Members of the German Federal Ministry of Defence, Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg) and the Boeing Company visited the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) Oceana for a familiarization tour, Feb. 28.

The group learned about training methods, including the Integrated Visual Environmental Maintenance Trainer (IVEMT) and Maintenance Training Suite (MTS), for the development of the next generation strike fighter. aircraft.

Instructors demonstrated strike fighter landing gear and arresting hook systems through the MTS, a training device capable of providing real-world scenarios and displaying the timing and rigging of more than 100 components working simultaneously.

Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Class Brandon Sexton showed how students use the IVEMT to experience an accurate visual and sound simulation of both internal and external strike fighter aircraft operations. The flight station displays on the IVEMT are identical to those installed in actual aircraft, providing Navy and Marine Corps service members maintaining the aircraft a sense of what it really feels like walking to the aircraft, opening panels, removing components and performing simulated maintenance operations.

Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) 1st Class Justin Sapp demonstrated how students can use a series of flow chart schematics displayed on two 80-inch monitors on the IVEMT. The group operated the touch screens and performed a common aviation electronics troubleshooting procedure.

"The IVEMT allows students to get a visual on what they might have otherwise not understood through reading," said Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Derek Fuell. "The labs are where instruction becomes clearer. Leaving the schoolhouse, each student has a stronger sense of procedural safety, component location and common functions they will encounter once they arrive at their duty station."

Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class John Hunter also demonstrated an instructor's interface with the smart board in an electronic classroom and how its interactive features allow an instructor to make notes, using markers and indicators, on a projected topic of discussion and play technical videos without having to set up additional equipment.

"The time saved by the smart board system allows the instructor to spend more time with the students," said Hunter.

Cmdr. David Moore, CNATTU Oceana commanding officer, said the tour of their facilities showcased both the technical skills Sailors and Marines will learn during their course of instruction, as well as the innovative methods in which material is relayed in the classroom.

"It's an honor to provide tours of the training facility, and a privilege to display the Navy's capabilities in delivering quality training to the fleet," said Moore. "We're using some of the latest and most innovative technology in existence to educate, and watching CNATTU Sailors and Marines deliver such technical presentations is not only impressive, but reassuring that we are putting the highest quality aviation maintenance professionals out to the fleet."

CNATTU Oceana provides specialized technical training to aviation maintenance professionals for F/A-18 Hornets and automated test equipment in direct support of genuine and emerging fleet requirements.

CNATTU Oceana is part of the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, which provides single site management for Navy and Marine Corps aviation technical training.

CNATTU is a technical training agent for the Naval Aviation Enterprise, an organization designed to advance and sustain naval aviation warfighting capabilities at an affordable cost under Naval Education and Training Command.

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