Cubic tailors mortar simulator for the US Army
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
CAE USA has added a new C-130H/L-382 full-mission simulator to expand its C-130 training centre in Tampa, Florida, the company announced on 7 March.
The CAE-built simulator includes crew stations for the navigator, flight engineer, co-pilot and pilot and an integrated Rockwell Collins Flight2 glass cockpit avionics system. It features the CAE Medallion-6000 image generator and a 220 degree by 40 degree field-of-view display system driven by Sony liquid crystal on silicon projectors.
The Tampa training centre has a C-130E/H flight training device, three C-130E/H reconfigurable full-mission simulators, part-task trainers and devices for maintenance technician training. The centre provides training in 17 multimedia classrooms to provide ground school and simulator training for C-130 maintenance technicians, loadmasters, flight engineers and pilots.
Ray Duquette, president and general manager, CAE USA, said: ‘The expansion of our C-130 Tampa Training Centre is another example of our commitment to supporting the training needs of C-130 operators, and we are pleased to be working closely with Rockwell Collins to offer their C-130 aircraft upgrade customers a world-class training solution.’
Work is currently underway to certify the new C-130H/L-382 full-mission simulator to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators.
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
The company will operate in two new locations in the coming years to better support US services.
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