Mon, Nov 21, 2011
Sim System Also Available For Other Operators
Rotorsim, a consortium owned equally by CAE and AgustaWestland,
announced its continued expansion into the military training market
on Monday by officially inaugurating the launch of the Joint NH90
Training Program (JNTP) for the Netherlands Ministry of Defence.
The JNTP was inaugurated today during a ribbon cutting ceremony
attended by Colonel Jan Verhulst, NH90 program Manager, Netherlands
Ministry of Defence; Daniele Romiti, Chief Operating Officer,
AgustaWestland; and Ulrich Aderhold, Managing Director, CAE Europe.
“This is a major milestone and reinforces Rotorsim’s
commitment to offering world-class helicopter training to customers
in both the civil and military markets,” said Craig Zysk,
General Manager, Rotorsim.
Rotorsim, which serves as the prime contractor for the JNTP, has
taken delivery of an NH90 full-mission flight trainer (FMFT) that
can be reconfigured between the NH90 Tactical Transport (TTH)
variant as well as the NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH)
variant. The Netherlands Ministry of Defence and Netherlands
Militaire Luchtvaart Autoriteit (Military Aviation Authority) have
recently qualified the NH90 TTH simulator variant to Level C. The
NH90 NFH simulator cockpit, which will begin training in early
2012, is expected to be later qualified to Level D, the highest
qualification for flight simulators.
The NH90 FMFT will be used to train both the Netherlands
military as well as third party customers, which include the Royal
Norwegian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Rotorsim
also has a multi-year responsibility for operation and maintenance
services of the NH90 training systems.
Netherlands Navy NH90
The NH90 FMFT features CAE’s revolutionary
roll-on/roll-off cockpit design, and the cockpit can be
reconfigured between the NFH and TTH variants of the NH90
helicopter. In addition, the NH90 simulator features night vision
capabilities, both an on-board and off-board instructor operator
stations, and the CAE STRIVE computer-generated forces
software. A six degree-of-freedom (DOF) motion system
combined with high-performance vibration platform replicates the
vibration cues critical to helicopter pilots. The immersive
visual solution includes a five-channel CAE Tropos-6000 image
generator and a 220-degree by 60-degree field-of-view display
system.
Rotorsim was established in 2003 as a joint venture of
AgustaWestland and CAE to provide classroom and synthetic training
solutions for AgustaWestland AW109 and AW139 helicopter operators
around the world. The Rotorsim training center in Italy is located
within the AgustaWestland ‘A. Marchetti’ Training
Academy and already houses two CAE-built full-flight
simulators. These simulators feature a roll-on/roll-off
cockpit design, enabling cockpits representing the AW139 and four
variants of the AW109 to be used in the two simulators. An
additional CAE 3000 Series AW139 full-flight simulator will enter
in service in late summer 2012. Rotorsim also offers training
on an AW139 simulator located at CAE’s North East Training
Center near New York City.
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