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I/ITSEC 2018: RAAF to get upgraded ACO training system

19th November 2018 - 12:00 GMT | by Trevor Nash in London

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The Australian Department of Defence has awarded Hawker Pacific and Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems a contract for the delivery of an upgraded version of the Air Combat Officer - Training System (ACO-TS) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

‘The original system came into operational service with the RAAF in 2011 and has been used both within the B300 King Air training aircraft of No 32 Squadron (see picture) and within ground-based training facilities at No 1 Flying Training School [FTS],’ said Minister for Defence, Christopher Pyne.

The training device is manufactured by Cirrus Real Time Processing System who

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