Why Primes Choose Simtek for 737 Flight Simulators
When a simulator prime is building a Boeing 737 training device, the avionics hardware has to do more than look the part. It has to perform reliably, integrate cleanly, support the required level of training fidelity, and remain supportable for years to come.
That is why leading simulator manufacturers turn to Simtek for 737 simulated avionics.
Built Around the Flight Deck
Simtek designs and manufactures simulated avionics specifically for flight simulation and training applications.
For 737 programs, that includes control panels, instruments, MFD displays, glareshield components, overhead panels, center pedestal equipment, circuit-breaker panels, and other flight-deck hardware.
Our focus is straightforward: reproduce the form, fit, function, and feel of the aircraft hardware while designing the product around the requirements of the simulator.
That distinction matters.
Aircraft components are designed for an aircraft. Simulated avionics are designed for a training environment where maintainability, integration, reliability, repeatability, and lifecycle support are just as important as appearance.
Experience Across 737 Training Platforms
Simtek has supported 737 simulator programs ranging from lower-level training devices and FTDs to high-fidelity full-flight simulator applications.
That experience allows our engineering team to understand the different requirements that come with each training level.
A classroom trainer does not necessarily require the same architecture as a Level D full-flight simulator, but both benefit from hardware developed with the same attention to cockpit fidelity, durability, and interface flexibility.
This gives simulator primes the ability to work with a supplier whose products can scale with the training requirement.
Designed for Integration
One of the biggest challenges in simulator manufacturing is integration.
The panel may look perfect mechanically, but if the electrical architecture, communication interface, lighting, displays, controls, or feedback devices do not integrate properly with the simulator host system, the program slows down.
Simtek designs its simulated avionics with integration in mind.
Depending on the application, our products can support a range of simulator interfaces and technologies, allowing the prime contractor to integrate Simtek hardware into its existing simulator architecture rather than redesigning an entire system around the hardware.
The goal is simple: make the simulated avionics one less problem for the simulator manufacturer to solve.
From Individual Panels to Complete Cockpit Packages
Not every simulator program requires the same scope. Some customers need a single replacement panel. Others require complete cockpit avionics packages.
Simtek can support both.
Our 737 capabilities can include individual control panels, instruments and displays, or larger assemblies covering major areas of the flight deck.
This flexibility gives simulator manufacturers a single U.S.-based source for multiple cockpit hardware requirements while maintaining consistent engineering, manufacturing, quality, and support.
Production-Ready Manufacturing
A successful simulator program cannot stop at a prototype.
The hardware has to be manufacturable again and again.
Simtek combines mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, machining, laser processing, assembly, wiring, painting, testing, and quality inspection within a tightly controlled manufacturing environment.
That vertical capability allows us to move a design from engineering into production while maintaining control over configuration, workmanship, and quality.
For primes producing multiple training devices, that repeatability is critical.
The first unit has to work.
So does the tenth.
Configuration and Obsolescence Support
Commercial aircraft platforms remain in service for decades, and simulator hardware often has to remain operational just as long.
Electronic components change. Displays become obsolete. Switches disappear from the market. Interfaces evolve.
Simtek actively supports configuration management and component obsolescence throughout the life of our products.
When a component becomes difficult to source, our engineering team can evaluate alternatives and develop solutions intended to maintain simulator functionality without forcing the customer into unnecessary redesign.
For simulator primes and training centers, that means having a hardware partner that remains involved long after initial delivery.
U.S.-Based Engineering and Manufacturing
Simtek's simulated avionics are designed, manufactured, assembled, tested, and supported in the United States.
Keeping engineering and production closely connected provides significant advantages when programs require design changes, configuration updates, troubleshooting, rapid prototypes, or replacement hardware.
Customers can communicate directly with the people designing and building the product.
That responsiveness becomes especially valuable during simulator integration and qualification, when seemingly small hardware changes can have a major impact on schedule.
Supporting the Entire Simulator Lifecycle
Delivering the initial hardware is only part of the relationship.
Simulator primes need suppliers capable of supporting production, spares, repairs, refurbishment, upgrades, obsolescence issues, and future configurations.
Simtek has built its business around that long-term support model.
Whether the requirement is a new 737 MAX training device, an existing 737NG simulator, a replacement panel, or a cockpit modernization program, our objective remains the same:
Provide simulator manufacturers with dependable simulated avionics they can integrate, qualify, deliver, and support with confidence.
Commercial Training. Real-World Fidelity.
The flight simulator industry depends on hardware that feels right to the pilot, performs correctly for the instructor, integrates efficiently for the simulator manufacturer, and remains reliable for the training center.
That is where Simtek fits.
For decades, Simtek has focused on one thing: building simulated avionics for professional flight training.
Control panels. Instruments. MFD displays. Complete cockpit solutions.
Commercial Training. Real-World Fidelity.
