AFI KLM E&M to provide cockpit simulator to help train France’s air force

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Exail have signed “a major new contract” for the supply of a full flight simulator  to train crews on the E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs) aircraft used by the French Air Force. The simulator is a replica of the forthcoming re-design of the E-3F AWACS cockpit and its provision comes as part of the contract awarded to AFI KLM E&M by the French Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) for the renovation of the cockpit on the E-3F AWACS strategic aircraft. “The cockpit renovation is a strategic goal