MILITARY SIMULATOR CENSUS 2019 in association with MILITARY SIMULATOR CENSUS 2019 CONTENTS ACRONYMS 4 Mitsubishi 21 Malaysia 33 ANALYSIS 5 Moravan 21 Mauritania 33 NH Industries 21 Mexico 33 CENSUS BY AIRCRAFT TYPE Northrop Grumman 21 Morocco 33 Aero Vodochody 7 Panavia 22 Myanmar 33 Aerospatiale 7 Pilatus 23 Netherlands 33 Agusta 7 PZL 23 New Zealand 33 AgustaWestland* (see Leonardo Helicopters) Raytheon 23 Nigeria 34 AIDC 7 Saab 23 Norway 34 Airbus Helicopters** 7 SEPECAT 23 Oman 34 Airbus Military 8 Sikorsky 23 Pakistan 34 Alenia Aermacchi 8 Socata 25 Peru 34 AMX International 9 Sukhoi 25 Poland 34 Antonov 9 TAI/AgustaWestland 25 Portugal 34 Atlas 9 Transall 25 Qatar 34 Avioane Craiova 9 Westland 25 Romania 34 BAE Systems 9 Russia 34 Beechcraft 9 CENSUS BY OPERATOR COUNTRY Saudi Arabia 35 Bell Boeing 11 Afghanistan 27 Singapore 35 Bell Helicopter 11 Algeria 27 Slovakia 35 Boeing 12 Angola 27 South Africa 35 Boeing Vertol 14 Argentina 27 South Korea 36 Boeing/BAS Systems 14 Australia 27 Spain 36 Bombardier 14 Austria 28 Sweden 36 CASA 15 Bahrain 28 Switzerland 36 A data-driven training system to provide real-time Cessna 15 Belgium 28 Taiwan 36 Dassault 15 Brazil 28 Thailand 37 insights and standardized evaluations for continuous Dassault/Dornier 15 Brunei 29 Trinidad 37 Dassault-Breguet 15 Canada 29 Tunisia 37 military pilot training improvement. Dornier 15 Chile 29 Turkey 37 Douglas 15 China 29 UAE 37 For more than 70 years, CAE has been a pioneer in training and simulation. This tradition continues Embraer 15 Colombia 29 UK 37 with CAE Rise, a system that leverages big data analytics to make training more efficient and Enstrom 16 Croatia 29 Uruguay 38 effective. Eurocopter (see Airbus Helicopters)** Czech Republic 29 USA 38 Eurofighter 16 Denmark 29 CAE Rise provides the ability to deliver standardized training and objectively assess pilot Fairchild Republic 16 Ecuador 29 General Atomics 16 Egypt 29 competencies using live data during training sessions. CAE Rise fosters student-centric learning, Hawker Beechcraft 16 Finland 30 reduces subjectivity in pilot assessment, and helps instructors focus on teaching and instructing. Hindustan Aeronautics 16 France 30 CAE Rise is an integral part of the CAE TRAX Academy, a self-paced training continuum that guides Ilyushin 16 Germany 30 student pilots as they learn how to fly. The CAE TRAX Academy uses CAE Rise to deliver status and Israel Aerospace Industries 16 Greece 31 progress reports while providing the data analytics and predictive analysis necessary for continuous Kaman 17 Hungary 31 improvement and closed-loop training. Kamov 17 India 31 Kawasaki Heavy Industries 17 Indonesia 31 As a globally recognized training systems integrator, we are proud to support the preparation and Korea Aerospace Industries 17 Iran 31 training of military pilots around the world. Leonardo 17 Iraq 31 Leonardo Helicopters* 17 Israel 32 *Since 1 January 2016, the Helicopter Division of Lockheed 17 Italy 32 Leonardo absorbed the activities of AgustaWestland. [email protected] @CAE_Defence CAE @CAE_Defence cae.com/defence-security Lockheed Martin 18 Japan 32 **Formely Eurocopter Group, Airbus Helicopters is the McDonell-Douglas 20 Jordan 33 helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus Group. In Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm 20 Kazakhstan 33 line with the company’s new identity, Airbus Mikoyan 20 Kuwait 33 Helicopters has renamed its product range, replacing the former “EC” designation with an “H” (for example: Your worldwide Mil 21 Macedonia 33 EC145 is labelled H145M) training partner of choice FlightGlobal | 3 MILITARY SIMULATOR CENSUS 2019 MILITARY SIMULATOR CENSUS 2019 ACRONYMS ANALYSIS FlightGlobal’s recent data update shows that CAE is Market share by military simulator manufacturer DEVICES responsible for the largest share of military simulation devices currently in service around the world, with one-fifth CAE ACE Air Combat Emulators FDS Flight Dynamics Simulator MST Mission System of the total deployment. The company is also the leading 21% ACES Aerial Combat Engagement Simulator FFMS Full Flight Mission Simulator MTT Military Training Technology provider in commercial simulation. Other AMT Avionics Maintenance Trainer FFS Full Flight Simulator OFS Operational Flight Simulators 32% APT Advanced Pilot Training FMFS Full Mission Flight Simulator OF/NT Operational Flight/Navigational Trainer The newly created L3Harris has the second-biggest presence ATD Aviation Training Device FMFT Full Mission Flight Trainer OFT Operational Flight Trainer in military aircraft simulation, at just three percentage points ASTA Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids FMS Full Mission Simulator OTT Operational Tactics behind CAE in market share. AVCATT Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer FMST