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L-3 Link To Provide First UH-60M Crew Training Simulators

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Friday, August 20th, 2010

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L-3 [LLL] Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has been awarded a contract modification from Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] to provide three UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) to support of training services for the Army's Flight School XXI program. These systems will be the first full-motion, high-fidelity simulators to support UH-60M aircrew training. Sikorsky [UTX] produces the UH-60M, the latest model Black Hawk helicopter, delivering the 200th M-version aircraft in late July. In 2003, CSC was awarded the Flight School…

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