HANGAR TALK
Italian Navy’s NH90 Helicopter Deliveries Complete as State-Of-The-Art Mission Simulation Center is Established at Maristaeli Luni Base
An SW/ASuW aircraft, assembled at Leonardo’s facility in Venice Tessera, has been deployed at the Italian Navy’s Maristaeli Luni Base and presented during an official ceremony attended by the Italian navy, Leonardo, and NH Industries dignitaries and representatives in late September. The helicopter also joins a fleet of 10 MH-90As optimized for tactical transport duties and special operations. The Italian navy achieved a major rotorcraft capability enhancement milestone with the completion of deliveries of its NH90 helicopters combined with a dedicated simulation center for its NH90 crews. The Italian navy’s first NH90 was delivered in 2011. Since then, the whole fleet has logged in excess of 35,000 flight hours in multiple operations in Italy and internationally.
The completion of deliveries occurs as a unique full crew simulation training center is established and opened at the base, featuring a dedicated Level-D Full Flight Simulator of the type in full MR 1 configuration (representative of the latest avionics standard), all fully developed by Leonardo and tailored to the Italian navy’s needs. The new simulation environment allows for the SH-90 and MH-90 crews (including both pilots and specialized personnel) to be trained with the highest level of fidelity and accuracy (a simulation hour being equal to 1 real flight hour) to carry out missions in any kind of operational scenario to the benefit of effectiveness, safety, efficiency, and sustainability. The system is suitable for further evolution in the future, such as the possibility to be linked to other simulation assets in order to develop joint- and multi-domain networked mission training. Additionally, the simulation training center will deliver training services to NH90 crews from other countries.
Gian Piero Cutillo, Leonardo Helicopters managing director, said, “The completion of the NH90 deliveries and the handover
of this one-of-a-kind simulation environment marks a major step forward, which further reinforces our long-established partnership with the Italian navy.
I want to thank all navy
and industry personnel who made these results possible. We now look forward to continuing this collaboration with the Italian navy towards new important goals and capability enhancements to meet evolving requirements.”
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