F-22 Raptor Training System
Boeing is developing a total training system for the Air Force to support all F-22 pilot and maintenance training requirements throughout the life cycle of the aircraft.
The F-22 training system will feature extensive multimedia computer-based training, which will be compliant with the Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC) guidelines and standards. F-22 computer-based training will utilize state-of-the-art training technologies developed for the Boeing 777 commercial airliner.
The efficiency of the F-22 training system development process is enhanced by a direct linkage between the aircraft and training design databases. For example, direct feed of aircraft logistics support analysis (LSA) data into the instructional system design databases reduces learning objective development time.
Direct access to the aircraftt's CATIA (Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application) and COMOK (Computer Mockup) engineering databases significantly reduces graphics development time.
The F-22 academic training environment will replace many traditionally paper-based training materials with electronic delivery of courseware in multimedia equipped classrooms.
The F-22 training system also will feature 12 training devices to support hands-on learning objectives. These include three pilot and nine maintenance training devices. The development contracts for these devices have been awarded to Hughes Training Systems of Arlington, Texas and USM of Houston, Texas.
The F-22 training system operational and support functions will be integrated via a Training Management System (TMS) and Training System Support Center (TSSC). The Training Management System will provide schedule management, student record keeping, and continuous evaluation of the training system's performance.
The Training System Support Center will provide configuration management, a data library, device support, courseware maintenance support and contractor logistics support for all training system elements.
The training system will be designed and developed during the current Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the F-22 program. It will be established at the Air Force's training sites during the production phase of the program.
Training support for EMD aircraft testing is provided by the interim training team. This team plays an instrumental role by providing training materials and instruction to the Air Force and contractor test pilots, aircraft maintainers, and test engineers.
Hughes Training Systems will provide the three pilot training system devices (full-mission trainer (FMT), weapons and tactics training (WTT), and aircraft egress procedures trainer (EPT)) and the so-called 'complex' maintenance training devices (seat and canopy trainer, armament trainer, base-level forward fuselage trainer, engine Line-Replaceable Unit (LRU) trainer, the landing gear trainer, the cockpit and forward fuselage trainer, and the aft fuselage trainer.
USM will provide the so-called 'simple' maintenance training devices, the fuel system trainer and the on-equipment structures trainer.
A total of 32 full-mission trainers, which allow the pilot to practice the entire mission from engine start-up to engine shut down, are scheduled to be ordered. The FSM will feature a high resolution, full 360-degree visual system, and will not be motion based.
The FMT will support formation flight training, air refueling, takeoff and landing, emergency procedures, and visual-range combat.
The weapons and tactics trainers allow the pilot to practice weapons employment and combat tactics only in a desktop environment. The 37 WTTs to be built will be less complex than the FMT, as the pilot will only be able to fly a portion of the mission. The WTTs will have a throttle and stick, a limited visual system, and a PC-type computer to operate the scenarios.
Pilots can practice individual and flight weapons employment. The system can also be used the WTT for mission planning.
The egress procedures trainers will allow the pilots to practice cockpit safety procedures and ejection seat inspections. In addition, the pilots will be able to practice ejection and canopy separation procedures. Nine EPTs are scheduled to be built.
A total of 78 pilot training system devices are planned to be built and the first are to be delivered by 2001.
A majority of the maintenance training system devices will be located at the yet-to-be established resident training center, the 'schoolhouse' that will provide initial skills training for new maintainers. The first maintenance training devices are scheduled to be delivered in 2000.
The requirements for these devices has been established, but the design of most of the maintenance training devices is still at the conceptual stage. A total of 47 maintenance training devices are scheduled to be built.
There will only be one seat and canopy trainer, and it will be used to train personnel for on-aircraft maintenance of the ACES II ejection seat and canopy functionality and hardware.
There will only be one fuel system trainer, which will train maintainers for fuel/defuel operations and upkeep of the aircraft's eight fuel tanks and plumbing. The single aft fuselage trainer will be used to train for the engine-related systems and those pertaining to the aircraft's flight control surfaces.
The plan is for two cockpit and forward fuselage trainers and two on-equipment structures trainers to be built.
As the landing gear and armament systems are those that the maintainer will be working with almost on a daily basis in the field, 14 landing gear trainers and seven armament system trainers will be ordered, so that more people can be trained at one time. These devices will all be located at the resident training center.
The 10 base-level engine LRU trainers and the nine forward fuselage trainers to be built will be located at the bases where the F-22 will be operational.
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