Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) introduced on Nov. 10 that it was chosen as a key companion by U.S. protection contractor Lockheed Martin for the Republic of Korea Air Pressure KF-16 simulator efficiency enchancment challenge and signed a contract on Nov. 7.
KAI will improve the efficiency of 9 KF-16 simulators, which had been developed with its personal know-how and delivered to the Air Pressure, to the most recent F-16 Viper configuration. The challenge interval is roughly six years and consists of follow-up assist companies after supply.
This contract is being pursued as an extension of the strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) that KAI beforehand signed with Lockheed Martin. Each firms plan to additional strengthen their cooperative relationship within the modeling and simulation (M&S) area via this contract.
KAI goals to enhance the standard of Air Pressure pilot coaching environments and improve gear reliability by modernizing key simulator parts and offering on-site technical assist on this contract. By this, the corporate plans to offer an optimum coaching setting with excessive constancy and realism in order that our Air Pressure pilots can prepare in situations just like precise flight.
KAI plans to actively make the most of the gathered technical experience and execution capabilities primarily based on its expertise in independently growing and delivering greater than 70 simulators together with T-50, KT-1, Surion, and LAH for this challenge.
Moreover, KAI is increasing its enterprise scope past aviation to maritime operations, together with P-3C simulators, the Navy’s Jangbogo-III steering coaching gear, and excessive velocity touchdown craft (LSF-II) simulators, along with domestically developed plane. Moreover, the corporate is pursuing the event of digital actuality (VR) and combined actuality (MR) simulators that apply Fourth Industrial Revolution applied sciences reminiscent of synthetic intelligence (AI), huge information, and metaverse.
A KAI official emphasised, “Based mostly on strategic cooperation with Lockheed Martin, we are going to contribute to modernizing the Republic of Korea Air Pressure’s coaching system and bettering security,” including “As an plane platform producer, we plan to proceed offering technical assist to make sure secure challenge implementation by actively using our gathered operational expertise and home improvement capabilities.”
