Protection officers in France have chosen the Pilatus PC-7 MKX to coach navy pilots within the nation’s air and area drive, the plane producer introduced Wednesday.
The nation’s procurement company, Course Générale de l’Armement, has entered into an settlement to purchase 22 of the trainers for the Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace, in addition to ground-based coaching.
“Pilatus will provide simulators, computer-based coaching and mission planning and debriefing system tools,” the corporate stated.
The acquisition will modernize the air and area drive’s present coaching fleet of 26 Pilatus PC-21 plane, which have been in operation since 2018.
The PC-7 MKX platform incorporates a heads-up show and a cockpit design primarily based upon the Garmin G3000 PRIME avionics suite.
“The French Air and Area Pressure will probably be alongside the Royal Netherlands Air Pressure, the primary two operators introducing the brand new PC-7 MKX into service,” Ioannis Papachristofilou, vp of presidency aviation at Pilatus, stated in an announcement. “We’re trying ahead to working carefully with Babcock France within the supply and operation of the brand new coaching system, and we intention to attain the identical stage of success as for the PC-21.”
France will start to take supply of the PC-7 MKXs in 2027, Pilatus stated.
