Industry team looks to develop helicopter training solution
AgustaWestland North America, Bristow Group, Doss Aviation and Rockwell Collins are currently in discussions to develop a rotary-wing pilot training solution for the US military and government customers.
The discussions, which were announced on 13 April, are for the development of a turn-key solution that would provide total life-cycle support and management. The solution would be centred on the US-built AW119 helicopter as a pilot training platform, and would include the provision of training helicopters, simulators, ground instruction, fleet management and maintenance of the aircraft.
Randy Davis, CEO, Doss Aviation, said: 'The solution would be custom designed in partnership with the customer. Each component could be scaled to the customer's needs.'
Robert LaBelle, CEO, AgustaWestland North America, said: 'This solution will lift the financial burden of buying and ease the burden of supporting commercial aircraft for government and military customers with pilot training needs.'
'It will allow them to focus their vital resources on core military missions instead of investing unnecessarily to recapitalise a total end-to-end pilot training system. With the contribution of other consortium partners, this solution will also capitalise on AgustaWestland's experience in delivering turn-key support and training solutions on a global basis in both the commercial and government markets.'
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