Sun, Feb 14, 2010
Company To Design, Develop First Integrated Helicopter Crew
Member Simulators
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
announced Thursday that it was awarded a delivery order by the U.S.
Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and
Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to develop the first integrated crew
member simulators for CH-47 and UH-60 helicopters under the
Non-rated Crew Member Manned Module (NCM3) program. The NCM3
simulators will integrate with the Army's Aviation Combined Arms
Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) simulators. The contract has a 28 month
base period of performance, a single option for a second variant,
and a total value of more than $12 million if the option is
exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Orlando, FL. The
delivery order was awarded under the second STRI (simulation,
training and instrumentation) Omnibus Contract (STOC II).
PEO STRI's NCM3 program provides a collective training system to
meet aviation crew member training requirements. The NCM3 is a
transportable, multi-station, virtual simulation device designed to
support individual, crew and collective training. Under the
delivery order, SAIC will design, develop, integrate, test, deliver
and maintain two mobile variants equipped with helicopter crew
member simulator modules to support gunnery and crew coordination
training.
"While prototype crew member simulators have been available, the
cost-effective development of full-production integrated simulators
for helicopter crew members is a first, enabling non-rated crew
members to train on critical, coordinated tasks like gunnery, sling
load and hoist operations with pilots," said Beverly Seay, SAIC
senior vice president and business unit general manager. "This
delivery order expands our virtual simulation product line in
aviation training, and enables us to help PEO STRI ensure that
America's warfighters receive the best training possible."
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