Boeing to Provide C-17 Aircrew Training to Royal Australian Air Force
Boeing announced today that it has been awarded a $33 million U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sales contract to provide a C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The contract marks the first international sale of the system. The ATS, which will be located at the RAAF’s Amberley base, consists of a Weapons Systems Trainer, a loadmaster station and a learning center.
Boeing subcontractor Flight Safety International of Tulsa, Okla., is providing the hardware for the program. Boeing Support Systems is responsible for software development and integration as well as program management. The contract also includes logistics support, to be provided by Boeing Australia Limited.
The RAAF operates four C-17 Globemaster III airlifters, all delivered between November 2006 and January 2008 and based in Amberley.
The system will include Boeing’s newly developed Virtual Cargo Load Model, a new training device that allows loadmaster students to practice configuring a variety of cargo loads on a laptop computer.
The C-17 ATS provides guaranteed students, meaning that Boeing provides remedial training if aircrews don’t pass their flight evaluations. With 10 Boeing-developed, -operated and -supported sites currently active, the system provides student instruction to more than 1,500 new pilot, co-pilot and loadmaster students each year while maintaining follow-up training for more than 8,000 active, reserve and Air National Guard aircrew.
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