The Portuguese Visa Court has approved the purchase of a new F-16 tactical training centre for the Portuguese Air Force. IFAD TS A/S (IFAD), together with subcontractor ArenalogicApS (AL), has been selected as supplier of the Deployable Affordable Readiness Trainer (DART) the company writes in a press release. DART is a combined F-16 and JTAC/GCI tactical training centre, which will support the Portuguese armed forces in educating and training their F-16 pilots in tactical Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground operations, their Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) in Close Air Support (CAS) operations, and Ground Controlled Intercept (GCI) personnel.
According to IFAD, DART has been jointly developed by IFAD and AL and has been in operationwith the Royal Danish Air Force for several years.
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