Collins Aerospace Supports RNLAF F-35 & CH-47F Programs

The company plans to create a service center at the Logistics Center Woensdrecht Air Base to provide a robust and agile supply chain for both the F-35 Helmet-Mounted Display and CH-47F avionics components By DA Staff / 01 Jun 2022

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Collins Aerospace Supports Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35 and CH-47F Programs
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Collins Aerospace has signed two Letters of Intent (LOI) with the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to support its F-35 and CH-47F programs.

As part of the first LOI, Collins plans to integrate its F-35 simulator helmet into Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)’s DESDEMONA motion simulator at the RNLAF’s F-35 Pilot Readiness Center (PRC) in Soesterberg, the Netherlands. This simulator’s spatial disorientation program will help provide insight into physiological dynamics that may further drive helmet innovation, like better understanding adverse conditions as they occur to ensure pilots maintain control of their aircraft. This joint initiative will develop a single, integrated training environment to provide new operational benefits to the F-35 community.

“Offering F-35 pilot dynamic training and testing in the human centrifuge, as well as the DESDEMONA simulator, will be a high-end capability within our PRC F-35 concept,” said Major General Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan, Deputy Commander of the RNLAF. “Together with our partners, we are supporting the 5th generation of dynamic testing, training and helmet fitting, while driving continued innovation.”

Collins has been working with the RNLAF for the past year to develop what it claims is the world’s first PRC outside of the United States, delivering on-location helmet fitting and dynamic testing for F-35 pilots. The PRC, located at the RNLAF’s Center for Man in Aviation, recently achieved Initial Operating Capability.

The company signed another LOI together with the RNLAF with the intention of creating a service center at the Logistics Center Woensdrecht (LCW) Air Base. This new center will help provide a robust and agile supply chain for both the F-35 Helmet-Mounted Display and CH-47F avionics components to support the RNLAF and other operators in the region. Work to establish the F-35 and CH-47F avionics depots, and to place local support personnel, is slated to begin in early 2026.

“Collins Aerospace and the RNLAF are working toward a common goal of supporting the F-35 helmet and maximizing the availability of CH-47F avionics in-region,” said Lisa Steffen, vice president and general manager, Avionics Service and Support for Collins Aerospace. “We’re currently providing Performance Based Logistics (PBL) avionics support to the Air Force’s CH-47F fleet at the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, and we look forward to now bringing depot repair capability for the F-35 and CH-47F platforms at LCW – both of which will provide seamless support to the armed forces.”

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