs

Beechcraft T-6A Texan II

Beechcraft Beech T-34C Mentor

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

OFT

Beechcraft T-6B Texan II

FSI

Vital 9

7chPD 270x70

OFT

Bell AH-1W Super Cobra

JF Taylor

ESIG-4530

6chPD 250x60

CAE

SP-3T

5chCC 210x40

FGA ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

3EG

Medallion

3chCC 150x40

6H 6H

Bell TH-57 SeaRanger Boeing A/F-18 Hornet Boeing B737 P-8A Poseidon Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight Boeing E/A-18G Growler

CAE

CAE USA

ESIG-5000

4ch/5w 220x70

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

10ch/9wF 300x130

Medallion 6000

3chCC 200x45

CAE

Centrifuge G-FET

2 cockpits, Pilot & ECMO

Boeing EA-18G Super Hornet

FGA Boeing

SimuView

6chD 330x60

2 cockpits

Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet

FGA CAE

M-2000

2chHMD 360x120

Head-tracked, CAE FO HMD

Boeing F/A-18C

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

1ch/1w 40x30

System for Development

Boeing F/A-18C

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView HD

10ch/9wF 360x130

TOFT, SimuSphere HD display

Boeing F/A-18C

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

10ch/9wF 360x130

TOFT, SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

3ch/3w 69x40

SimuStrike simulators

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

6ch/5wF 180x40

TOFT, SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

8ch/7wF 300x140

TOFT, SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

FGA L-3 Link

SimuView

10ch/9wF 360x130

Dual TOFTs, SimuSphere display

Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet

FGA Boeing

SimuView

6chD 300x120

Plus CAE PTT

Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet

FGA Boeing

SimuView

6chD 330x60

u/d F/A-18C WTT

Generic

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

Diso Tr GL 6000

Generic fighter

Wyle (operator)

