BVR Systems offering solutions to helicopter crews

With helicopter squadrons playing an increasing role in air combat missions, BVR Systems, a member of the Elisra Group, offers solutions that give pilots and their crews advance training in real world combat scenarios. Two of the company's sophisticated solutions are being demonstrated at the Paris Air Show 2003.

By adopting many of the features of BVR's off-the-shelf EHUD ACMI system for fighter aircraft and enhancing it for helicopter operations, BVR's HCMI maximises the combat readiness of helicopter crews, provides for joint force interoperable training and an online safety net to complement the training package.

In recent test flights, the company's In Flight EW Simulator (IFEWS) demonstrated its efficiency and ability in training pilots to provide them with the tools they need to succeed and survive "first strike" missions in today's EW saturated battlefield. BVR's IFEWS system may include HCMI capabilities as an optional add-on feature.

IFEWS is an airborne simulator for the training and debriefing of EW scenarios. It presents attack helicopter pilots with the opportunity to train in their cockpits on all the emitters of today's EW-saturated environment.

IFEWS' on-board simulation computer generates a range of virtual ground and airborne threats. During flight and in training mode, virtual and real threats are presented to the pilot through the actual EW system displays and tones. These threats act according to a doctrine established during the mission-planning phase. The embedded EW system presents the pilot with virtual threats, duplicating the "real" conditions of the modern battlefield. The system can also be supplied in a configuration, which provides simulation of any EW system. This configuration can be used in light trainers that don't come equipped with any built in EW system.

BVR's HCMI system is a complete on-board, autonomous training and safety suite, with post-flight debriefing capabilities. HCMI comprises an airborne pod or an internal LRU and a PC-based ground debriefing and mission planning station. Using advanced 3D viewing capabilities and high resolution satellite images, the system's PC-based ground station provides 3D mission visualisation and debriefing with analyses of both crew performance and mission scenario. The ground station also serves as a portable mission rehearsal system - with geo-specific imagery from satellites creating 3D fly-throughs of real-world terrain in staged battlefield scenarios.

HCMI delivers real-time warnings to the pilot, identifying a variety of hazards along with warnings of potential mid-air and air-to-ground collisions. The on-board simulation computer generates a wide range of virtual ground and airborne EW threats, presenting them to the pilot during the training mission. Another major feature is that the system facilitates real-time on-board integrated training with actual ground and air forces.

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