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ROCKWELL COLLINS IN UH-60M DEAL

The Rockwell Collins UH-60 TBOS showing the IOS.

In confirming a growing trend towards deployable training systems, the Kingdom of Bahrain has selected Rockwell Collins to provide it with a Transportable Blackhawk Operations Simulator (T-BOS) to train its UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter pilots. The T-BOS will be delivered to the government of Bahrain under a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract administered by the US Army’s Utility Helicopter Project Office (UHPO). The Bahrain T-BOS is the second foreign sale of the Rockwell Collins developed T-BOS system. The first system is scheduled to be delivered to United Arab Emirates later this year.

“T-BOS is the US Army’s standard deployable training device for the Blackhawk helicopter and now that capability is expanding to international markets,” explains Rockwell Collins VP & GM of Simulation & Training Solution, Ken Schreder. “The beauty of this trainer is that its mobile nature makes it possible to take training to pilots in the field, saving precious time and resources.”

T-BOS is a high-fidelity flight simulator capable of being deployed to forward operating bases. It is air, land and sea transportable and can be ready for training within eight hours of arrival due to its own integrated power and environmental control unit.

US Army variants are currently operational at Forts Rucker, Campbell, Riley and Indiantown Gap. Additional T-BOS devices are scheduled to be delivered to Fort Rucker and Fort Bragg later this year. MT&SN understands that T-BOS is also being looked at by a number of other overseas UH-60 operators.