IFAD delivers new F-16 simulator to RDAF

The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and LogisticsOrganisation (DALO), the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) and Fighter WingSkrydstrup (FW SKP) took delivery of a newly developed combined F-16 simulatorand JTAC training capacity at the FW SKP in December 2018. The completetraining system consists of two F-16 simulators, one instructor station and twoJTAC training systems, all combined in one deployable solution.

DALO, RDAF air staff and FW SKP have collaborated with IFADand sub-contractor ArenaLogic in the efforts to develop a mobile advancedprocedural trainer for F-16 pilots, also known as the DART project (DeployableAdvanced Readiness Trainer). The purpose of the project is to develop anoperational and up-to-date F-16 simulator system that provides the bestpossible pilot training value, in a dynamic and controlled process. Based onexisting IFAD and ArenaLogic products, the Armed Forces now have two advancedprocedural trainers in networks and with the possibility to connect with JTACand Air Control Wing (ACW) fighter controllers sitting 120 kilometers away. Anoption to expand to four DART F-16 simulators and two instructor stations intotal with more advanced graphical dome-solutions is still in play.

For FW SKP, delivery of the new simulator capacity meansthat the pilots can train in a simulator that almost 100 percent reflects thelive F-16 aircraft in the current RDAF Mid-Life-Update (MLU) configuration.They can train with the latest weapons systems available for the RDAF F-16capacity with air-to-air and air-to-ground sensor systems (Litening G4 TGPsetc.) including integration to real-life Forward-Air-Controllers (FAC/JTAC) andreal-life Fighter Controllers.

During the deliveryceremony, a demonstration of the new simulator capacity took place. It showedall attendees that the training environment can support Danish F-16 pilots withvery complex fighter mission scenarios. The solution will in the future also belinked up to other Danish simulation capacities situated at other places inDenmark. The demonstration was carried out as a two-ship air-to-ground missionwith the use of precision guided munitions and use of Link-16 and TGPs.