Flight Management System Trainer OMS Operational Mission Simulator L3Harris BATD Basic Aviation Training Device FMT Full Mission Trainer PCT Procedures Crew Trainer 18% The company was formed in June through a merger of Harris BaTS Battle Staff Training Simulator FNPT Flight & Navigation Procedures Trainer PMATS Predator Mission Aircrew Training System Corporation and L3 Technologies. The other three large BOT Boom Operator Trainer FPT Flat Panel Trainer PTC Rear Crew Thales manufacturers in military simulation are Boeing, FlightSafety 9% CAPTT Cockpit Avionics Part Task Trainer FS Flight Simulator PTT Part Task Trainer International (FSI) and Thales. They account for 11%, 10% FSI Boeing CATS Complete Aircrew Training System FTD Flight Training Device RCPT Reconfigurable Cockpit Procedures Trainer and 9% of the market, respectively. 10% 11% CDS Cockpit Dynamic Simulator FTS Flight Training Services RCT Rear Crew Trainer CFTD Containerized Flight Training Device FuT Fuselage Trainer R&D Simulator Complexity Test Bed Devices designed for military aircraft simulation currently CMS Combat Mission Simulator GT Integrated Gunnery Trainer RTT Reconfigurable Tactics Trainer total close to 2,800 units. Data shows that 13 new military Military simulator share by aircraft manufacturer CMT Composite Maintenance Trainer HAWST Helicopter Aircrew Weapon Systems Trainer SIL System Integration lab simulators have been delivered so far in 2019. CAE provided CPT Cockpit Procedure Trainer ICMS Integrated Crew Member Simulator TBOS Transportable Blackhawk Operations Simulator six of those, including five Lockheed Martin C-130J devices Lockheed CT/IPS Cockpit Trainers/Interactive Pilot Stations ICST Integrated Cockpit Systems Trainer TFPS Transportable Flight Proficiency Simulator to the US Air Force (USAF) and a single Boeing P-8A Martin DMRT Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainers ICT Integrated Cockpit Trainer TFTD Tactical Flight Training Device Poseidon simulator to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF). FSI has 21% DMS Dynamic Mission Simulator IFS Integrated Flight Simulation/Initial Flight Training TOFT Tactical Operational Flight Trainer Other delivered four new devices so far in 2019; for the whole of DMT Distributed Mission Trainer IFT Instrument Flight Trainer TPT Troop Proficiency Trainer 44% 2018 it delivered 13. DTFTD Deployable Tactical Flight Training Device IPT Integrated Procedures Trainer ULT Unit Level Trainer DTT Desk Top Trainer LCT Longbow Crew Trainer UMT Unmanned Mission Trainer One device was relocated. CAE-Leonardo Helicopters ESTD Ejection Seat LMPTT Loadmaster part-task trainers UTD Unit Training Device joint venture Rotorsim moved an NH Industries NH90 full- Boeing EPT Egress Procedures MPDT Multi-Purpose VDGT Virtual Door Gunner Trainer 17% mission simulator from its Sesto Calende centre in Italy to EST Ejection Seat Trainer MPT Mission Procedure Trainer VMT Virtual Maintenance Trainer a new site at Maritime Air Base de Kooy in Den Helder, the ETD Egress Training MTD Maintenance Training Device VST Virtual Sensor Trainer Netherlands, where training began in October. Rotorsim Airbus Beechcraft FBS Fixed-Base Simulator MS Military Simulator WST Weapon Systems Trainer had trained Dutch NH90 NFH crews in Italy since 2011. Helicopter 7% FDD Flight Desk Device MSDT Mission Systems Desktop Trainer WTT Weapon Tactics Trainer 5% Sikorsky 6% The USA accounts for 55% of the world’s military simulators fleet, with just over 1,500 units in service. Nearly half of these devices are operated by the USAF. Military simulator share by country TRAINING LOCATIONS In October 2018, the pre-merger L3 Technologies opened AFB Air Force Base Please note that different militaries around the world use various names for a full-mission simulator. Some of these include operational flight trainer (OFT), dynamic mission simulator its expanded training centre in Arlington, Texas. The facility Other ANGB Air National Guard Base (DMS), combat mission simulator (CMS), weapon systems trainer (WST), or full-flight and provides simulation and classroom instruction for both 31% MCAS Marine Corps Air Station mission simulator (FFMS). For example, the US Air Force refers to all of their full-mission military and commercial pilots. The centre expansion added MCB Marine Cops Base simulators as "WSTs" regardless if the aircraft platform carries weapons or not, while the US Army uses the term CMS, and the Australian Defence Forces use the term FFMS. approximately 3,720sq m (40,000sq ft), more than doubling NAS Naval Air Station its size. USA Canada 55% The following month, L3 introduced the Blue Boxer 3% Extended Reality, its latest deployable training system. The portable Blue Boxer emulates aircraft flight characteristics Russia and operational flight programmes by blending