Rockwell
Collins will deliver one Transportable Blackhawk Operations Simulator
(T-BOS) and associated services to the Mexican Navy in Veracruz, Mexico,
making this delivery the seventeenth T-BOS delivered to domestic and
international customers for the UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter. |
“This
T-BOS system, to be delivered into Latin America, is a very cost effective
solution to help train their Blackhawk pilots,” said Alan Prowse,
vice president and managing director, Americas for Rockwell Collins.
“We believe this transportable solution is applicable to several
operators in Latin America as part of their training and mission readiness
needs.”
The T-BOS is a high fidelity Blackhawk simulator that trains the Mexican
Navy’s UH-60M Blackhawk aviators in all skill sets needed to complete
their missions safely in the new UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters. The T-BOS
simulator’s cockpit has the identical form, fit and function as
the cockpit in the actual UH-60M aircraft. It flies with the actual
aircraft avionics software and flight dynamics data.
“The flight characteristics of the UH-60M T-BOS are identical
to those of the UH-60M helicopter, and the visual solution provides
highly detailed realism resulting in a flight experience as close to
actual flight as can be achieved in simulation,” said LeAnn Ridgeway,
vice president and general manager of Simulation and Training Solutions.
This specific T-BOS is the third of its kind with enhanced offerings
that include an improved glass front projection display to provide visual
portrayal of the landscape with high resolution collimated, depth perception,
and the latest generation Rockwell Collins image generator with a highly
detailed geo-specific database of the areas around Veracruz and Mexico
City. In addition, the T-BOS incorporates ProSim™ projectors which
not only provide crisp visual images but also superb visual solutions
for night vision goggles training.
Rockwell Collins will deliver the UH-60M T-BOS solution for the Mexican
Navy under a foreign military sales program. The T-BOS simulator will
be manufactured in Sterling, Virginia, with follow on service and support
activities executed in Mexico. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in
June 2017. |
