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US sim business continues at pace

8th April 2020 - 11:00 GMT | by Trevor Nash in London

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Selling a simulator is one thing but the real long-term benefits come from upgrading that device over its lifetime to keep the training device current with the platform that it is simulating and refreshing technology such as visual displays and image generators.

With more than 55% of the world’s fielded military aircraft training devices, the US plays a key role in the simulator new build and upgrade market. In the past ten days or so, contracts worth in excess of US$45 million have been issued for upgrades and technical refreshes.

Boeing was awarded a $11 million firm-fixed-price-contract modification for F-15C

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