Mon, Nov 28, 2005
Talk about learning how
to take control of a situation... L-3 Communications has announced
that its Link Simulation and Training (Link) division is debuting a
helicopter gunner simulator that can be networked to other
simulation systems to provide collective training of in-flight crew
skills. They are showing it, for the first time, at the
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference
(I/ITSEC).
At I/ITSEC, Link's Gunner Crew Chief Station is directly
integrated with a UH-60 flight simulator and other simulation
entities, including an unmanned aircraft system and a web-based
first person shooter training system. Within this collective
training environment, the mission for this combined force is to
safely extract a SEAL forward observer team from a potentially
hostile urban setting.
"Link's gunnery crew system can be used in a standalone or
networked mode," said Frank Delisle, vice president of Engineering
and Technology at Link Simulation and Training. "This high fidelity
gunnery system enables crews to master individual and crew
coordination task training in multi-ship operations. In addition,
the Gunner Crew Chief Station supports development of critical
tactics techniques and procedures required for combat. The Link
Gunner Crew Chief Station simulation solution is directly
applicable to the U.S Army's Vertical Helicopter Aircrew Training
System program."
Link's Gunner Crew Chief Station (GCCS), designed to enable
warfighters to improve their helicopter gunnery crew capabilities,
replicates the aircraft interior for each gunnery crew position.
These gunnery crew positions feature replicas of aircraft seats,
communication panels, aircraft weapons mounts and weapons for
life-like function. Each gunnery crewmember wears a helmet mounted
display system that uses sophisticated image masking techniques
providing each soldier with the correct visual, or virtual,
representation for their position in the aircraft.
The GCCS, which will be housed within standard shipping
containers that allow for deployment anywhere in the world, can
easily be reconfigured to replicate either the UH-60 or the CH-47
aircraft.
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