PC IG

3ch/3w 120x35

Centrifuge

Generic fighter interchangeable cockpits F

USN Pax River MFS

ESIG-2000

6chF 270x75

8 cockpits available inc F-35

Generic helicopter interchangeable cockpits R

USN Pax River MFS

pC-NOVA

5chPD 220x40

8 cockpits available inc F-35

Generic helicopter interchangeable cockpits MR

USN Pax River MFS

pC-NOVA

5chCC 220x40

4 cockpits available, FW & RW

Generic multi interchangeable cockpits M

USN Pax River MFS

pC-NOVA

3chCC 180x40

8 cockpits available inc F-35

Kaman SH-2G Seasprite

CAE

Vital 3-6000

5chCC+3chin 220x50

LM P-3 Orion

Camber

Q3D

1ch/1wC 150x40

LM P-3 Orion

CAE

MaxVue

3chCC 150x40

LM P-3C Orion

L-3 Link

Quantum 3D

5chCC 140x30

NorGrumm C-2 Greyhound

CAE

pC-NOVA

3chCC 150x40

NorGrumm C-2A Greyhound

ASI

pC-NOVA

3ch/4wC 150x40

NorGrumm E-2 Hawkeye

CAE

MaxVue

3chCC 180x45

6H 6H

WTT TORT

NorGrumm E-2C Hawkeye

ASI

PXC IG

3ch/4wC 150x40

NorGrumm E-2C Hawkeye

ASI

EPX

1ch/2w 90x40

NorGrumm E-2C Hawkeye

Contraves

AAlchemy

3ch/3w 150x40

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FT&GA Rockwell Collins

NorGrumm E-2C Hawkeye 2000

Rockwell Collins

PC IG

10chCC 300x45

OFT

NorGrumm E-2D Advanced Hawkeye M

ASI

EPX

10chC 300x40

6HV

OFT

NorGrumm E-2D Advanced Hawkeye M

ASI

EPX

7chC 220x40

APT

NorGrumm E-2D Advanced Hawkeye M

Rockwell Collins

PC IG

10chCC 300x45

OFT APT

NorGrumm E-2D Advanced Hawkeye M

Rockwell Collins

PC IG

10chCC 220x45

NorGrumm E-3C Hawkeye

ASI

PXC IG

3ch/4wC 150x40

Reconfigurable

Aircraft Cat Simulator Type Manufacturer

Sims Image on line Generator

Visual Display

Motion Networking Axes Capabilities 6HV

Remarks

Sikorsky MH-53 Sea Stallion

Indra

pC-NOVA

5ch/6wC 210x60

Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk

CAE

pC-NOVA

5chCC+2chin 220x60

4 OFT & 4 WTT

Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk

CAE

pC-NOVA

5chCC 210x50

Also 6 rear-crew WTT

Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk

CompuScene 6

4ch/5w 220x40

Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk

Harmony

4ch/5w 200x60

Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King

CAE

Vital 4

3ch/4w 120x40

Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk

CAE

Harmony

5chCC 220x40

Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk

CAE

pC-NOVA

5chCC 210x50

Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk

Indra

pC-NOVA

5ch/6wC 210x40

Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk

Indra

pC-NOVA

5ch/6wC 210x40

6HV

OFT

Plus WTT

USA - Navy/Marines Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA Boeing

CompuScene 4

6chD 330x60

2 cockpits

Boeing F/A-18C Hornet

FGA Boeing

Vital 4

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD + 3 CAE PTTs

MaxVue

3chCC 180x45

NorGrumm E-2 Hawkeye

CAE

NorGrumm EA-6B ICAP3 Prowler

pC-NOVA

5chCC 200x50

NorGrumm EA-6B Prowler

CAE

SP-X 500

3chCC 200x45

USA - Vertol Systems Co. Mil Mi-8/Mi-17

VRM/ASE

VRM/IMMAX

1ch/1w LCD 24â&#x20AC;?

CPT

Venezuela - Air Force Generic fighter

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

DisoTr Gyro IPT

Generic trainer SE piston

ETC

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

GAT II sim

Yemen - Air Force Aero Vod L-39-C/ZA Albatros

FT&GA VRM

VRM/IMMAX

3ch/3w 150x45

FMS

Moravan Zlin 143/242

FT&GA VRM

VRM/IMMAX

1ch/1w 60x45

CPT/FNPT

User not released Boeing A-4

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD, with networking

Boeing F-15 Eagle

FGA Elbit (ex BVR) F

Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD, with networking

Dassault Mirage 2000

Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD, with networking

FT&GA Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x50

Embraer Emb-312 Tucano Generic fighter

Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x45

0VM

IAI Searcher UAV

Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

3ch/4w 240x80

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

MaxVue

3ChCC 180x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Medallion

3chCC 150x40

LM C-130H Hercules

CAE

Medallion

3chCC 150x40

Pilot and Ground Control sim

LM F-16

FGA Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

LM F-16

FGA Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

1ch/1w 40x30

UTD, inc weapons trg

LM F-16

FGA Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

8chD 360x180

Two seats

LM F-16

FGA Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

3ch/4w 220x90

LM F-16 Block 50

FGA Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

1ch/1w 60x50

LM F-16 Block 50

FGA Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x60

LM F-16 MLU

FGA Elbit (ex BVR)

0VG

Missile trainer for AS550

PC IG

3ch/3w 180x60

MiG 29

Elbit Romania (Simultec) 1

PC IG

3chPD 210x60

Mil Mi-171sh Hip

VRM

VRM/IMMAX

4ch/4w 180x70

6HV

Mil Mi-24P Hind

Elbit Romania (Simultec) 1

PC IG

3chPD 180x60

6EV

Mil Mi-35M Hind

CSTS Dinamika

Raduga CD

6chPD 140x60

Pilatus PC-7

Elbit (ex BVR)

