Finland-based helicopter flight training provider Coptersafety today announced an order for five new level-D flight simulators and the construction of a new flight training center adjacent to its existing facility near Helsinki Airport. Textron’s TRU Simulation + Training will provide the simulators, representing the Airbus Helicopters H125 and H145 and Leonardo-Finmeccanica AW169 and AW189. The fifth model will be decided in the “coming months.”

“We want to take the next step in improving helicopter operators’ safety performance by offering our mission-specific simulator training for a wider range of helicopter types,” said Coptersafety CEO Mikko Dahlman.

Installation of the new simulators will start later next year, with the H145 being the first simulator to be installed and ready for training in the fourth quarter of 2017, in conjunction with the completion of the new eight-bay training facility. Coptersafety’s new training center will provide the very latest facilities and highest levels of customer, instructor and employee premises to host up to eight simulator bays. The company currently offers training in Helsinki for the Leonardo-Finmeccanica AW139.