Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Increases Training Options For Flight Crews
Boeing and partner Bell Helicopter
delivered two MV-22 Osprey Containerized Flight Training Devices
(CFTD) to the U.S. Marines at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS)
Miramar in California in the last quarter of 2009.
"Before the deliveries to Miramar, Marines would have to spend
months at a time in North Carolina for training," said Mark McGraw,
Boeing vice president of Training Systems & Services. "Having
two trainers in California increases warfighter availability while
allowing the Marines to train more crew members at once."
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Boeing has delivered a total of
three CFTDs to the Marines to date. Two more of the devices are
scheduled for delivery to Miramar in mid-2010. Another CFTD will be
delivered to MCAS New River, N.C., in fall 2010, where it will join
the first CFTD, which Boeing delivered in 2007. All CFTDs can be
locally networked to one another to allow for more robust training
capabilities. The CFTDs at MCAS New River also will be able to
network with AV-8 Harriers at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.
Cost and cycle time have been progressively reduced for each
CFTD, while simulator quality has increased. The projectors are
sharper and clearer than those on earlier Osprey simulators. Future
CFTDs will include additional improvements. The V-22 Osprey is a
tiltrotor aircraft manufactured by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems and
Bell Helicopter. Bell and Boeing are teamed in a Strategic Alliance
Agreement for the design, production and sustainment of the
V-22.
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