{"id":276,"date":"2015-06-03T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=276"},"modified":"2015-09-28T10:10:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T10:10:07","slug":"mod-invests-80-million-in-new-synthetic-helicopter-training-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2015\/06\/03\/mod-invests-80-million-in-new-synthetic-helicopter-training-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"MOD INVESTS \u00a380 MILLION IN NEW SYNTHETIC HELICOPTER TRAINING EQUIPMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_Boeing_UK_Chinook.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence is investing \u00a380 million in new world-class equipment to help train the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy helicopter pilots and rear crews of the future.<\/p>\n<p>A \u00a351 million contract with Lockheed Martin UK will support Chinook Mk 6 training, and a \u00a329 million contract has been awarded to AgustaWestland to provide Merlin Mk 4\/4a aircrew Synthetic Training Devices.<\/p>\n<p>The simulators will be based at military bases in Somerset and Hampshire with the two contracts providing around 130 jobs, including for the construction of a new schoolhouse.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment will provide a realistic representation of the operating environments the crews will fly in, and will enable them to practice manoeuvres and procedures safely and repeatedly to enhance their learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Defence is investing \u00a380 million in new world-class equipment to help train the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy helicopter pilots and rear crews of the future. A \u00a351 million contract with Lockheed Martin UK will support Chinook Mk 6 training, and a \u00a329 million contract has been awarded to AgustaWestland to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2015\/06\/03\/mod-invests-80-million-in-new-synthetic-helicopter-training-equipment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MOD INVESTS \u00a380 MILLION IN NEW SYNTHETIC HELICOPTER TRAINING EQUIPMENT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-watch","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}