L-3 MAPPS: Press Releases

L-3 MAPPS to Simulate Major Beznau Nuclear Power Plant Updates
Monday, May 14, 2012 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has announced that it will proceed with two projects to update the full scope simulator at Axpo's Beznau nuclear power plant located in Dottingen, Switzerland. The projects involve...

L-3 MAPPS Secures Important Simulator Upgrade Project in California
Thursday, March 29, 2012 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has won a contract from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to upgrade the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) Operator Training Simulator (OTS). Work is...

L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade the Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant Simulator
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that it is has been contracted by DTE Energy to upgrade the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant simulator with L-3's Orchid® simulation environment. The company will also...

L-3 MAPPS Human Factors Simulator Delivered to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research
Friday, January 27, 2012 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has delivered a research simulator to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) in the New London Business and Technology Center in...

L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Pilgrim Simulator and Provide New Classroom Simulator
Thursday, December 15, 2011 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has announced that it is has been awarded a contract from Entergy Nuclear to upgrade the existing Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) full scope simulator and to equip the plant with...

L-3 MAPPS to Deliver Orchid® Touch Interface Classroom Simulators to South Texas Project
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has announced that is has been selected by STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) to develop classroom simulators to augment full scope simulator training at the South Texas...

World's First EPR™ Full Scope Simulator Now in Use at Finland's Olkiluoto 3 Nuclear Power Plant
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has announced that the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear power plant full scope simulator (FSS), the first-ever FSS for an EPR™ plant, has passed preliminary acceptance...

L-3 MAPPS Reaches Major Milestone on Ling Ao Phase II Simulator Project
Thursday, July 21, 2011 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has announced that the Ling Ao Phase II nuclear power plant full scope simulator (FSS), the first-ever simulator for a CPR1000 plant, has attained another significant milestone. In...

L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Callaway Simulator with Alternate Emergency Power System Models
Monday, July 11, 2011 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has earned follow-on orders from Ameren Missouri to upgrade the full scope simulator for the Callaway Energy Center in Callaway County, Missouri, US. One...

L-3 MAPPS to Add Value to Embalse Refurbishment with Digital Control Computer Systems
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract from Nucleoeléctrica Argentina (NA-SA) to replace the Embalse nuclear power plant's digital control computer (DCC) systems hardware. Four DCC systems...

L-3 MAPPS Deploys CPR 1000+ New Build Simulators for the Hongyanhe Site
Thursday, April 07, 2011 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that a second pair of L-3 MAPPS-developed simulators for the CPR1000+ nuclear plant design have entered service at the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Training Center. The...

L-3 MAPPS' Orchid® Technology to be Installed on Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant Simulator
Tuesday, November 09, 2010 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has reached an agreement with the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to update the full scope simulator at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station with its Orchid® family of...

L-3 MAPPS to Further Enhance Simulator for the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has announced that it has been granted a contract extension from the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) to further update its SOFIA...

L-3 MAPPS Awarded Embalse Full Scope Simulator Project
Tuesday, August 03, 2010 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has received an order from Nucleoeléctrica Argentina (NA-SA) to supply the full scope operator training simulator for the Embalse nuclear power station....

L-3 MAPPS to Support AmerenUE with Callaway Plant's Integrated Control System Upgrade
Monday, June 07, 2010 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has announced that it has won two orders from AmerenUE in support of the Siemens SPPA-T3000 integrated control system (ICS) upgrade for the Callaway nuclear plant in Callaway...

L-3 MAPPS to Update Beznau Full Scope Simulator with Orchid Simulation Products
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has signed an agreement with Switzerland's Axpo to update the Beznau full scope simulator with L-3 MAPPS' latest suite of Orchid® simulation products. The project will kick...

L-3 MAPPS to Provide Second Simulator for Eskom's Koeberg Station
Monday, December 07, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS Montreal — L-3 MAPPS has received an order from Eskom Holdings for a second full-scope training simulator. Eskom's Koeberg nuclear power station, with AREVA-designed pressurised...

L-3 MAPPS Launches DCS-Controlled Simulators at Ling Ao Phase II
Monday, November 02, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS Montreal, Canada – L-3 MAPPS has announced that the Ling Ao Phase II nuclear power plant full scope simulator (FSS) is in service and being used to train operators. This is L-3 MAPPS' first FSS...

L-3 MAPPS Receives Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award
Monday, August 17, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS’ Power Systems and Simulation business has been awarded Frost & Sullivan’s 2009 Global Excellence in Customer Value award for its customer-centric approach, technological superiority...

L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Brazil’s Angra 2 Simulator
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has signed an agreement with Eletrobrás Termonuclear – Eletronuclear of Brazil to upgrade its Angra 2 simulator at the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Station. The project...

L-3 MAPPS Contributes to Life Extension of Gentilly-2 Plant Computers
Monday, July 27, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has won an order from Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) to replace the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station’s digital control computers (DCCs). DCC systems are used to monitor and...

L-3 MAPPS to Build Second Simulator for China's Hongyanhe Site
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has won a second simulator order for China's Hongyanhe nuclear power plant from Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co Ltd (LHNPC), the plant owner and operator. The second simulator is...

L-3 MAPPS Recognised by AREVA as Key Supplier
Friday, June 05, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today it has been named an AREVA certified supplier for its nuclear power plant simulators and services. Michael Chatlani, vice president of marketing and sales for L-3...

