Tue, Aug 17, 2010
Full-Motion Sims Will Train Army Helo Pilots
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has been awarded
a contract modification from Computer Sciences Corporation to
provide three UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) in support
of training services for the U.S. Army's Flight School XXI program.
These systems will be the first full-motion, high-fidelity
simulators to support UH-60M aircrew training.
The company said Monday that the first UH-60M OFT, which will be
installed at Flight School XXI's Warrior Hall, will enter
accreditation testing and achieve ready-for-training status in the
fourth quarter of 2012. This contract modification brings the
number of training devices L-3 Link has or is in the process of
delivering to Flight School XXI to 35.
"When these simulation services are provided to Flight School
XXI, they will be provided with the highest fidelity UH-60M
Operational Flight Trainers in the world," said Bob Birmingham,
president of L-3 Link. "UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers will
enable aircrews to gain aircraft-equivalent training for all modes
of flight, developing the skills they will need to successfully
undertake sling load, shipboard and troop movement operations."
The UH-60M OFTs, which will support networked training exercises
and present a full range of threat environments, will also enable
aircrews to undertake night vision goggle training. Additionally,
the simulators will support a qualification course for Maintenance
Test Pilot (MTP) students. UH-60M student pilots will be trained to
perform flight line maintenance tasks that include aircraft systems
checks to verify aircraft meet performance and safety standards
prior to release for flight.
UH-60M Cockpit
Each UH-60M high-fidelity cockpit moves on a six
degree-of-freedom electric motion system. A supplemental motion
system simulates vibration associated with helicopter flight.
UH-60M aircrews view out-the-window computer-generated imagery
through both wide field-of-view and chin window visual displays.
High-fidelity software accurately simulates the UH-60M's engine,
electrical, hydraulic, navigation and communication systems, in
addition to aircraft survivability equipment. A physics-based blade
element model, electrically driven servo flight control system and
cyclic and collective controls that replicate the UH-60M hardware
combine to provide a high-fidelity training environment.
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