PC IG

3ch/3w 160x40

UTD, with networking

Avionics Trainer

FMS Inc FLIR, NVG

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Simulation & Training Company Listing 4C Strategies www.4cstrategies.com AAI Corporation www.aaicorp.com/products/training/training_main.html ACS Hydraulics, Inc. www.acshydraulics.com Advanced Simulation Technology Inc (ASTi) www.asti-usa.com ASTi designs systems to deliver fast and dependable voice-over-IP communications with a focus on training and simulation. Our solutions are built to meet the rigorous standards of complex military and civilian training programs. ASTi’s powerful comms and audio systems enhance your training environment and make it more effective. Contact: Elizabeth Gory Email: liz.gory@asti-usa.com AEgis Technologies Group Inc. www.aegistg.com Aero Simulation, Inc. www.aerosimulation.com AeroSimulators USA, Inc. www.aerosimulators.com AFV Sim Ltd. www.afvsim.com Agent Orientated Software, Inc. / AOS Group www.aosgrp.com AgustaWestland www.agustawestland.com Air Transport Group www.cranfield.ac.uk/soe/airtransport Aircraft Training Center www.atcargentina.com.ar Alelo www.alelo.com Alenia Aermacchi www.aleniaaermacchi.it Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A. www.alenia-aeronautica.it Alfasim, s.r.o. www.alfasim.cz Alion Science and Technology www.alionscience.com AlphaBravo www.alphabravo.com Alsim Simulators www.alsim.com American Apex Corporation www.americanapex.com American Systems www.americansystems.com AMI Instruments, A Division of L-3 Communications www.link.com/ami-history.html Amputees in Action www.amputeesinaction.co.uk Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) www.agi.com Antycip Simulation www.antycipsimulation.com AnyLogic North America www.anylogic.com Applied Computer Systems Inc. www.acs-linksystems.com Applied Science Laboratories www.a-s-l.com APS Aviation Inc. www.adga.ca AQT Solutions www.AQTSolutions.com ARC Aerospace www.arcaerospace.com Argon Electronics www.argonelectronics.com Ascension Technology Corporation www.ascension-tech.com Ashgate Publishing Limited www.ashgate.com AT-One EEIG www.at-one.aero ATSIM, Inc. www.atsim.com Aviation Australia www.aviationaustralia.aero AVT Simulation www.avtsim.com Aydin Displays www.aydindisplays.com BAE Systems www.baesystems.com Bagira Systems Ltd. www.armaz.co.il Barco, Inc. www.barco.com/simulation B-Design3D www.b-design3d.com benntec Systemtechnik Gmbh www.benntec.de www.bespoketrainingsystems.co.uk Bespoke Training Systems Ltd. Bihrle Applied Research Inc. www.bihrle.com Binghamton University www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/coned Black Cat Displays Limited www.blkkat.com Bleeding Art Industries www.bleedingartindustries.com B-Line Medical www.blinemedical.com Bluedrop Performance Learning www.bluedrop.com BMT Reliability Consultants www.bmtrcl.com BNH Expert Software Inc. www.bnhexpertsoft.com

Boeing www.boeing.com Bohemia Interactive Simulations www.bisimulations.com Bohemia Interactive Simulations is a world leader in simulation technologies and integrated military and civilian training solutions globally. With origins in the gaming industry, BISim repeatedly delivers high fidelity, low cost, disruptive technology into the virtual, tactical military simulation domain. BISim successfully exploits game-based technology with stunning visuals and applies this to the VBS2 range of breakthrough, military-specific simulation products. Contact: Tess Butler Email: marketing@bisimulations.com

Booz Allen Hamilton www.boozallen.com Brightwave Ltd. www.brightwave.co.uk Britannica Knowledge Systems www.britannica-ks.com BTMD, Inc. www.btmd.com Buffalo Computer Graphics, Inc. www.bcgeng.com C4 Advanced Tactical Systems LLC. www.c4ats.com C4i Consultants Incorporated www.c4ic.com CAE www.cae.com CAE is a global leader in modeling, simulation and training for civil aviation and defence. CAE’s business is diversified, ranging from the sale of simulation products to providing comprehensive services such as training and aviation services, professional services, in-service support and crew sourcing. The company applies simulation expertise and operational experience to help customers enhance safety, improve efficiency, maintain readiness and solve challenging problems. Contact: Chris Stellwag Email: chris.stellwag@caemilusa.com

Calytrix Technologies Camber Corporation Carbon Graphics LLC Carley Corporation Caspian Learning Catalyst Interactive Europe BV CATI Training Systems CC Engineers Pvt. Ltd. CDG, a Boeing Company eLearning Training Content Creators Central Oregon Community College Chemring Defence UK Ltd. CHI Systems, Inc. Christie Digital

www.calytrix.com www.cambertx.com www.carbongraphics.com www.carleycorp.com www.caspianlearning.co.uk www.catalystinteractive.nl www.catinet.com www.teklearn.com www.cdgnow.com http://aviation.cocc.edu www.chemringdefence.com www.chisystems.com www.christiedigital.com

Christie’s integrated simulation solutions offer exceptional products, industry know-how and vast experience in one complete visual display solution. Our visual display technology is used in high-performance simulation environments all over the world to repeatedly, consistently perform a task or rehearse a scenario with accurate, true-to-life display environments. Contact: Virginia Bartosek Email: virginia.bartosek@christiedigital.com

Clairis Technologies www.clairis-technologies.fr www.vxsim.com CMLabs Simulations Inc. Coalescent Technologies Corporation www.ctcorp.com Cobra Technologies, Inc. www.motionsimulator.com Cogent3D Inc. www.cogent3d.com/www.gisroam.com Columbus State University www.columbusstate.edu CommandPlan LLC www.commandplan.com Complyance Information Systems www.complyance.com Compro www.compro.net Concord XXI Inc. www.russiaair.net Concurrent www.real-time.ccur.com CONRAC GmbH www.conrac.de Control Products Corporation www.cpctexas.com Coptersafety www.coptersafety.com CORYS T.E.S.S. www.corys.com Courseware Associates, Inc. www.courseware-associates.com Creative Technologies, Inc. (CTI) www.cretecinc.com Crew Training International www.cti-crm.com

