FlightSafety to participate in second phase of selection of JPATS ground based training systems provider.LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1996-- Raytheon Aircraft Co. has selected FlightSafety Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of FlightSafety International Inc. (FSI-NYSE), as one of two subcontractors to conduct a seven month Requirements Analysis and Proof-of-Concept Prototyping phase for the Joint Primary Aircrew Training System's (JPATS JPATS Joint Primary Aircraft Training System JPATS Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation Service (US Department of Justice) ) Ground Based Training System (GBTS GBTS Ground Based Training Systems GBTS Ground Based Tracking System GBTS Go Back to Sleep ). Raytheon Aircraft is the JPATS prime contractor, based in Wichita, Kansas. FlightSafety Services has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to definitize de·fi·ni·tize tr.v. de·fi·ni·tized, de·fi·ni·tiz·ing, de·fi·ni·tiz·es To make definite: contractural changes that have been definitized. requirements and preliminary design concepts, including prototyping for critical areas of Aircrew Training Devices (ATD ATD Anthropomorphic Test Dummy ATD Attention to Detail ATD Advanced Technology Demonstration AtD Achieving the Dream ATD Atmospheric Technology Division (US National Center for Atmospheric Research) ATD Assistant Technical Director ), Courseware Development and Training Information Management Systems (TIMS TIMS Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry TIMS The Institute of Management Sciences TIMS Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner TIMS Transportation Information Management System TIMS The International Molinological Society TIMS Tuberculosis Information Management System ). At the conclusion of this phase in the program, in the Spring 1997, Raytheon Aircraft Company will select a single subcontractor to provide the entire GBTS products and support. Raytheon Aircraft's Beech/Pilatus PC-9 MkII aircraft was selected by a joint U.S. Air Force and Navy panel in June 1995. If the contract is fully implemented, 711 aircraft will be built by the year 2017. FlightSafety International is headquartered at New York's LaGuardia Airport where the company was founded 45 years ago. There are 38 FSI learning centers in the United States, Canada, and France, which each year provide training to over 50,000 pilots, aircrew members, maintenance technicians and aviation personnel. The company operates the largest fleet of full motion, flight simulators in the world. CONTACT: FlightSafety International Ken Motschwiller, 718/565-4140 http://www.flightsafety.com |
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