Hunter (Hawker Siddeley,Egyesült Királyság)
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The high operating costs of 5th generation fighters have many current and prospective operators looking at ways to cut the number of training flight hours on these assets, and transfer them to Surrogate Training Aircrafts which have much lower operating costs, and a useful performance envelope featuring avionics representative of those to be found in the latest generation fighters.
Facing a similar challenge with training the test pilots of the future, the International Test Pilots School (ITPS) started development three years ago of the 5th generation Surrogate Training Aircraft (5STA). This unique training asset is a Hawker Hunter, featuring a 5th gen. Human Machine Interface (HMI), Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) and Live Virtual Constructive Training (LVCT) via data link. The aircraft will be employed at the school, on fundamental avionics testing exercises but also on a new series of exercises evaluating workload and system mission suitability during representative missions.
5th generation Surrogate Training Aircraft (5STA)