Article Posted on : - Nov 30, 2011

A file photo of F-15C trainer.

ST. LOUIS (BNS): Boeing has received $20 million contract from the US Air Force to upgrade the visual systems in the F-15C Mission Training Centers, the company announced Tuesday.

The contract which was given in September, will upgrade twelve MTCs, located at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, and Kadena Air Base, Japan, with Boeing's Constant Resolution Visual System (CRVS).

CRVS is the centerpiece of a complete training suite that provides 360 degrees of immersive training, with a significantly lower cost than previous visual systems. By using standard, off-the-shelf projectors, the system is able to take advantage of the rapidly improving technology emerging in the commercial marketplace.

"A key feature of the CRVS is the ability to train with the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System and night vision goggles, both of which will be used in the F-15C MTC," Mark McGraw, Boeing vice president for Training Systems & Services said.

The Boeing CRVS reduces total system life cycle cost by minimizing the number of projectors by one-third to one-half the number of projectors used in competing systems. The system is compatible with a full array of fast jet and rotary wing cockpits.

"CRVS is unique because it is the only system to provide constant resolution throughout the field of view," he added.

The company will start the installation of the F-15C visual systems in October 2012 and will complete it by January 2013.