Vital visions

Lockheed Martin ASIC has met the need for efficient training and support for the new Merlin helicopter through the development of the Merlin Training System (MTS). The aircraft, slated to enter service with UK Royal Navy in 1998, is one of the most advanced anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare naval platform in the world. MTS, based at the Royal Naval Air Station in Cornwall, the UK, is currently the largest training system in the world. The system is housed in a specially built 5,000-square-meter facility with aircrew training expected to be fully on line by the end of 1999, while maintenance training element is slated to start in April 1999.