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A scrapped C-130 cargo plane just finished a 5,600-mile journey from Tucson, Arizona, to Belgium, thanks to a Winter Springs-based information technology and training defense contractor.
Advanced IT Concepts Inc. led the renovation of the scrapped plane, which was slated for use in the film industry, into a realistic training environment for the NATO Special Operations Allied Center for Medical Education at Chièvres Air Base in Belgium. This is the realization of a contract worth roughly $3 million Advanced IT Concepts landed in 2019.
The project is part of a program managed by the U.S. Defense Agency, meant to upgrade a NATO medical simulation training facility. That program required a simulated C-130 plane to be integrated in the medical training activities.
After Advanced IT Concepts secured the plane and transported it from Arizona to its integration facility in Longwood. There, the aircraft’s shell was cleaned, disassembled, modified, painted and bubble-wrapped so it could be shipped to Belgium piece by piece. Meanwhile, Advanced IT Concepts hired two European companies to undertake modifications including changes to walls and ceiling, and installation o
