BELL 412 EPX Flight Training Device

U.S. Army Contracting Command Orlando, on behalf of the Army Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (CPE ST3), is conducting market research for a Foreign Military Sales requirement to procure one Bell 412 EPX Flight Training Device for Guatemala, with industry responses due November 18, 2026 at 12:00 EST. This is a sources sought notice; no solicitation or funding commitment has been made.

The FTD must achieve at least Level 6 certification for rotary-wing multi-crew training and support EASA, FAA, ICAO, and other civil aviation authority regulations. The cockpit replicates all primary controls (cyclic, collective, pedals), engine controls, and essential aircraft systems including electrical, fuel, hydraulic, engine/rotor, AFCS/autopilot, and warning/caution systems with realistic control forces. The avionics configuration must match the customer aircraft, potentially including GTN-series navigation systems, primary flight displays, and radios. The flight model must simulate the 412 EPX performance envelope across hover, transition, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing, including single-engine and degraded profiles validated against manufacturer data.

The visual system requires a minimum 200 x 70 field of view with real-time terrain and weather rendering for day/night/dusk conditions and degraded visual environments. The geo-specific database must include Guatemalan jungles, mountains, coastal areas, airfields, and known trafficking corridors suitable for low-level operations. Training mission sets include border security, aerial surveillance, trafficking interdiction, CASEVAC, IFR/PBN operations, and high-risk profiles.

Installation and commissioning occur at Comando Aereo Central "La Aurora" in Guatemala with minimal facility modifications. The contract includes six months of post-delivery support, operator and instructor training, comprehensive documentation, and design provisions for future enhancements including avionics updates, expanded visual databases, SAR/firefighting/HEMS modules, and potential NVIS/VR/MR/AR integration.

Responses limited to ten 8.5 x 11-inch pages in bullet format must address rough order of magnitude costs and schedules, design concepts, production capabilities, timeframes to delivery, FTD footprint, weight, standard power requirements (110/220V), and HVAC needs. Submit to Rosa Rivera (rosa.rivera53.civ@army.mil) and Daniel Fletcher (Daniel.j.fletcher31.civ@army.mil). NAICS 333310, PSC 6910; small business size standard 1,000 employees. Any resulting contract must comply with Berry Amendment specialty metals restrictions per DFARS 252.225-7008 and 252.225-7009.