By Thales on Friday, June 21st, 2013
First Thales A400M Full Flight Simulator Ready for Training
The first A400M Full Flight Simulator (FFS) designed and built by Thales for Airbus Military received European Aviation Safety Agency’s qualification for training at the 7 June at Airbus Military International Training Centre in Seville.
This qualification is a key enabling milestone that permits Airbus Military to begin to coach A400M flight crews for his or her complex missions in a secure environment.
The Full Flight Simulator utilises aircraft hardware and software that represents the initial configuration of the A400M aircraft cockpit and simulates the floor and flight operations of the aircraft in various natural and tactical environments. It includes an enhanced field of view visual system which is able to supporting training in all aircraft manoeuvres, including air-to-air refuelling and occasional level tactical operations. A six degrees of freedom motion system, on-board and rancid-board instructor stations and a record and replay system to assist crew briefing and debriefing is usually provided.
As new aircraft data is made available, Thales and Airbus Military teams also are working to acquire Level D certification for this simulator.
Peter Hitchcock, VP Avionics, Thales UK, says: “Thales is the leading provider of teaching solutions for Military Aircraft with contracts to supply A400M Full Flight Simulators and Flat Panel Trainers to Spain, France, Germany and UK. We’re proud to provide our long-standing experience to aid train pilots for this exciting and highly capable new aircraft”.
Thales is the key supplier of the A400M’s avionics system, covering cockpit displays systems, Head-up displays, Flight management systems, Integrated Modular avionics, Enhanced Vision System.
Through a three way partnership with Airbus Military, Thales has also been selected by the united kingdom MoD for the supply of its through life support training service, including the design, construction and management of the A400M training school, the installation and upkeep of full flight simulators and all synthetic training equipment, and support to the RAF’s own course design team and coaching staff.
The training school might be built at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, with work planned to finish in Spring 2014. The college will train a number aircrew and ground crew within the operation and upkeep of the RAF’s 22 A400M Atlas aircrafts.
Thales was a global leader in provision of teaching services for greater than 30 years.
The Atlas A400M is an all new military airlifter designed to satisfy the purposes of the world’s Militia within the 21st Century. Due to its most advanced technologies, it could fly higher, faster and additional, while retaining high manoeuvrability, low speed, and short, soft and rough airfield capabilities. It combines both tactical and strategic/logistic missions, while being also in a position to be used as a tanker plane. With its cargo hold specifically designed to hold the outsize equipment needed today for both military and humanitarian disaster relief missions, it may bring this material quickly and on to where this is most needed.
Conceived to be highly reliable, dependable, and with an excellent survivability, the multipurpose Atlas A400M can do the job of 3 of today’s different aircraft models in one one. This suggests smaller fleets and fewer investment from the operator. In a position to do more with less, the Atlas A400M is the foremost cost efficient and flexible airlifter ever conceived and absolutely unique in its capabilities.
Thales is an international technology leader for the defence & security and the aerospace & transport markets. In 2011 the corporate generated revenues of £11.4 bn (€13 bn), with 65,000 employees in 56 countries. With its 22,500 engineers and researchers, Thales has a novel capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the main complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations world wide working with customers as local partners.
Thales UK employs 7,500 staff based at 35 locations. In 2011 Thales UK’s revenues were around £1.4 bn.
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