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L-3 Communications Link Simulation and Training to Build F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers for Royal Australian Air Force
(Arlington, Texas, March 13, 2007) -- L-3 Communications Link Simulation and Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it has received a contract from Raytheon Australia to build three F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers are integrated with simulated controls, avionics, weapons and a flat panel display to view out-the-window visual scenes. These part task training devices operate on the same software as the three high fidelity F/A-18 Tactical Operational Flight Trainers that L-3 Link delivered during 2006 as part of the RAAF's Hornet Aircrew Training System.
"The Tactical Readiness Trainers will provide a low-cost, complementary training capability to the F/A-18 Hornet Aircrew Training System's Tactical Operational Flight Trainers," said Mike Wallace, Vice President of Air Force and Navy Programs at L-3 Link Simulation and Training. "These systems will offload some of the procedural training now being conducted on F/A-18 Tactical Operational Flight Trainers, enabling the high fidelity devices to support more complex warfighting scenarios. The Tactical Readiness Trainers have the potential to be integrated with the Tactical Operational Flight Trainers in support of larger scale simulation exercises."
The three Tactical Readiness Trainers will be delivered to the RAAF's two Hornet Aircrew Training System installations in late 2008.
Source : L-3 Communications