CAE - IAI to display UAV training system at Aero India 2009

CAE and Israel Aerospace Industries will display the design of a high-fidelity unmanned air vehicle mission training (UMT) system at the Aero India 2009. The new system will provide a solution for the complete range of UAV training needs, including planning, briefing, execution and debriefing for pilots, sensor operators and mission commanders, and can also be configured to include any type of UAV or mission payload, said IAI. Ofer Haruvi, general manager of IAI's MagNet Division, says UMT system can be used to create scenarios to support individual, crew and co-operative training requirements, with malfunctions inserted and trainees monitored by using an instructor operating system. The UMT system's architecture can be easily modified to support future UAV programmes, reduce risk and maximise commonality between resources. It can also serve as an experimentation testbed, allowing customers to add advanced UAVs or network-centric warfare capabilities and to evaluate concepts of operations, he added. The UMT system is supported by a network-centric operations framework called Compozix, which links with other air, land and naval simulators and IAI's operational UAV systems, command and control equipment and air combat manoeuvring instrumentation datalink networks to support joint training activities.