US Coast Guard orders C-27J simulator
The US Coast Guard has awarded a contract to L3 Technologies Integrated Systems for the procurement of a C-27J Spartan operational flight trainer, the USCG announced on 24 September.
The $15.1 million contract also includes ancillary devices, spare parts and documentation in support of training requirements for C-27J pilots. The flight simulator, originally produced for the US Air Force, will enable coast guard pilots to train safely including for manoeuvres that they are unable to practice in an actual C-27J.
The coast guard simulator will remain at an L3 facility in Arlington, Texas, while upgrades are completed on software, image generators, screens and projectors and the coast guard builds out a simulator facility at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama. The new simulator is planned to be ready for service in March 2019.
Prior to this acquisition, coast guard pilots needed to travel to Italy to complete training in the only other C-27 simulator available in the world.
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