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wife,. 'liiiifi Helicopter projects enter the third dimension on a Sogitec visual system Sogitec signs deal McDonnell Douglas Helicopter and French visual-system sup plier Sogitec have entered into a business agreement whereby the US company will develop databases for the Dassault subsidiary's image generators. The agreement covers all future sales of Sogitec's GI 10,000 high-resolution image generator in North America. MDH will demonstrate the latest Z-Buffer GI 10,000 to potential clients at its Mesa, Arizona, development centre. MDH uses three of the Sogitec image generators for helicopter development simu lation, and has assembled a team to develop new visual database technology. Techniques developed in clude terrain generation from Defense Mapping Agency data, database conversion between image generator types, and texture pattern development from photographs. ELASTOMERS Gf) ahead, describe the application. DOWN TO EARTH OR OUTER SPACE Regardless of your project's environment, we have the high-tech capability to meet your specialty elastomer needs. Our R&D labs, mat iu- factunng.and testing facilities have put us on the curtino edge of development Astronautic, aerospace, medical, electronic -wherever lastomer source today for the environme' Send us your inquiry-the earlier in the \ nd let us show you what we can do. EHlEJTA MIFG. 3 Chamhamtace Hungerford TA Mtg. Co. Berkshire RG17 OEY 375 West Arden Avenue UNITED KINGDOM Glendale.CA 91203- (818) 240-4600 Phone No 44-488-8469;: Malaysia backs UK's Link-Miles Singer Link-Miles has secured its first flight simulator contract of 1989 with a $ 11 million order from Malaysia Airlines for a Boeing 737-400 machine com plete with the company's Image IV/AWARDS visual system. The simulator is Malaysia's second from Link-Miles and its third to feature the UK company's latest daylight, wide- angle visual system. A Boeing 747-400 simulator with Image IV/AWARDS will be ready for training in December this year. The same visuals are fitted to a Fokker 50 simulator on order from SD and scheduled to enter use for training at the airline's Subang flight training centre in October this year. The microprocessor-based 737 simulator will be able to train pilots for three variants of the Boeing aircraft, the -300, -400, and -500, says Malaysia, requiring only 45min to complete conversion between marques. Malaysia Airlines is to lease seven 737-400s from Inter national Lease Finance for delivery between January 1990 and July 1991. The airline is negotiating with Boeing to purchase 737-400s for delivery starting in 1992. Airlines using Malaysia's fleet of six simulators include Air China, Air Lanka, Air Nauru, China Airlines, Dragon Air, Garuda Indonesian Airways, Pakistan International, Philippine Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines, and also Thai Airways. Link studies LHX CAE-Link is to design the operator training system for Boeing-Sikorsky's "First Team" LHX light scout/attack helicopter as part of the demonstration/validation phase of the US Army programme. The Link Flight Simulation division will design flight simulators, part-task trainers, and other equipment required for LHX aviator training, to participate in analysis and development of the total training system, and to assist in risk-reduction efforts on embedded training on board LHX. SIMULATION \ 3 Japan simulates fighter lapan's Air Self-Defence Force is to build a fighter capability evaluation simu- ator over four years, starting in 1989; $36 million has been set aside for the first year. D Link trains ASW teams CAE-Link has won a C$18 million US Navy contract to produce two surface anti-sub marine warfare (ASW) team jainers using generic con soles reconfigured by software to represent the combat suites of 16 different ship classes. D Lufthansa chooses CAE Lufthansa has awarded CAE Electronics a C$22 million contract to supply a training package, including full flight simulator, for the Airbus Industrie A310. The simu lator, the West German airline's eighth CAE mach ine, will be delivered to Lufthansa's Frankfurt flight training centre in 1991. 30 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 6 May 1989
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