CAD develops periscope simulator
[Johannesburg, 8 April 2013] -
Cybicom Atlas Defence, working together with the South African Navy, has developed a new periscope simulator system for the Navy.The simulator is used to train submariners in the use of the Zeiss Sero 400 attack periscope of the SA Navy’s Heroine class Type 209 submarines. It provides accurate simulation of the use of the periscope in acquiring and tracking different targets – ships, aircraft or even a person in the water – in daylight, at night and in a range of different difficult weather conditions: high sea states, rain, fog and various degrees of cloud cover among them, as well as the effect of spray as a submarine moves through the water. It can also be programmed to incorporate sun- and moon-rise and set, and phases of the moon.The simulator system comprises a replica of the attack periscope, suspended from the ceiling of the training room, with the same controls, motion and functionality of the real unit, and an instructor work station. Exercises are planned and controlled by the instructor from that work station, which provides a view of what the student sees through the periscope and information on what the student is doing, and also allows the instructor to inject changes in the tactical situation and to modify weather conditions or the sea state as they might change during an engagement in a particular stretch of sea.
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