Interim Training Device Helps to Secure Eurofighter Introduction Into First German Fighter Wing
Munich, le 27 août 2001
Within the second week of August 2001, the contract for development and procurement of the Interim Training Device (ITD) was signed between the four-national Eurofighter customer agency NETMA and Eurofighter GmbH. ITD is a tool to primarily train service-instructor pilots but will also be used to support future operational aircrew transition to Eurofighter at the German Air Force Fighter Wing (Jagdgeschwader) JG 73 "Steinhoff" at Laage near Rostock. Responsibility for ITD as a fore-runner to the full mission training simulator ASTA (Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids) lies with EADS Military Aircraft, which will integrate and deliver the ITD system already in summer next year. First application will be at EADS Military Aircraft in Manching, for initial service-instructor training, with transfer to JG 73 together with the first batch of aircraft in 2003.
The Eurofighter ITD for Luftwaffe comprises a fully functional cockpit facsimile equipped with MK16A ejection seat replica, HOTAS, rudder/brake pedals, and all multi-function head-up and head-down displays, control panels and switches. The simulation elements at delivery represent the complete Eurofighter aircraft models (flight, aero, mass, flight control system, sensors, engines etc.) and the avionics systems (e.g., CAPTOR radar and Infrared Search &
Track Sensor/IRST, weapons) according to Production Service Package (PSP) 1 / 2 Standard and interact with each other. The ITD is capable to train future Eurofighter pilots not only in terms of handling, flight characteristics, operational and emergency procedures, but also supplies five different tactical scenarios. As weapon system company EADS will emphasize full consistency of data and characteristics between the real Eurofighter flying weapon system and the training tool, and will ensure consistency and continuity with the future ASTA full mission simulators. The ITD visual system consists of a high-resolution three-channel unit permitting a field of vision with 150 degrees in azimuth and 40 degrees in elevation. As the conversion training for JG 73 starts in Manching and will be continued at Laage, both bases including their surrounding airspaces (100 by 100 kilometers each) are simulated. Vital for successful training is also the integrated instructor/operator station (IOS), from where the progress of the student pilot will be monitored and from where environmental and operational inputs can be generated and malfunctions injected into the training session. The IOS, in combination with a data recording system with access to all data used in the ITD, will also be used for briefing, debriefing and for reconstructing the training mission profiles.
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