Lockheed Martin Training System Achieves Final Acceptance

Lockheed Martin Australia has delivered the AIR5428 Pilot Training System, combining simulators and aircraft, to prepare Australia’s Navy, Army, and Air Force pilots for today’s complex mission requirements.

Lockheed Martin Australia, in collaboration with its Team 21 industry partners Pilatus and Jet Aviation, and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), developed a training system that encompasses PC-21 aircraft, flight simulators, cockpit trainers, as well as mission planning and maintenance support.

To date, the Pilot Training System has graduated 35 Air Force, 11 Navy and 27 Army pilots.

To complete the AIR5428 acquisition phase, Lockheed Martin Australia, together with its partners, undertook an intensive six-month assessment. This involved: performing over 3,500 flight simulator and 10,000 aircraft flying events; achieving a greater than 97% mission success scorecard for all events against the contract’s program performance metrics; and achieving 100% success for ground school contracted performance measures.