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ITEC 2017: German Navy Sea King FMS RFT

16th May 2017 - 08:00 GMT | by Trevor Nash in London

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Following on from a major upgrade to the German Navy's Sea King Mk41 helicopter simulator at Nordholz naval air station, the device has now been declared ready for training (RFT) ahead of schedule.

Prior to the upgrade, Sea King training was conducted on a basic instrument flight rules (IFR) training device that was originally built by CAE in the mid-1970s. As part of the upgrade, the company performed a range of updates, including the addition of the latest-generation CAE Medallion-6000 image generator with common database (CDB) architecture, upgraded avionics for concurrency with the current helicopter, enhanced synthetic and tactical environment

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