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  15 mars 2021 | International, Aérospatial

  Thales, Aeralis to Develop Advanced Modular Training Aircraft Simulator

  Thales UK and Aeralis have entered into a Teaming Agreement to develop transformational AERALIS platforms. The development from Thales will take place alongside AERALIS' contract with the RAF's Rapid Capabilities Office to deliver research & development of an Advanced Modular Aircraft system. Aeralis is focusing on a UK-based development and production programme of a modular, and commercially driven aircraft system aimed at increasing capability whilst reducing through-life costs for customers. As they move to develop and certify a broad range of future aircraft systems to support the Royal Air Force's ambition to rationalise its future fleet, they will be working in parallel with Thales in the UK to ensure that the training systems required to teach pilots to fly AERALIS will be ready in conjunction with the modular aircraft system. AERALIS plans for its aircraft system to be offered as part of training solutions to customers across all aspects of both flying and operational training, and next-generation synthetic training devices and simulators will be a vital part of this process. With a well-established Training and Simulation division that designs and operates synthetic flight training simulators, such as those used at the RAF's Voyager and Atlas training facilities at RAF Brize Norton, Thales in the UK will bring to bear many of its latest training solutions to complement the AERALIS system. “We are therefore delighted to enter this further Teaming Agreement to realise our joint aspirations, which further support the Royal Air Force goals for their Project ASTRA journey towards a Next Generation Air Force,” Darryn (Daz) Rawlins OBE, Managing Director of Thales Training & Simulation, UK Domain. With both parties working with the RAF's Rapid Capabilities Office, Thales' Synthetic Training Equipment and aircrew training systems will complement AERALIS' development of its all-British modular aircraft system.

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  1 novembre 2019 | International, Aérospatial

  Air Force Hires Startup To Build Up MDO’s Unified Data Library

  By THERESA HITCHENS WASHINGTON: The Air Force is expanding a key data tool, the cloud-based Unified Data Library (UDL), that may underpin the service's ambitious Multi-Domain Operations push. Air Force leaders (including acquisition chief Will Roper) believe the UDL will be able to mesh data from all types of sensors to provide space situational awareness (SSA) and command and control (C2) for most Air Force missions. The small $37 million contract, awarded Tuesday to Bluestaq LLC, will “expand the Advanced Command and Control Enterprise Systems and Software (ACCESS) project for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Data Program Management Office and the Directorate of Special Programs, Space Situational Awareness Division.” ACCESS will feed the UDL, integrating data “from a wide range of sources spanning commercial, foreign, Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC),” according to a company press release. The contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, appears to fulfill exactly what Roper and other Air Force acquisition officials are pressing for: drawing in small and innovative companies that can move fast to help the service get inside the speed of Moore's Law instead of taking years or decades to develop new software systems. “We can't specify all specific data sets over the next three years because prioritization is dynamic, but the goal is to eventually integrate all of AFSPC data there along with other sources such as commercial space (already there but more coming), multi-domain data from such as air, land, sea, data from other agencies, and even academia,” an Air Force Space Command spokesperson told Breaking D yesterday. The spokesperson noted that the expansion will support Space Command's National Space Defense Center, designed to run future combat operations in space and to integrate Intelligence Community data with that of the military. It also will support the Combine Space Operations Center (CSPOC), that shares space domain awareness information with allies, the spokesperson said, as well as administrative functions. UDL is the brain child of Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Air Force Space Command's (AFSPC) data integration guru. Crider is charged with developing AFSPC's classified Enterprise Data Strategy and Roadmap to underpin multi-domain command and control (MDC2) operations. “The Unified Data Library consumes, processes, and distributes millions of unique data products daily originating from dozens of commercial, academic, and government organizations across the world to a diverse user base spanning 25 countries,” according to Bluestaq. “The Unified Data Library storefront provides a robust interactive online API to assist users or developers with education and discovery of available dashboards, data streams, services, structures, and formats. The Air Force plans to expand the Unified Data Library to allow different security classification user access levels and fuse data from all types of sensors to provide command and control for most Air Force missions.” Indeed, AFSPC said in its email, “UDL data is available to any partner organization today, depending on clearance, authorization of the data provider, and classification of the data in question.” The UDL also is being tested by the Commerce Department as it readies itself to take over the mission of providing space situational awareness (SSA) information to commercial and foreign satellite operators. To get some idea of how different the culture is at this company note this comment by Andy Hofle, Bluestaq chief engineer and co-founder: “It has been exciting to see the growing community interest in the data management platform over the last 18 months, and our team has had a tremendous amount of fun playing a role in the development of the project.” https://breakingdefense.com/2019/10/air-force-hires-startup-to-build-up-mdos-unified-data-library

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  17 juin 2019 | International, Aérospatial

  AIRBUS HELICOPTERS ET LA DGA SÉLECTIONNENT LA NOUVELLE SUITE AVIONIQUE FLYTX DE THALES POUR LEURS PROGRAMMES HÉLICOPTÈRES DE DERNIÈRE GÉNÉRATION

  La suite avionique FlytX a été sélectionnée par Airbus Helicopters et la Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) pour équiper les futurs Hélicoptères Interarmées Légers (HIL) H160M. En parallèle, Airbus Helicopters et Thales poursuivent des études pour la potentielle intégration de FlytX sur le futur Tigre MKIII. Conçu à Bordeaux, ce cockpit facilite le pilotage gr'ce aux technologies les plus récentes en matière d'affichage. FlytX s'appuie sur des interfaces homme-machines tactiles, directes et naturelles. La charge de travail est ainsi réduite permettant aux pilotes de se concentrer sur leurs missions avec un niveau de sécurité optimal. Les hélicoptères militaires ont à assurer des missions de reconnaissance, d'appui feu, de surveillance ou de sauvetage dans un environnement de plus en plus saturé. Les pilotes doivent pouvoir observer leurs ennemis, esquiver les obstacles et réussir leurs missions tout en assurant le pilotage et en vérifiant les informations transmises par le système de bord. Entièrement tourné vers la mission, FlytX a été développé afin d'offrir une efficacité maximale. La technologie mise en œuvre dans la solution FlytX permet de réduire la charge de travail des pilotes afin qu'à chaque moment décisif, ils puissent se concentrer sur la réussite de leurs missions. Gr'ce à l'expertise de Thales dans le domaine de l'avionique, la solution offre une efficacité maximale en termes d'interaction hommes-machine. Ce cockpit permet un accès plus rapide aux informations associé à une représentation synthétique de l'environnement extérieur. Dotée d'une large zone d'affichage, cette avionique facilite l'interaction des équipages, englobant tous les systèmes avions, fusionnant les informations et rend ainsi les prises de décisions plus instinctives. Personnalisable et évolutif, ce cockpit du futur peut parfaitement s'adapter aux besoins spécifiques des équipages et de leurs missions. Entièrement connecté, FlytX est interfaçable, en vol et au sol, avec des applications du monde ouvert dans un environnement cybersécurisé. Les exploitants pourront ainsi accéder, dans un cadre entièrement sécurisé, à leurs propres systèmes et les faire évoluer librement. Conçu sur le Campus de Bordeaux, où Thales développe et produit des systèmes avioniques et aéroportés à la pointe de l'innovation mondiale, il regroupe sur plus de 60 000 m² 2 800 collaborateurs dont 80% d'ingénieurs et cadres. https://www.thalesgroup.com/fr/group/press-release/airbus-helicopters-et-dga-selectionnent-nouvelle-suite-avionique-flytx-thales