Rheinmetall's Asterion Simulator Prepares NH90 NTH Crews Training

摘要

The German Navy has received the Functional Cockpit, an integral part of the Maintenance and Repair Trainer for the NH90 Naval Transport Helicopter (NTH) from Rheinmetall, the company announced late December. The Functional Cockpit was developed based on the Group's in-house Asterion product line. Designed for complete ground crew training, the simulator was built into a full-size replica of the NH90 NTH Sea Lion transport helicopter. The early arrival of the helicopter enables the Deutsche Marine to begin preparing for their new tasks even before the arrival of the first original helicopter, which has since taken place. Apart from its mission of training ground personnel who in future will be responsible for maintaining and repairing the new helicopter, the Functional Cockpit can also be used for instructing pilots. This will be a major advantage, as availability of the original helicopters for training purposes will necessarily be limited. The Functional Cockpit for the NH90 NTH dispatched to Nordholz Naval Airbase was the second delivery of training systems for NH90 ground personnel. Asterion-based ground crew training systems were already in operation in Fassberg, a German Army Aviation Corps base in Lower Saxony. Here, Germany Army ground personnel undergo training in operational and maintenance procedures for the NH90 TTH in three exact replica cockpits.