HUNT VALLEY, Md., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Industrial Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary AAI Services Corporation has received a $6.9 million award to upgrade the U.S. Air Force's T-25 Simulator for Electronic Training (SECT) system.
AAI Services will design, manufacture, and test the updated system to provide student electronic warfare officers with an enhanced, comprehensive, electronic environment for primary and mission-level electronic warfare training.
The award was issued through the U.S. Air Force Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The SECT system is installed at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
"Electronic combat training for air crews has long been a top priority of the Air Force," noted Paul Lavin, president of AAI Services, "and AAI has been delivering advanced, high technology hardware, simulation software, and logistics support for nearly 30 years. We're proud that we've been selected to continue this vital mission support for SECT."
Under the award, AAI Services will update the system's student stations and instructor stations, add a new development station to the existing Trainer Software Support Center, and re-host the existing computer system. Updates will include radar, weather simulation, airfield operations, and terrain modifications.
SECT is a software-based training aid hosted on commercial, off-the-shelf personal computers. Students use interactive combat laboratory exercises as well as simulated training missions.
AAI Corporation designed and developed the original SECT system for the U.S. Air Force in the 1990s, replacing the AAI-developed Simulator for Electronic Warfare Training (SEWT), which had been in operation since the 1970s.
AAI Services Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AAI Corporation, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Industrial Corporation.
United Industrial Corporation designs, produces, and supports defense systems. Its products and services include unmanned aerial vehicle systems, training and simulation systems, automated aircraft test and maintenance equipment, armament systems, logistical and engineering services, and other leading-edge technology solutions for defense needs. The company also manufactures combustion equipment for business and refuse fuels.
For more information, visit http://www.unitedindustrial.com/ and http://www.aaicorp.com/.
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