Indra, recognised for its contribution to the sustainability of aviation with the development of cutting-edge simulators

Indra has been recognised by Airbus Helicopters as Best Supplier Oriented to a Sustainable Future for the development of flight simulators that enable the effective training of crews, reducing fuel consumption and avoiding unnecessary emissions, as well as increasing safety. 

The company has delivered more than 400 simulators to fifty clients in more than twenty countries. Many of them are systems with the highest degree of fidelity and realism possible, known as Level D simulators, which have been certified by the world's leading aviation and air safety agencies, including the European EASA, the American FAA and the Chinese CAAC. 

This level of fidelity means that an hour of flight in an Indra simulator is recognised as a real hour of flight in terms of pilot training. This improves the time needed to prepare pilots and increases safety. 

In its constant commitment to innovation, Indra has developed simulators in which pilots can prepare complete missions. This possibility is especially important for helicopter pilots who carry out highly complex operations, flying at low altitude to carry out tasks such as extinguishing forest fires, transporting personnel to offshore gas or oil platforms, search and rescue missions, or transporting soldiers in conflict zones, for example. 

The company equips its simulators with scenarios that reproduce in great detail the orography, aerodromes and real bases in which they operate. They also allow training in all types of atmospheric conditions, night and day, with rain, fog or strong winds. Indra's simulators are distinguished by a visual system that projects the scene with extremely high quality and by replicating the helicopter cabin with total fidelity, incorporating the real avionics systems. 

Indra has thus taken pilot training to the next level, opting for interoperable simulators which, thanks to the HLA (High Level Architecture) connectivity protocol, can connect to each other and share the same virtual scenario. 

Finally, the incorporation of virtual and augmented reality, as well as Artificial Intelligence, allows for the incorporation of new advanced functionalities. In this way, Indra responds to the challenge of taking the controls of increasingly digitised helicopters, equipped with sophisticated instruments and systems.