E2m

E2M Technologies B.V. develops and manufactures professional motion and control loading systems for use in various applications ranging from (mobile) military ground vehicle simulators up to full mission flight simulators. Our purposeful, innovative approach enables customers worldwide to improve their simulators in both commercial and technical performance. Please contact E2M to discuss your motion and control loading requirements. Email: sales@e2mtechnologies.eu technologies

Earth Satellite Corporation www.earthsat.com www.eca-sindel.com ECA Sindel www.e-comsystems.cz E-COM s.r.o. EDM Ltd. www.edm.ltd.uk Effigis www.effigis.com www.elbitsystems.com Elbit Systems Linked together for interoperability, Elbit Systems’ training solutions replicate combat scenarios for which coordination is crucial to success. Solutions range from mission preparation, through execution, to post-mission debriefing and analysis. Using COTS components and specially designed simulation modules, our solutions are designed to evolve with customers’ needs and include operation and maintenance. Contact: Noa Shachar Email: noa.shachar@elbitsystems.com

info@flyelite.ch ELITE Simulation Solutions AG www.elliswatts.com Ellis & Watts Global Industries, LLC www.elsagdatamat.com Elsag Datamat spa - A Finmeccanica Company www.ecsorl.com Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) www.engineeringmatters.com Engineering Matters, Inc. Environmental Tectonics Corp. www.etcusa.com EPA Training Center www.epa-pr.com.br www.equipe-electronics.com Equipe Simulation ESG www.esg.de www.esri.com ESRI - Environmental Research Systems Institute

ETC Simulation www.admstraining.com ETC-PZL Aerospace Industries Sp. z o.o. www.ai.com.pl ETI www.eti.pt European Technology Institute Bvba www.eurosis.org European Training & Simulation Association (ETSA) www.etsaweb.org ewsim corporation www.ewsim.com eyevis www.eyevis.se Fidelity Technologies Corporation www.fidelitytech.com Finnair Flight Academy www.finnairflightacademy.com FlightSafety International www.flightsafety.com FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides more than a million hours of training each year to pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 154 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full flight simulators at Learning Centres and training locations in Asia, Europe, North and South America, the Pacific Rim and South Africa. Contact: Steve Phillips Email: stephen.phillips@flightsafety.com

FLY IT Simulators, Inc. FlyRight Inc. ForeFront Productions LLC Forth Dimension Displays Ltd. Frasca International Inc.

www.flyit.com www.flyrightinc.com www.simulationinstallation.com www.forthdd.com www.frasca.com

Frasca International has delivered over 2500 flight training devices word wide since 1958. Products include a complete range of flight training equipment for all aircraft types; piston, turbine, jet or rotary wing for airlines, universities and military organizations worldwide. Frasca devices are certified to meet customer’s requirements. Whatever your flight training needs, Frasca can meet them! Contact: Joel Prichard Email:jprichard@frasca.com

Gaddon Ltd. www.gaddon.co.uk www.game-plans.co.uk Gameplans (LSC) Ltd. GameSim Technologies www.gamesim.com www.ga-asi.com General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. www.ewgenesis.com Genesis EW Ltd. www.globalsimex.com Global Simulator Exchange Inc. www.pdt-usa.com GrayEagle Technologies Halldale Group www.halldale.com HATSOFF Helicopter Pvt Ltd www.hatsoff-training.com Havelsan www.havelsan.com.tr Havok www.havoksimulation.com Havok™ is an Intel® owned company that provides software solutions for simulation and training. Havok’s technology portfolio is designed to help developers build interactive, high-fidelity simulation environments in less time, with less risk, and at a lower cost than virtually any other method. Contact: Scott Hooper Email: Simsales@havok.com Heartwood Inc. www.hwd3d.com Higher Power Aviation www.higherpoweraviation.com Holoxica www.holoxica.com Horizon International Flight Academy www.horizonuae.ae HotSeat Chassis Inc. www.hotseatsim.com HP www.hp.com/go/wsoem HTP Ostrava CZ as www.htpostrava.cz www.i3m.fr i3M - Aerospace Multimedia IAI-LAHAV Division www.iai.co.il IAI-MLM Division www.iai.co.il Icarus Training Systems www.icarus.training.co.uk Igloo www.iglooinsimulation.com Image Modelling Limited www.image-modelling.co.uk ImageLinks Program (Harris Corp.) www.imagelinks.com IMPEX, Inc. www.impexinc.com Indra www.indracompany.com/en Indra Systems, Inc. www.indra-systems.com Institute for Simulation & Training/UCF www.ist.ucf.edu Interaction Trainers www.interactiontrainers.com InterSense, Inc. www.intersense.com Intevac, Inc. www.intevac.com

