Thales Training & Simulation
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| Thales Training & Simulation | |
| Type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Founded | {{{foundation}}} |
| Headquarters | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Products | Full flight simulators, Commercial Aviation Training, Military Training |
| Employees | ~2,000 worldwide |
| Website | Official site |
Thales Training & Simulation is an international company with over fifty years experience in simulation and training. It is one of only a few companies worldwide that build Full Flight Simulators for the airline and military training.
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[edit] Products
Thales have build numerous types of aircraft (fixed wing and helicopter) simulators, including:
- Fixed Based - No motion platform, normally housed in a dome, commonly military application. Full flight simulators can also be fixed based, these are generally basic training devices that have no visual and are control trainers only.
- Full flight Simulators - A fully immersed simulation that has a motion platform, can be either hydraulic or electric (newer simulators)
- Military simulators - These can simulator parts of aircraft (fusalage), water based vehicles or ground systems, they are designed to simulate the look and/or feel of the environment.
- They also manufacture driver simulators for trucks (heavy goods vehicles) and military vehicles including tanks.
- The range of simulators includes nuclear power plant simulators (for operator training) and small arms simulators for training army, police, etc
[edit] Company History
[edit] Rediffusion Simulation
The British company was incorporated as Rediffusion Simulation (RSL) in the 1946. In 1948 the company moved to the then new town of Crawley in Sussex.
In 1992 the company was bought by Hughes and renamed Hughes Rediffusion Simulation (HRSL).
In 1994 the company was taken over by Thomson-CSF and merged with Link Miles and renamed Thomson Training & Simulation (TTSL).
[edit] Link Miles
In 1990 the company was taken over by Thomson-CSF, and when Thomson-CSF bought Hughes Redifussion in 1994 the companies were merged and based at the Manor Royal site at Crawley.
[edit] Wormald Technology
The simulation business of Wormald Technlogy of Australia was bought in 1998 and renamed Thales Training & Simulation Pty Ltd (TTSP).
[edit] Burtek
The American company was bought in 1979 by Thomson-CSF and later renamed Thomson Training & Simulation Inc.
[edit] Thales Training & Simulation
At the end of 2000 the company was renamed Thales Training & Simulation when the parent company re-branded using the Thales name.
