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It seems that most tech company CEOs are mentioning the metaverse this year. What is the metaverse, why is it important and is the military already building it? MS&T Editor Andy Fawkes reports. 24 November 2020
CAE has been awarded a subcontract from Improbable for a second year to further develop and extend a Single Synthetic Environment technology demonstrator for the United Kingdom’s Strategic Command. 24 November 2020
Russian Navy Project 12322 Zubr Class air cushion landing craft (hovercraft) - Evgeny Kocheshkov and Mordovia recently participated in exercises off the coast of the Kaliningrad region. 24 November 2020
Engineering & Computer Simulations has been selected to present the paper, Addressing Tactical Combat Casualty Care in Synthetic Training Environments, at vIITSEC next week. 24 November 2020
This 17 November, Andy Fawkes, MS&T Editor and Marty Kauchak, Halldale Media Group Editor, completed a wide-ranging interview with Arthur Alexion, CEO, Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim). We spoke about the challenges now and opportunities for the future. 23 November 2020
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy recently completed carrier qualification onboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning for a new batch of pilots directly recruited from high school for its carrier-based aircraft. 23 November 2020
Exercise Friendship-2020, the fifth edition of a joint Pakistani-Russian military exercise is taking place in Pakistan this November. 21 November 2020
China will look to incorporate Artificial Intelligence technologies and a virtual tactical training system on its future fighter trainers. 20 November 2020
The Bangladesh Air Force has completed another Operational Conversion Course on its Yak-130s with the 105 Advanced Jet Training Unit at BAF Base Zahurul Haque. 19 November 2020
ACME Worldwide Enterprises’ True Q Dynamic Motion Seat is being used to facilitate research by the Dynamic Interface Virtual Environment program. 19 November 2020
CAE has been awarded a subcontract by Lockheed Martin to supply the CAE Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role system for U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. 19 November 2020
In a normal year the MS&T team would attend conferences in person and report on the proceedings. This year, we have not travelled, but logged in. As well as congratulating the organisers for delivering the conferences in a whole new way, what did we learn from the conferences and the pros and cons of these virtual events? 18 November 2020
RUAG Simulation & Training has confirmed its capabilities for full remote monitoring and supervision support for live training systems on behalf of a European customer. 18 November 2020
The Orlando Economic Partnership was awarded $110,000 through the Florida Defense Support Task Force Grant Program. 18 November 2020
Lt. Col. James Cooper (retired) will be joining the Design Interactive firm as the new Extended Reality Division Head. 18 November 2020
The 492nd Special Operations Wing of the U.S. Air Force has implemented Britannica Knowledge Systems’ Fox to streamline and improve its training environments. 17 November 2020
Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides a high-level glimpse of rapidly evolving defense S&T trends and programs in Asia.
Asian military services are using learning technologies to strengthen their readiness levels across their mission sets. At one end of the spectrum, new training and education systems are supporting the introduction of the fifth-generation F-35A to the Royal Australian Air Force. At the same time, regional defense forces are using wargame-like solutions to allow their units and staffs to prepare for tasks in and beyond warfighting domains. Further to these trends, the overarching, major development to which simulation and training (S&T) companies, beyond and from the region, are responding is the expanding, insatiable demand for products and services by diverse Asian customers – hardware OEMs, defense departments and other government organizations, and others. This feature article selectively reviews developments in the Asian Pacific S&T defense market space through the regional portfolios of four industry companies.
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ST Engineering Antycip (formerly Antycip Simulation) has been commissioned to upgrade the projection system for two Tiger attack helicopter simulators located at a Military technical centre in Europe. 17 November 2020
The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, will be all virtual this year. 17 November 2020
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. a 171 million USD modification to the contract for the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Helicopter Training System. 16 November 2020