AAI Test & Training Introduces Threat File Translator for its A²PATS EW Simulator

Hunt Valley, Md. — MAY 23, 2012 — AAI Test & Training, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today the availability of a new electronic warfare (EW) threat file translator that will be integrated as a standard capability on its state-of-the-art Advanced Architecture Phase, Amplitude and Time Simulator (A²PATS) system. Customers can automate the transfer of their threat file libraries from legacy systems to A²PATS quickly and reliably, making the vast majority of the U.S. Navy’s existing simulator-derived files available on the new system. AAI Test & Training already has delivered its first translator-capable A²PATS system to a U.S. Navy customer.

“Our EW threat file translator preserves existing threat databases developed for legacy systems and formats them to operate directly in the Navy’s new A²PATS EW simulators,” says Senior Vice President and General Manager Robert Peters of AAI Test & Training. “This capability saves our customers...

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Textron Systems has been providing innovative solutions to the defense, homeland security and aerospace communities for more than 50 years. Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., the company is known for its unmanned aircra...

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