Currently Rheinmetall at the trade fair IMDEX Asia in Singapore is currently presenting its “Total Ship Trainer”. This system is a fully networked and integrated complete solution for training complete ship crews on land as realistically as possible.
Rheinmetall is already delivering one such Total Ship Trainer to the Royal Thai Navy. In July 2021, Rheinmetall Electronics from Bremen was awarded the contract for the construction of the Naval Mission Training Center (NMTC). Rheinmetall is not only supplying the simulators, but is also responsible for the construction of the training building at the naval base in Sattahip, Thailand. The project also includes networking with other training facilities and training personnel. https://militaeraktuell.at/milliardenauftrag-fuer-mbda-aus-polen/ The two-storey NMTC comprises 20 individual simulators in “full-mission” and “part-task” configurations as well as four associated classroom trainers and corresponding briefing/debriefing equipment. An innovative feature of the NMTC system is the ability to combine the individual simulators for “total ship training”. In the NMTC, the simulators “Bridge”, “Engine Room”, “Operations Center” and “Damage Control” together form a “separate ship” and interact with each other. This extended cooperation enables joint team training for the key crew members of a ship. In particular, operational procedures and communication processes can be trained and optimized in a wide variety of internal and external naval warfare scenarios. This makes the previous individual crew training much more realistic and comprehensive, so that the entire crew is better prepared for combat readiness at sea.
In addition to the integration of the system, the Thai naval trainers were also instructed in Germany starting in October 2022. In January 2023, the navy trainers successfully completed their intensive training on all individual simulators of the Total Ship Trainer configuration and on the server system. The training system was then optimized again with regard to the customer’s user requirements. In mid-April, the entire system was transported by sea to the Sattahip naval base, where system integration and commissioning will begin in the completed training building. Final acceptance by the customer is scheduled for July.
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