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The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture equally-owned by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and CAE of Canada will start a $50 million helicopter training centre in Bangalore.
The joint venture company will have a CAE-built full-mission simulator featuring CAE’s revolutionary roll-on/roll-off cockpit design, which enables cockpits representing various helicopter types to be used in the simulator.
HATSOFF expects to begin training at a new purpose-built facility in the second half of 2010. When fully operational, HATSOFF will be able to train up to 400 helicopter pilots each year and expects to generate annual revenues of up to approximately $16 million.
Marc Parent, CAE’s Chief Operating Officer said,”HATSOFF will serve a critical need for enhancing safety and mission readiness by offering high-quality simulation-based helicopter training programs to India and the surrounding region.”
Ashok Baweja, Chairman of HAL said,”We are excited to be part of the first Level D simulator training facility to be built in India for helicopter pilots and maintainers. The HATSOFF Helicopter Training Centre will play a key role in training and producing skilled and mission-ready crews.”
Initially, HATSOFF will offer comprehensive training to civil and military customers operating four helicopter types: the Indian Army/Air Force variant of the HAL-built Dhruv, the civil variant of the Dhruv, the Bell 412 and the Eurocopter Dauphin.
The training centre will feature multimedia classrooms, computer-based training, brief/debrief facilities, and training management information system.
The CAE-built full-mission simulator for HATSOFF will feature a common motion system, vibration platform, and visual display system, and four separate cockpit modules that can be used in the full-mission simulator. When a cockpit is not used in the full-mission simulator, it will be used as a fixed-based flight training device (FTD).
The simulator will be certified to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators.
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