CAE 3000 Series Level D Simulator To Be Located At Rotorsim
Training Center In Sesto Calende, Italy
Rotorsim, the consortium owned equally by CAE and
AgustaWestland, said Monday that it is expanding with the purchase
of a CAE 3000 Series full-flight simulator (FFS) replicating the
AW139 aircraft from CAE's Military division. The new AW139 FFS, to
be delivered in 2012, will be jointly developed by CAE and
AgustaWestland and qualified to Level D, the highest qualification
for flight simulators.
"The AW139 continues to enjoy great success in the global market
for applications such as VIP/corporate transport, offshore,
emergency medical services, law enforcement and other commercial
and government roles," said John Ponsonby, Senior Vice President -
Training, AgustaWestland. "Our customers require cost-effective,
high-fidelity training for their AW139 initial and recurrent
training, and the addition of another AW139 full-flight simulator
will enable us to meet growing demand."
"With the launch of our CAE 3000 Series helicopter mission
simulator, we are leveraging our technologies to offer both
military and civil helicopter operators the same level of
high-fidelity mission training previously found only in the
highest-end military applications," said Martin Gagne, CAE's Group
President, Military Products, Training and Services.
The CAE 3000 Series helicopter mission simulator features
unprecedented realism for helicopter-specific mission training,
including offshore oil and gas producer (OGP), law enforcement,
corporate VIP and other operations. The simulator enables pilots to
practice challenging procedures without risk such as low-level
flight, confined area operations, autorotation and landing on
platforms at sea. The AW139 FFS for Rotorsim will feature
AgustaWestland-certified avionics and aircraft software combined
with CAE core simulation technologies, including: CAE True six
degree-of-freedom (DOF) electric motion system and high-performance
vibration platform to replicate vibration cues critical to
helicopter pilots; a high-fidelity CAE Tropos-6000 visual system;
and a direct projection 210 degree by 80 degree extreme
field-of-view dome display system.
Rotorsim was established in 2003 as a joint venture of
AgustaWestland and CAE to provide classroom and synthetic training
for AgustaWestland AW109 and AW139 helicopter operators. The
Rotorsim training center in Italy is located within the
AgustaWestland 'A. Marchetti' Training Academy and already houses
two CAE-built FFSs. These simulators feature CAE's roll-on/roll-off
cockpit design, enabling cockpits representing the AW139 and three
variants of the AW109 to be used in the two simulators. Rotorsim
also offers training on a CAE-built AW139 simulator located at
CAE's North East Training Centre near New York City. Later this
year, Rotorsim will begin offering training in Sesto Calende,
Italy, on the NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH).
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