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NYC-headquartered L3 Technologies has
announced that its L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) unit will partner
with Surrey County Council in the United Kingdom on the development and
construction of a purpose-built airline training center and production facility
for the manufacture of aircraft simulators.
The new training facility, to be named L3
London Training Center, is scheduled to become operational in the second quarter
of 2018.
This capital investment reinforces L3’s
commitment to the Commercial Airline Training market. The two new operations,
with a combined volume of more than 150,000 square feet, will be co-located on a
five-acre site in close proximity to London Gatwick Airport.
“We are very excited to announce this
significant milestone for L3 Commercial Training Solutions,” said
Michael T. Strianese,
L3’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Our Center of Excellence will
provide increased airline training capacity for our customers around the globe,
as well as serve as an economic development catalyst for the London Gatwick area
and drive continued sales growth. This investment clearly demonstrates our
commitment to our L3 CTS business and helping airlines address the growing
demand for trained pilots.”
The London Training Center will be equipped
with eight RealitySeven full flight simulators; fixed-based simulators;
briefing rooms and classrooms; meeting rooms; and a restaurant. The production
facility will provide manufacturing capacity for 30 simulators per year to meet
the growing backlog and demand for L3 CTS products and will include office space
for more than 300 employees.
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS)
includes L3 Link UK, L3 CTC Aviation and L3 Aerosim-CTC. It is a world leader in
providing intelligent total training solutions for pilots and maintainers across
a wide range of commercial platforms. L3 CTS provides a full spectrum of state-
f-the-art training solutions, including ab initio training, airline training,
aircrew resourcing, training centers and high-fidelity simulation products. The
Company has delivered commercial training solutions to customer locations
throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Pacific
Rim. L3 CTS is headquartered in Crawley, U.K. and is part of the Electronic
Systems business segment.
Headquartered in New York City, L3
Technologies employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide and is a leading
provider of a broad range of communication and electronic systems and products
used on military, homeland security and commercial platforms. L3 is also a prime
contractor in aerospace systems, security and detection systems, and pilot
training. The Company reported 2015 sales of $10.5 billion.
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