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Lockheed Martin Incorporates Microsoft Flight Simulator For T-X Offering

Pat Host

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

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Lockheed Martin Incorporates Microsoft Flight Simulator For T-X Offering

The T-50A, which Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries will offer for the T-X competition.

GREENVILLE, S.C.--Lockheed Martin [LMT] is using an upgraded variant of Microsoft’s [MSFT] classic Flight Simulator software as part of its Air Force Advanced Pilot Training (APT) or T-X, offering's ground-based training system (GBST). The upgraded variant is known as Prepar3D, an enhanced version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator Enterprise Simulation Platform (ESP) that Lockheed Martin sells commercially. Prepar3D is a visual simulation platform launched in 2010 that allows users to create training scenarios across aviation, maritime and ground domains. Users…

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