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www.discoverymachine.com Discovery Machine, Inc. Display Solutions www.displaysolution.com www.doti-optics.com Displays & Optical Technologies DiSTI www.disti.com www.DLSSystems.com DLS Systems domeprojection.com www.domeprojection.com Driven Technologies Inc. www.driven-technologies.com www.drs-mes.com DRS Mobile Environmental Systems www.dspnor.com dspnor as DT Media Ltd. www.dtmedia.co.uk Dutch Space B.V. www.dutchspace.nl DynaLantic Corp. www.dynalantic.com www.dyn-intl.com DynCorp International www.dytecna.com Dytecna Engineering Ltd. www.e2mtechnologies.eu E2M Technologies B.V.

ETC www.etcaircrewtraining.com Serving the international aerospace training and research community (military and commercial), ETC provides trainers and simulators to simulate high-G, SD/LOSA, tactical, low/no light, commercial space launch, helicopter, aircraft egress, and low oxygen flight environments. Upgrade and support services are available. Subsidiary the NASTAR Center offers training and research facility. Contact: Mr Alper Kus Email: akus@etcusa.com

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CS www.c-s.fr www.csc.com CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) CSTS Dinamika www.dinamika-avia.com Cubic www.cubic.com Cursive Simulation www.cursive-simulation.com www.cwcdefense.com Curtiss Wright Embedded Computing www.custom-mfg-eng.com Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. www.cybercity.tv CyberCity AG CYBERMIND www.cybermindnl.com Cybernet Systems Corporation www.cybernet.com CymSTAR LLC www.cymstar.com www.dreo.co.uk D & R Electro-Optics Ltd. D2 TEAM-Sim www.d2teamsim.com www.datem.com DAT/EM Systems International Davin Optronics Ltd. www.davinoptronics.com Dedicated Computing www.dedicatedcomputing.com www.dtic.mil Defense Technical Information Center www.deicorp.net DEI Services Corporation www.delreysys.com DEL REY Systems & Technology, Inc. Designing Digitally, Inc. www.designingdigitally.com Diehl BGT Defence www.diehl-bgt-defence.de www.digitalprojection.com Digital Projection Dignitas Technologies www.dignitastechnologies.com DI-Guy www.diguy.com DI-Guy is the leading software developer of tools for realtime human visualization, simulation and artificial intelligence. DI-Guy products enable the easy creation of crowds and individuals who are terrainaware, autonomous and react intelligently to ongoing events. Leading organizations worldwide use DI-Guy products, including Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, BAE and RUAG. Contact: Marc Schlackman Email: mschlackman@diguy.com

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ISCAN Inc.

www.iscaninc.com Since 1980, ISCAN has provided off-the-shelf and customized eye tracking solutions to assess human visual performance in simulated or Eye & Target Tracking Instrumentation live environments and for a variety of advanced man/machine interface applications. ISCAN systems offer real-time outputs, with unsurpassed accuracy, subject acceptance and ease of use. Email: info@iscaninc.com

ISCAN

www.itec.co.uk ITEC 2013 J.F. Taylor, Inc. www.jfti.com www.jai.jo Jordan Aerospace Industries Jumbo Vision International www.jumbovision.com.au www.pro.jvc.com JVC Professional Products Company Kongsberg www.kongsberg.com KPIT Cummins www.kpitcummins.com www.kratosdefense.com Kratos Defense Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co www.kmwsim.com KVH Industries www.kvh.com www.L-3com.com L-3 Link Simulation & Training LaBrOs www.labros.de www.laerdal.com Laerdal Medical www.lasershot.com Laser Shot Laser Shot is a global leader in the development, manufacturing, and fielding of firearms simulator systems and live-fire training facilities. Laser Shot has fielded and supplied millions of dollars in industryunique training systems and services for the military and federal and state law enforcement agencies Contact: Brint Wood Email: bwood@lasershot.com LausitzAviation www.lausitzaviation.com www.learningwell.se LearningWell West AB Line www.line.co.uk www.lockheedmartin.com Lockheed Martin Logres Inc. www.logresconsulting.com +1 305 790 8757 M & J Aviation Services, Inc. Marathon Targets Pty Ltd. www.marathon-targets.com www.masagroup.net MASA Group Matrox Graphics Inc. www.matrox.com/graphics www.e-simulation.gr medicon engineering & simulation www.melssindia.com MEL Systems and Services Ltd. www.merlinsim.com Merlin Flight Simulation Group www.mersive.com Mersive Technologies MetaVR www.metavr.com

