Updated: Nov 23, 2020
The Door Gunner Simulator (DGS), built by PSI, was visited last week by the king of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander. DGS is part of many installed at the Gilze-Rijen airbase, and their use for military training was the focus of the visit. The simulators are being used for a variety of benefits, including the ability to simulate many environments and the reduced noise they produce when compared to the real thing.
The original Dutch article can be found here.
Updated: Nov 23, 2020
Pathfinder's recent simulator for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLA) is featured in the July/August 2017 edition of Military Training & Simulation News Magazine. The Door Gunner Simulator (DGS), developed by PSI, is lauded as a time- and cost-saving training mechanism for the RNLA.
Updated: Nov 23, 2020
The Disabling Fire upgrade is the first tetherless training weapon developed by Pathfinder Systems. It will be incorporated into the Door Gunner Simulator (DGS) for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The weapon model is the HK 417, which shoots 7.62 mm rounds, and is used for disabling fire (as opposed to sniper fire). Disabling Fire will be configured for the Cougar and NH-90 airframes in the DGS. The upgrade will include trainer-input malfunctions, muzzle flash, and tetherless pneumatic recoil. It will also have wireless communications with the Host system, an internal sensor array to communicate trainee weapon state to trainer, and its own ballistics model.
