I/ITSEC NEWS: Lockheed Martin Debuts New Model of F-35 Simulator
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Orlando, Fla. — Lockheed Martin has unveiled a brand new coaching simulator for the F-35 joint strike fighter that firm executives says will provide each diminished measurement and price..
The F-35 mission rehearsal trainer-lightning built-in coaching atmosphere, or MRT-LITE, has a 90 p.c diminished {hardware} footprint in comparison with the F-35 full mission simulator, based on the contractor.
“MRT-LITE represents a further functionality that now we have forecasted as a necessity to extend capability at coaching websites,” Erik Etz, senior supervisor of latest enterprise, technique and roadmaps at Lockheed Martin, mentioned Nov. 30 on the sidelines of the Nationwide Coaching and Simulation Affiliation’s annual Interservice/Business Coaching, Simulation and Training Convention in Orlando, Florida. NTSA is an affiliate of the Nationwide Protection Industrial Affiliation.
Eight of the MRT-LITE platforms can slot in a facility house that might home only one full mission simulator, based on an organization reality sheet.
The platform may be built-in into current coaching amenities. Moreover, the machine is well transportable for deployments and may match onboard ships, Etz mentioned.
Your entire platform suits into an area smaller than 10 sq. ft, he added. The system consists of three screens, glass cockpit handles, touchscreen gadgets for performance, and different capabilities wanted to simulate F-35 mission and rehearsal duties.
“You’ll be able to nonetheless increase touchdown gear, do the engine run switches — all these sorts of stuff you would usually do in a cockpit coach,” he mentioned. “It’s only a much-reduced {hardware} footprint to offer each an area financial savings and affordability choice for our clients.”
Nonetheless, the MRT-LITE doesn’t assist a pilot’s discipline of view from the rear, he famous. Moreover, Lockheed Martin is searching for suggestions from F-35 clients on the platform earlier than it provides augmented or digital actuality components by way of 360-degree head-mounted shows. Lockheed is the prime contractor for the joint strike fighter, which is being bought by the U.S. navy in addition to a few dozen worldwide allies and companions.
Together with its smaller {hardware} footprint, the MRT-LITE makes use of Lockheed Martin’s distributed mission coaching know-how, which hyperlinks pilots throughout navy platforms and helps coaching in joint area environments, based on an organization reality sheet.
In the meantime, the simulator leverages know-how that reduces procurement and sustainment prices. Whereas Etz declined to reveal the platform’s price ticket, he mentioned it was “considerably decrease” than a full mission simulator.
Though no contracts for the MRT-LITE have but been signed, Lockheed has seen important curiosity within the system from each the USA and worldwide clients, mentioned Raashi Quattlebaum, the corporate’s vp of F-35 coaching and logistics.
“Extra pilots may be educated, and our clients are screaming for increasingly coaching — internationally and domestically,” she mentioned. “This may permit them to get extra individuals educated, [and] it’ll even be an inexpensive resolution and it’s moveable.”
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