Bahrain Airshow 2016: Finmeccanica opens Eurofighter Typhoon maintenance training centre
Finmeccanica's Airborne and Space Systems division has opened a state-of-the-art new Eurofighter Typhoon maintenance training centre at its electronic warfare site of excellence in Luton, UK.
The new facility will train Saudi Arabian engineers working for Riyadh-based Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) to repair parts of the electronic warfare equipment carried by the Typhoons.
In Saudi Arabia, AEC forms part of an in-Kingdom repair service for the Typhoon jet managed by BAE Systems. The new Finmeccanica training centre will teach AEC’s engineers to maintain the Praetorian system, the Typhoon’s Defensive Aid Sub-System (DASS).
The new facility is designed to provide specialist knowledge transfer from Finmeccanica’s electronic warfare experts to senior AEC engineers.
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