Simulator for training on the NH90 Sea Lion

Second full-mission simulator for naval aviators

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has ordered a second full-mission simulator (FMS) on behalf of the German Armed Forces to support training on the NH90 Sea Lion naval helicopter. The delivery contract from December 2019 has thus been extended. At that time, the development and delivery of a simulator landscape consisting of an NH90 full-mission simulator, NH90 cockpit procedures trainer, NH90 tactics trainer and NH90 winch and hoist operator trainer had been agreed. (ESuT reported https://esut.de/) The training system is scheduled to go into operation in 2022. The additional simulator that has now been ordered will supplement the existing equipment from 2024.

CAE has long been a training partner of the German Navy and has provided training equipment for the MK41 Sea King search and rescue helicopter, the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, the MK88A Sea Lynx on-board helicopter and now also for the NH90 Sea Lion.

The Navy is replacing the Sea King Mk41 helicopter with 18 NH90 Sea Lion helicopters. Like the Sea King, the Sea Lion will primarily be used for search and rescue (SAR) tasks. The Sea Lion will also be used as an on-board helicopter on the task force supply aircraft, which are currently being converted to the new helicopter type. Following delivery of the first helicopter in 2020, all aircraft are to be handed over by 2023 and operational flight operations will reach their full scope.