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Thursday, December 7, 2006

Rockwell Collins to Provide F-35 Image Generators

Lockheed Martin selected Rockwell Collins to provide the image generation system for F-35 Lightning pilot training devices, the companies said. Financial terms of the award were not released. As part of the award, two image generator configurations will be installed, one in a full-mission simulator and the second in a deployable mission rehearsal trainer. The deal also includes data base generation tools and a data base preview station, both based on Rockwell Collins’ EPX technology. Rockwell Collins said the EPX’s layered architecture enhances reliability and allows rapid data base creation and update from source materials. Since EPX databases are delivered as source data, the same data can be used in multiple applications and updated incrementally as new source materials become available. More