26-Jun-2013 Source: Thales
As part of its ever growing presence in the Chinese aerospace market, Thales is delighted to announce its partnership with Chinese Enterprise FSL for the delivery of civilian helicopter training solutions in China.
At a ceremony, held today at the Thales Pavillion at the Paris Air Show in the presence of French Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius, and Thales CEO Jean Bernard Levy, representatives from both enterprises signed a contract, whereby Thales will deliver its latest generation Reality H Level D Full Flight Simulator with its cutting edge ThalesView Visual Display system, new Hexaline motion and enhanced environments for mission training, as well as helicopter reconfiguration capability. The company First State Limited acts as a prime contractor and Haite is a China’s premier aviation enterprise specialising in the simulator training centres operations as well as providing services within aerospace business. The simulator will be delivered initially with an EC135 cockpit, Civilian Regulated training + EMS (Emergency Medical Services) + SAR (Search and rescue) use.
Commenting on the announcement, Jean Jacques Guittard, VP of Thales Training & Simulation said “China is one of the fastest growing aerospace markets in the world. The fantastic demand for highly skilled pilots means there is a constant need for the best and most thorough training and simulation systems in the world. As such Thales is proud that Haite has chosen our state of the art simulator to insure the training of Helicopter Pilots in China within a very demanding regulation context.”
Moreover, Fréderic Facquer VP of Marketing and Sales Greater China raises the fact that“Thales becomes with Haite and FSL the precursor of such high level training devices on the Chinese market. The significant expertise of Thales in terms of international standards and regulation will position Haite as a leader on the helicopter pilots training fast growing market in China “
The Thales Reality H Full Flight Simulator, uses innovative Roll-on/Roll-off technology allowing the easy swapping of helicopter cockpits in the same simulator docking station, as well as the revolutionary motion system Hexaline, combined with high-resolution geospecific imagery from the ThalesView™ image generator. Covering the range from training equipments to turnkey training services, Thales leads the way in both Military and Civil training applications.Thales delivers a range of training devices and services for Civil and Military helicopter training, from computer learning systems and cockpit procedures trainers (CPT) to Full Mission Simulators (FMS), supporting all types of mission training, such as Tactical flying, Combat Search & rescue, Urban or Confined areas, among others.
