FlightSafety Services Corporation Selects Northrop Grumman for Military Flight Training Contract
13 Août 2007 - 3:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract from
FlightSafety Services Corporation to provide information technology
and training services for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training
System Ground Based Training System (JPATS GBTS). The JPATS GBTS is
a military training integration management system that provides
comprehensive flight training services for U.S. Air Force and Navy
students and instructors. Northrop Grumman's Information Technology
(IT) sector is a subcontractor to FlightSafety Services under this
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract. Northrop
Grumman and FlightSafety Services will develop, deploy, maintain,
and provide help desk services and user training to the JPATS GBTS,
which supports more than 10,000 users. The GBTS includes flight
simulators, a training integration management system, courseware
and a courseware delivery system, as well as a modification update
and support system for these elements. Northrop Grumman also
received a contract to provide software development, modification
updates and support, user training and help desk services to the
JPATS GBTS Training Integration Management System (TIMS). TIMS
supports all undergraduate pilot and navigator training for the
U.S. Air Force and Navy. The ID/IQ contract has a ceiling of $100
million over 10 years. Work on the contract will be conducted in
Colorado Springs as well as various user sites. "The use of an
electronic flight training management system allows the instructor
to focus more attention on the student and less on time-consuming
paperwork," said James Barry, vice president, Technology
Integration and Applications of Northrop Grumman IT's Defense
group. "Northrop Grumman has more than 10 years' experience
managing flight training systems for the Air Force and Navy. These
systems offer instructors and students the resources and education
they need to safely and effectively serve the United States and its
allies." TIMS is currently in use at Randolph Air Force Base,
Texas; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; Columbus Air Force Base,
Miss.; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Vance Air Force Base, Okla.;
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas; and Naval Air Station
Whiting Field, Fla. This contract will extend its use to Naval Air
Station Kingsville, Texas; Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss.; and
Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. Northrop Grumman has supported
JPATS GBTS since 1997. The electronic system manages the schedules
and resources necessary to conduct student flight training,
including classroom, aircraft and airspace availability. The tool
also provides situational awareness capabilities for instructors to
monitor student progress, and for students to track personal
training status. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion
global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees
provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information
and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government
and commercial customers worldwide. 0807-369 DATASOURCE: Northrop
Grumman Corporation CONTACT: Christy Whitman, +1-571-213-5302, , or
Juli Ballesteros, APR, +1-703-556-2736, , both of Northrop Grumman
Corporation Web site: http://www.northropgrumman.com/
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