ORLANDO, Florida, April 19, 2016. ACCEL and UK-based Aviate Technologies signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) on training solutions for civil full flight simulators. The companies intended to establish a long-term strategic partnership and jointly develop training solutions using a high-fidelity simulated air traffic control environment.
Under the agreement, Aviate was to supply ACCEL’s Tianjin facility with two demonstration devices: a flight management computer trainer for the Boeing 737 Next Generation and a flight management and guidance system trainer for the Airbus A320. ACCEL would house both devices. They incorporated ASTi’s licensed Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC (SERA), which uses realistic synthetic voices to reproduce radio communications, helping trainees practice standard phraseology and interact with simulated air traffic controllers.
“This agreement between our two companies will benefit the global training market, especially China,” said Scott Watson, then general manager of ACCEL. “At present, controllers at Chinese airports use English with foreign airline pilots and Mandarin with pilots from Chinese airlines. The CAAC has specified that from 2017 controllers are to communicate with airline pilots in English regardless of the airline. ACCEL can now provide air traffic control training products and other training solutions from its Tianjin base.”
“We welcome the opportunity to work with ACCEL,” said Aviate Managing Director Steve Masson. “Together we can bring new Boeing and Airbus procedures trainers to new markets for Aviate. The devices are designed to support ASTi’s SERA simulated air traffic control environment (SATCE) solution and to help meet the communications requirements that the CAAC has set for Chinese airspace from 2017.”
About ACCEL
ACCEL was established in China to manufacture civil full flight simulators and provide training solutions. Its simulators and technical support serve civil aircraft platforms. At the time of the agreement, the company drew on parent company Rockwell Collins’ expertise and intellectual property, including eight decades in global aviation design, engineering and development and 40 years of operations in China.
About Aviate Technologies
Founded in 2013, Aviate Technologies develops training devices intended to improve the training experience while reducing costs. Aircraft engineers design its products with input from instructors and with simulator engineering standards in mind. Its products range from desktop flight management computer and multipurpose control and display unit (FMC/MCDU) classroom tools to flight management and procedures trainers and fixed-base training devices.