Airlines, pilot training centers adopt CAE flight simulators
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, 12 Dec. 2008. CAE won contracts to design and manufacture three full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated training devices valued at more than $40 million for Saudi Arabian Airlines and the Hua Ou Aviation Training Centre in Beijing, China.
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Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School autoland F-16
PALMDALE, Calif., 10 Dec. 2008. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., have demonstrated an autonomous landing of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, marking the first time an F-16 has landed entirely under computer control.
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Presagis to support development of Boeing next-generation helicopter simulator
ORLANDO, Fla., 3 Dec. 2008. Boeing selected the Presagis Lyra image generator solution to support the development of the next-generation U.S. Army Apache helicopter simulator (AH-64D) at Boeing's Mesa, Ariz. facility. Boeing will use Lyra in its new Block III Apache Engineering Development Simulator (EDS), the virtual simulation of the Apache weapon system.
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Rockwell Collins to acquire visual display provider SEOS
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, 3 Nov. 2008. Rockwell Collins announced its intent to acquire SEOS, a supplier of highly realistic visual display solutions for commercial and military full flight simulators. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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FSC acquires simulator training center in Dallas/Fort Worth, expands in Europe
OUDE MEER, The Netherlands -- Flight Simulation Company (FSC) in Oude Meeer, The Netherlands, has acquired the four-bay aviation flight simulator training center from Higher Power Aviation in Fort Worth, Texas.
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