CANBERRA, Australia, June 21 (UPI)

 

Thales Australia has signed a contract with the Defense Materiel Organization to upgrade the Collins Submarine Platform Training Simulator.

Thales Australia has signed a contract with the Australia's Defense Materiel Organization to upgrade the Collins Submarine Platform Training Simulator.

The PTS has been in service since 1993 at the Submarine Training and Systems center at the military base in Stirling, Western Australia.

The system comprises subsystems for simulating propulsion control a vessel control.

Personnel receive training in propulsion, maneuvering, power conversion and distribution and auxiliary systems.