Kratos Awarded $3M Contract for Aviation Trainer Enhancements

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was awarded a AUD $4,840,720.04 (approximately USD $3,300,000) contract by the Australia Department of Defence to deliver hardware, software and technical data package upgrades to their Kratos Maintenance Blended Reconfigurable Aviation Trainers (MBRATs) and CH-47F Chinook Avionics Trainer (CAT).

The CH-47F CAT is a high-fidelity Hands On Training System(HOTS) that provides full-task training through simulation of all avionicssub-systems and aircraft survivability equipment in an integrated configurationwithin a fully immersive physical environment. The CH-47F MBRAT blends avirtual immersive environment and spatial physical awareness with establishedCH-47F Chinook simulation software.

The enhanced MBRAT training capabilities enable the end userto increase student training throughput by enabling new training tasks to beperformed on the upgraded MBRAT trainers and the CH-47F CAT simultaneously.

The CAT and MBRATs have enabled the Australian Department ofDefence to establish a local CH-47F Chinook maintenance training center ofexcellence for the Australian military. Previously, maintenance training hadbeen conducted in the United States, but with Kratos MBRATs and CAT, theAustralian Defence Force (ADF) is now self-sufficient in this regard.

“As the global demand for training continues to increase,Kratos is expanding its training footprint to support the demanding and complextraining requirements of the U.S. and its allies worldwide by applying advancedtechnologies like those incorporated in the MBRAT and CAT,” said Jose Diaz,Senior Vice President of Kratos Training Solutions.