24 March 2009 - SELEX Systems Integration Ltd, a Finmeccanica company, has won a contract to upgrade its classroom-based training for the UK’s Chinook Mk3 helicopters.
The contract has been awarded by CAE and will help deliver pilot conversion training at the UK’s Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) at RAF Benson.
The upgrade will reflect the UK’s operational requirement to supplement its frontline support helicopter capability by increasing its Chinook fleet by 20 per cent.
SELEX Systems Integration (formerly VEGA) was a member of the CAE-led consortium that successfully delivered the MSHATF as part the UK’s largest PFI. In addition to the Chinook, SELEX Systems Integration has provided classroom-based training solutions for the UK’s Merlin and Puma helicopters.
Work on the Chinook MK3 training upgrade began in November 2008 and is due to be fully integrated to support pilot training at the MSHATF by September 2009.
SELEX Systems Integration’s Director of Business Development and Strategy, Peter Young, said: “We are extremely pleased to have been asked to continue supporting the MSHATF. We are keen to ensure that our Chinook pilots are fully prepared and are able to fulfil the ongoing vital operational role they perform.”
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