DEN HAAG, The Netherlands, 13 Aug. 2008. Rotorsim, the consortium owned equally by CAE and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has signed contracts with the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to provide comprehensive NH90 helicopter training systems and services. The total value of the contracts is approximately Euro 50 million ($80 million).
As part of the Joint NH90 Training Program (JNTP), Rotorsim will have prime contractor responsibility for providing one NH90 full-mission flight trainer (FMFT) and an NH90 virtual sensor trainer for training rear crew sensor operators. This will be the first NH90 FMFT for the naval variant (NFH - NATO Frigate Helicopter) of the NH90 helicopter, which is designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) missions.
Following delivery of the NH90 training devices to the Rotorsim Training Centre in 2011, Rotorsim will then have a multiyear responsibility for operation and maintenance services of the NH90 training systems.
Rotorsim will subcontract the NH90 FMFT design and manufacture to Helicopter Training Media International (HTMI), a CAE and Thales joint venture established to develop synthetic training media for the NH90 helicopter. The simulator will feature a roll-on/roll-off cockpit design, and the cockpit will also be reconfigurable between the NFH and Tactical Transport (TTH) variants of the NH90 helicopter. In addition, Rotorsim will offer third-party NH90 training to other military operators of the NH90 helicopter. AgustaWestland, which has responsibility for the overall integration of the NH90 naval mission system for all NH90 naval helicopters, will provide the data package for the simulator.