L-3 MAPPS to Supply AREVA with Flamanville 3 EPR™ Engineering Simulator
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has received authorization from AREVA NP to proceed with the development of an engineering simulator based on the Flamanville 3 (FA3) EPR™ design. This is part of the continuing...

L-3 MAPPS to Replace Cernavoda’s DCC Computers and Provide Desktop Simulator
Monday, April 06, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract from Romania’s Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN) for replacing the Cernavoda unit 1 digital control computer (DCC) central processing unit (CPU) equipment and...

L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Hydro-Québec’s Gentilly-2 Simulator
Thursday, April 02, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract from Hydro-Québec to significantly upgrade its Gentilly-2 simulator. The simulator upgrade is part of a plant refurbishment project which will extend the...

L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Callaway Plant Simulator with Orchid®
Friday, February 20, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has received an order from AmerenUE to enhance the Callaway nuclear plant simulator with its Orchid® suite of software tools. In 2008, L-3 successfully replaced the...

L-3 MAPPS to Replace New Brunswick Power’s Point Lepreau DCC Computers
Monday, January 19, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has secured an order from New Brunswick (NB) Power Nuclear for new digital control computer (DCC) central processing units (CPUs) at the Point Lepreau Generating Station. In addition,...

L-3 MAPPS to Overhaul Eskom’s Koeberg Simulator
Monday, January 05, 2009 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has secured a contract from Eskom Holdings to significantly refurbish its Koeberg operator training simulator. Featuring L-3 MAPPS’ Orchid® modeling environment, the upgrade will...

L-3 MAPPS to Furnish AREVA Test Facility with EPR Engineering Simulator
Thursday, October 09, 2008 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract by AREVA to provide an EPR engineering simulator and on-site support for one year to AREVA’s test facility in Erlangen, Germany. The EPR engineering...

L-3 MAPPS to Deliver New Reactor Model for South Texas Project Simulator
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that the STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) has placed an order to replace the reactor core model for the unit 1 and 2 South Texas Project simulator. The...

L-3 MAPPS to Provide Software Upgrade for IRSN Simulator
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced that it has won a contract from the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) to upgrade its simulator platform software for the incorporation...

L-3 MAPPS to Modify Koeberg Simulator Software Architecture
Monday, May 19, 2008 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has obtained an order from Eskom Holdings to modify the Koeberg operator training simulator to support the interface of new OPC XML-compliant* devices...

L-3 MAPPS to Integrate CATHARE on AREVA Simulators
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from AREVA to upgrade three simulators with the incorporation of CATHARE, an...

L-3 MAPPS To Provide Orchid Reactor Model for Callaway Simulator
Wednesday, January 02, 2008 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that AmerenUE has placed an order to replace the reactor core model on the Callaway nuclear plant simulator. The reactor model for...

L-3 Mapps to Develop Gas-Cooled Reactor Models for British Energy
Thursday, November 08, 2007 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that British Energy Generation Ltd. has awarded a follow-on contract to replace the reactor core models on the Hartlepool and...

L-3 Mapps Lands Two Simulator DCS Implementation Orders
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has recently been awarded contracts from Westinghouse Electric Company and China Techenergy Company (CTEC) to assist the...

L-3 MAPPS Wins Hongyanhe Phase I Simulator Project
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has received an order from Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) to supply a full-scale simulator for the first...

L-3 MAPPS Introduces Orchid™ Family of Software Products
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 Communications MAPPS (L-3 MAPPS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it is completing a major branding initiative. The software tools used in all of the company's...

Beznau Nuclear Power Plant Simulator Successfully Completed
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 Communications MAPPS (L-3 MAPPS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has signed a protocol in Döttingen, Switzerland with Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG...

Hartlepool Simulator Taken Over By British Energy
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 by L-3 MAPPS L-3 Communications MAPPS (L-3 MAPPS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that the Hartlepool Simulator was taken over by British Energy Generation Ltd. (BEGL) on March 1, 2007....

L-3 MAPPS to Modernize Korea's Wolsong Simulator
Monday, March 12, 2007 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA, March 12, 2007 - L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Korea...

L-3 MAPPS Solidifies Position as Key DCC Supplier for OPG
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA, October 10, 2006 — L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has won an order from Ontario Power...

Peter Dawson Appointed President of L-3 MAPPS
Tuesday, October 03, 2006 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA, October 2, 2006 — L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today the appointment of Peter Dawson as president of L-3...

Refurbished Fort Calhoun Simulator Declared Ready for Training
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, Quebec, Canada, September 8, 2006 - L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, today signed an accord with the Omaha Public Power District...

Early Adopters of L-3 MAPPS Simulators Return for Upgrades
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, Quebec, Canada, August 21, 2006 - L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has recently secured four U.S. power...

Songs Simulator to be Pilot site for L-3 MAPPS’ New Reactor Model
Wednesday, July 05, 2006 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA,— L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has entered into a technical cooperation agreement with...

L-3 MAPPS Certified to ISO 9001:2000 International Quality Standard
Wednesday, May 03, 2006 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA, May 3, 2006 - L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)...

L-3 MAPPS to Develop Prototype Plant Computer for CANDU OWNERSL-3 MAPPS To Develop Prototype Plant Computer for CANDU Owners
Tuesday, February 07, 2006 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA, February 7, 2006 - L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has secured a contract from the...

L-3 MAPPS to build Ling AO Phase II Full-Scale Simulator
Thursday, December 15, 2005 by L-3 MAPPS SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA, December 15, 2005 - L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has been selected by the final customer...