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MetaVR develops PC-based commercial software for the simulation and training markets, featuring high-speed 3D visualization, content, and creation of networked virtual worlds using real-world data. Featuring geospecific simulation with gamequality graphics, the company’s terrain-building and real-time visualization products are used in UAS trainers, flight simulators, JTAC training, and urban-operations training. Contact: W.G. Smith Email: sales@metaVR

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www.meteksan.com Meteksan Savunma Metters Incorporated www.metters.com Micro Media Systems +1 631 361 8867 Micro Nav Ltd. www.micronav.co.uk MIL-SIM-FX International Inc. www.milsimfx.com www.moog.com MOOG Inc. www.mseab.com MSE Weibull MW Defense / Military Wraps Inc. www.militarywraps.com www.mymic.net MYMIC LLC Newman & Spurr Consultancy Ltd. www.nsc.co.uk NGRAIN www.ngrain.com NGRAIN® is the creator of interactive 3D simulation technology, software, and solutions that have set the standard for technical training and operational support, providing the most true-to-life, virtual hands-on experience. Transforming the way people share knowledge, NGRAIN is in use by military organizations worldwide. Contact: Gabe Batstone Email: gbatstone@ngrain.com Nida Corporation www.nida.com Night Readiness, LLC www.nightreadiness.com www.noptel.fi Noptel Oy www.northropgrumman.com Northrop Grumman Novatech www.novatech.co.uk/simulation Novatech is an award-winning UK PC manufacturer providing simulation and training technology and systems. We are the only VBS2 approved hardware supplier for COTS PCs and laptops. We specialise in expert management of long lifecycles, budgeted through-life support, and are trusted by leading names in the simulation industry. Contact: Simon Vyner Email: Simulation@novatech.co.uk

NVIS, Inc. www.nvisinc.com www.nVisionIndustries.com nVision Industries OKTAL Synthetic Environment www.oktal-se.com ONERA www.onera.fr OPINICUS Corporation www.opinicus.com OPINICUS Corporation, a Flight Simulator Technologies leader for 24 years: your ‘Go-To” company for turnkey solutions. We manufacture FSTDs from desktop to Level D Simulators. We also provide upgrades/modifications that will improve reliability, maintainability and reduce the life cycle costs of your existing simulator. Contact us today at www.opinicus.com Contact: Jennifer Frame Email: jennifer.frame@opinicus.com www.oxfordtechnologies.co.uk Oxford Technologies Ltd. Parsons www.parsons.com www.pdmtc.co.uk PDM Training and Consultancy Ltd. PilotEdge http://pilotedge.net Pilotwise International Ltd. www.pilotwise.co.uk Pinnacle Solutions www.psisimulation.com www.pitch.se Pitch Technologies www.pocketnurse.com Pocket Nurse Polhemus www.polhemus.com Presagis www.presagis.com Presagis is a global leader providing off-the-shelf modeling, simulation and embedded graphics solutions to the aerospace and defense markets and is the only developer to deliver a unified COTS software portfolio based on open-standards. Presagis combines cutting-edge technology with innovative services to help customers streamline workflow, reduce project risks, create detailed models and complex simulations, in addition to developing DO-178B certifiable applications. Email: info@presagis.com www.proflightcenter.com Pro Flight Center, Inc. www.prodefis.de prodefis gmbh http://logos.mephi.ru Production Company - Logos projectiondesign www.projectiondesign.com projectiondesign designs and manufactures high performance projectors and image processors to the training and simulation market. All projectors are motion platform compatible, and their small size is a key enabler for many installations, saving on space and cost. Warranted for 24/7 usage they offer the best price-to-performance ratio. Contact: Maria Aagaard

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www.promodel.com www.pyrotexltd.com www.q4services.com www.SimAuthor.com www.quallium.com www.quintec.com www.rave.com www.Raydon.com Raydon Corporation has been one of the world’s leading developers of simulation training products and solutions for over the last twenty four years. Raydon specializes in developing new simulation and training technologies for gunnery training, maneuver training, critical task training and rehabilitation/assessment for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress (PTS). Contact: David Robinson Email: drobinson@raydon.com

