electric (Reality H helicopter simulator). Military simulators — These can simulate parts of aircraft (fuselage), water based vehicles or ground systems, they are designed to simulate the look and/or feel of the environment. The range of services offered in support of military simulators now extends to both PFI and PPP contracts. Thales Training & Simulation provides the Synthetic training service for Tornado GR4 Royal Air Force Pilots and Navigators. A similar service is provided to train Army Air Corps Lynx Mk 7 & Mk 9 Pilots. A further Thales training service took over the operation of several existing Royal Air Force Simulator training centres, Nimrod MR Mk2, C130K, VC10, Tristar, Tucano, Jaguar, Tornado F3 and SeaKing Mk3, under a PPP arrangement. As the PFI model has been adopted outside the UK, Thales is also part of a consortium to supply NH90 helicopter synthetic training to the German airforce under a PFI framework. Thales Training & Simulation has a joint venture with Eurocopter running a synthetic helicopter training facility, Helisim. Thales collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering back in the mid-1980s to create and develop the Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator (A.T.L.A.S) ride system that would eventually be used for various Disney attractions around the world, such as Star Tours, Body Wars, and Iron Man Experience. Thales also manufactures driver simulators for trucks (heavy goods vehicles), busses and military vehicles including tanks. The range of simulators extends to nuclear power plant simulators (for operator training) and small arms simulators for training army, police, etc. References External links Aerospace companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Crawley Technology companies established in 2000 Engineering companies of the United Kingdom Flight training Science and technology in West Sussex Thales Group divisions and subsidiaries Training companies of the United Kingdom British companies established in 2000