16.07.2007 13:00:00
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L-3 Link Simulation and Training Delivers First Advanced Helmet Mounted Displays to Flight School XXI
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its L-3 Link
Simulation and Training (L-3 Link) division has begun integrating its
Advanced Helmet Mounted Display (AHMD) system into the U.S. Army Flight
School XXI (FSXXI) program’s Reconfigurable
Collective Training Devices (RCTDs).
This technology insertion upgrade effort replaces the existing helmet
mounted displays that have been used by U.S. Army aviators since 2005 on
FSXXI’s RCTDs. Integration of L-3’s
AHMD will represent the initial use of this immersive visual display on
a military training and simulation program.
"L-3 Link’s Advanced
Helmet Mounted Display, which provides pilots with a 360°
field-of-regard of out-the-window imagery and systems symbology, will
bring several training benefits to Flight School XXI Reconfigurable
Collective Training Devices,” said Lenny
Genna, L-3 Link’s Vice President of Army
Programs. "This innovative display technology
will improve visual resolution, enhance image quality and provide
greater transmissivity to enable aircrews to more realistically view
their surrounding cockpit instrumentation. In addition, the display’s
ergonomic design enables it to be attached to an aviator’s
own helmet while providing a balanced center of gravity for improved
comfort during training exercises.” "Helmet mounted displays have proven their
effectiveness in supporting the U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Center’s
conduct of large-scale, simulation-based aviation training exercises,
which are conducted over geo-specific visual databases of areas in Iraq
and Afghanistan to which units are preparing to deploy,”
Mr. Genna continued. "The integration of L-3’s
AHMDs into these exercises will further enhance the quality and training
realism of these major training events.”
To date L-3 has delivered 11 RCTDs, which can be reconfigured to support
simulated training in the UH-60A/L, CH-47D, OH-58D, AH-64A and AH-64D
aircraft. L-3 will be delivering an additional seven RCTDs in December
2007. In all, L-3 is providing 37 simulators and training devices to
FSXXI.
L-3 Link is providing FSXXI simulators and other contractor logistics
support services under a subcontract to Computer Sciences Corporation,
which serves as prime contractor on this U.S. Army aviation training
program.
FSXXI is jointly housed at the Aviation Warfighter Simulation Center
situated at the U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Center at Fort Rucker, AL
and in nearby Warrior Hall, a new facility built and operated by
Computer Sciences Corporation. At both facilities a comprehensive suite
of contractor-owned and operated helicopter simulators are used to
provide basic flight techniques to new student pilots and advanced
flight instruction to rated Army aviators.
L-3 Link is a systems integration organization that delivers and
supports training systems and equipment to enhance operational
proficiency. L-3 Link’s services include
conducting front-end analysis, program design, simulator design,
production and field support, and aircraft logistics support. L-3 Link
has major operations in Arlington, TX, and other key bases of operation
in Binghamton, NY; Orlando, FL; Broken Arrow, OK and Phoenix, AZ.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 63,000
people worldwide and is a prime system contractor in aircraft
modernization and maintenance, C3ISR
(Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance) systems and government services. L-3 is also a leading
provider of high technology products, systems and subsystems. The
company reported 2006 sales of $12.5 billion.
To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s
web site at www.L-3Com.com.
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