ProModel Corporation Pyrotex Ltd. Q4 Services QinetiQ North America Quallium Corporation Quintec Associates Limited Rave Computer Raydon Corporation

www.raytheon.com/businesses/rts Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC www.raytheon.com Raytheon Technical Services Company Warfighter Support Services Real DB Inc. www.realdbstore.com www.realtimeintegrators.com Real Time Integrators, Inc. www.rti.com Real-Time Innovations Remograph www.remograph.com www.kronshtadt.ru RET Kronshtadt Co, Ltd. www.rgb.com RGB Spectrum RGB Spectrum provides solutions for commandand-control, simulation, C4ISR, missile testing, UAS systems, debriefing, and training, RGB Spectrum products for intelligent information display, signal transmission and recording include multiviewers, multi-screen display processors, digital and analog switchers, scan converters, and streaming and recording codecs. Contact: Ken Pefkaros Email: kpefkaros@rgb.com www.rheinmetall-defence.com Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH www.riptidesoftware.com Riptide Software, Inc. Robotel www.robotel.com www.rocketbox-libraries.com Rocketbox Studios GmbH

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Simulation & Training Company Listing

Rockwell Collins

www.rockwellcollins.com

Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) is a pioneer in the development and deployment of innovative communication and aviation electronic solutions for both commercial and government applications. Our expertise in flight deck avionics, cabin electronics, mission communications, information management and simulation and training is delivered by 20,000 employees and a global support network that crosses 27 countries. To find out more, please visit www.rockwellcollins.com Contact: Tom Evelyn Email: tjevelyn@rockwellcollins.com

Roke Manor Research Limited www.roke.co.uk www.rolands.com ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation (R&A) RPA Electronic Solutions, Inc. www.rpaelectronics.com www.rsivisuals.com RSI Visual Systems RTR Technologies www.rtr-tech.com RUAG www.ruag.com RUAG is one of the world’s leading producers of simulators for virtual and live training. Simulation systems are increasingly used for environmental and security reasons and due to short training time and cost consideration. RUAG offers the right training solution for this purpose, nationally and internationally, with a range extending from computer-assisted training aids to complex simulators. Its services also include planning, implementation, and operation of training centres. Contact: Ms. Manuela Walter Email: manuela.walter@ruag.com www.roe.ru Russian State Corporation “Rosoboronexport” SAAB Training Systems AB www.saabgroup.com/training-and-simulation Saab provides a complete range of capabilities covering all training steps in all domains; Live, Virtual and Constructive. The Virtual product line includes: simulators for Joint Fires, Small Arms Training, and driver training. In the Live domain Saab is a leader with customers all over the world. Contact: Mats Alfredsson Email: mats.alfredsson@saabgroup.com

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www.ststulsa.com Safety Training Systems, Inc. SAIC www.saic.com Sankhya www.sankhya.net www.scalabledisplay.com Scalable Display Technologies www.scalable-networks.com Scalable Network Technologies SCE SystemEngineering GmbH www.sce.co.at SDS International Advanced Technology Division www.sdsorlando.com www.sdslink.com SDS International Inc. www.selexgalileo.com SELEX Galileo www.selex-si.com SELEX Sistemi Integrati spa www.selex-si-uk.com SELEX Systems Integration Ltd. Serco www.serco.com Servo Kinetics Inc www.servokinetics.com Servo Kinetics Inc has provided support to military and commercial simulation for 32 years. An ISO-9001-2008 company - our Simulator Motion System Refurbishments and Dynamic/Full-Load Actuator/Leg-Jack Testing Standards are the highest in the industry. In 2012, CAE appointed SKI a Preferred Hydraulic Motion Systems Repair Provider for its Military simulators. Contact: John Kokalis Email: jlkski@suddenlink.net

CAT MAGAZINE

www.servos.com Servos & Simulation SILKAN www.silkan.com www.simcon-services.com.au SimCon Services Pty. Ltd. www.simcontrol.com.au SimControl Australasia www.catsimulators.com Simformotion LLC Simprove Ltd. www.simprove.aero SimSTAFF Technical Services www.simstaff.com Simthetiq www.simthetiq.com Skysoft GmbH www.simunity.aero www.smarttech.com SMART Technologies Inc. www.sogeclairaerospace.com Sogeclair Aerospace SPOT Image Corporation www.spot.com www.aviacom.in SRK Aviacom (I) Pvt. Ltd. www.sga-inc.com Stan Garst & Associates, Inc. STASYS Training Services www.stasys.co.uk Stirling Dynamics www.stirling-dynamics.com

Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. Strategic Operations (STOPs) Strategic Simulation Solutions LLC Sundog Software LLC Survival Systems Limited Synergest, Inc. System Consultants Services Limited Systems Technology, Inc. TEAL Electronics

www.stottlerhenke.com www.strategic-operations.com www.strategicsimulationsolutions.com www.sundog-soft.com www.survivalsystemsgroup.com www.synergest.com www.scs-ltd.co.uk www.systemstech.com www.teal.com

TEAL provides an innovative line of power distribution units designed specifically for high fidelity simulator subsystems including electric motion, electric control loading, and HD visual systems. TEAL provides the clean power enabling the highest system uptime and performance while reducing or eliminating problems created by electrical noise and ground loops. Contact: Bob Close Email: rclose@teal.com

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH www.telespazio-vega.de Ternion Corporation www.ternion.com www.terrasim.com TerraSim, Inc. Thales www.thalesgroup.com www.thbattlesim.com The Fighter Collection www.tatitlek.com The Tatitlek Corporation www.threatgroup.com Threat Management Group Tiltan Systems Engineering www.tiltan-se.co.il www.tsttraining.com Training Systems Technology Ltd. www.transasmarine.com Transas Marine TrianGraphics GmbH www.triangraphics.com www.tricat.net TriCAT GmbH www.trivisio.com Trivisio Prototyping GmbH Twofour www.twofour.co.uk www.ueidaq.com United Electronics Industries www.unity3d.com Unity Technologies URS www.urscorp.com www.vartec.be Vartec nv www.vdcds.com VDC Display Systems VDC Display Systems (VDCDS), a VDC Company established in 2000, develops, manufactures and installs training and simulation displays used by commercial, industrial and Government specific programs. VDCDS provides innovative training and support solutions, including existing display upgrades and innovative complete solutions for complex applications that support clients’ unique needs/requirements. Contact: Europe: David Rushton drushton@vdcds.com; USA: Richard Manning rmanning@vdcds.com

ViaSat, Inc. www.viasat.com/government-communications/rf-signal-environment-generation Virtalis www.virtalis.com www.virtra.com VirTra Systems www.virtuallogicsys.com Virtual Logic Systems Private Limited www.vrm.sk Virtual Reality Media (VRM) www.virtc.com Virtual Technology Corporation VirtualSim www.virtualsim.com www.vismod.com Visualise Modelling Viswire www.viswire.com VR Viz www.vrviz.com www.vsdonline.com VSD LLC VSTEP www.vstep.nl VT MÄK www.mak.com www.miltope.com VT Miltope VWORLD www.vworld.fr War Games and Simulation Centre in National Defence University http://csikgw.aon.edu.pl www.willinteractive.com WILL Interactive Inc. www.wisdomtools.com WisdomTools, Inc. www.wittenstein-us.com WITTENSTEIN aerospace & simulation, Inc. World Class Aviation Academy www.worldclassaviationacademy.com Wyle www.wyle.com www.xpisimulation.com XPI Simulation Ltd. www.xsens.com Xsens Technologies B.V. www.zeltech.com Zel Technologies, LLC

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Frasca PC-9 FTD

F or innovative flight simulation technology look to the company trusted worldwide.

With over 50 years of experience in civil and military simulation, Frasca International has become the provider of choice to top flight schools worldwide. Dedicated to supplying the best flight training equipment available along with continued technology advances and unmatched customer service, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise that over 2500 simulators have been delivered worldwide to an impressive customer base. You can trust Frasca to provide the best solution to your flight training needs.

Frasca EC225 & S92 Level B FFS / FTD 3

To learn more about our product line, visit www.frasca.com Ph: 217-344-9200 Fax: 217-344-9207 info@frasca.com

www.frasca.com

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true â&#x20AC;Ś there is only one truly global company focused exclusively on modeling, simulation and training. Around the world, training and simulation is our business. From experts performing up-front training systems requirements analysis and training systems design, to our in-house manufacture and modification capability of the most advanced simulation equipment, to our unmatched ability to provide a full range of training services, CAE has a unique Training Systems Integrator (TSI) capability. CAEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s global presence, focus, experience, innovation and technology leadership all come together in our development of state-of-the-art ground-based training systems. A perfect example is our role developing a comprehensive suite of solutions for the Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance aircraft. We look forward to continuing this global leadership as we help our customers increase efficiency, save money and most importantly, stay one step ahead with enhanced mission readiness.

CAE is a world-class training systems integrator, offering up-front training needs analysis, expert instructors, high-fidelity maintenance and aircrew training devices, and comprehensive training services.

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