BINGEN, Wash. (Business Wire) -- Insitu, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] subsidiary, today announced that it has started training Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operators and maintenance personnel in its new Integrated Learning Environment (ILE). Insitu, in collaboration with Corsair Engineering, Inc., developed the ILE to meet customer requirements garnered through five years of in-theatre land and maritime ScanEagle operations.
Insitu UAS Instructors and Corsair's training system developers collaborated to develop an ILE that fully prepares operator and maintenance personnel for the challenging missions Insitu's global customers execute. This industry-leading UAS training system was developed in accordance with MIL STD 29612 guidelines to ensure compliance with armed services customer requirements.
“The UAS community has grown so rapidly that operators have had to receive the bulk of their training during actual missions. Noticing this deficit of full-spectrum combat training, we decided to develop an ILE that fully prepares operators for in- theatre challenges—raising the standard throughout the industry,” said Insitu Vice President of Sustainment Operations and General Manager Mary Margaret Evans.
ILE is a blended training solution, integrating highly interactive Computer Based Training (CBT), Instructor Mediated Lessons (IML), simulation events utilizing virtual instruction and full-mission simulation scenarios. The training culminates in a three-day live field exercise in which operators are required to execute all phases of a simulated combat deployment.
Designed and developed for Insitu by Corsair Engineering, Inc., the ILE uses the Envision Training Environment for the Learning Content Management System (LCMS) and Training Management System (TMS) functionality. Envision also provides high fidelity simulation and training tools, integrates with Ground Control System (GCS) software and ensures that configuration-managed CBT, simulation training events and other training media are appropriately scheduled and published.
“Insitu strives to provide our defense customers with the most cost-effective and realistic full-mission, simulation-based training in the UAS industry. We will continue to provide industry leading technology, such as our new ILE, that serves to meet the mission critical requirements of in-theatre operations,” said Evans.
Insitu Inc., a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary, located in Bingen, Wash., designs, develops and manufactures UAS and provides related services for commercial and military applications. With a small footprint and expeditionary focus for both land and sea operations, the company's family of UAS solutions is serving the needs of the global defense community, achieving more than 242,000 operational flight hours and 30,000 sorties to date. Visit www.insitu.com for more information.
Corsair Engineering is a veteran-owned small business providing government and industry customers with quality, high fidelity training systems, supportability engineering and logistics services.
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