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With COVID-19 still sweeping the globe, it’s taken a lot of innovation among the crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) to keep sailors safe as they continue their mission of completing refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) and delivering the ship back to the fleet as... 21 April 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division in Norco, California, recently designed a low-cost, mass-producible portable medical oxygen manifold for Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton for the COVID-19 response. The device – designed in a matter of hours at the request of Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (CLR-15) Marines – features... 21 April 2020
Volunteers from U.S. Naval Air Stations across the world have taken out their sewing machines to craft masks for military personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers at Naval Station Rota, Spain, deliver homemade masks to the installation's commissary. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin A. 21 April 2020
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) began admitting patients from hospitals in New Jersey in an effort to expand its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. Sailors prepare to transport a patient arriving for medical treatment from an ambulance onto the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS... 21 April 2020
U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a $54 million firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of an Undersea Operational Training Facility (UOTC) to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract also contains one Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment line item and one unexercised option, which if... 21 April 2020
The use of simulations at colleges and universities worldwide is becoming commonplace in various areas of study. In part 2 of 2, Robert W. Moorman looks at the educational pipeline for the next generation of simulationists. 21 April 2020
The Thales Watchkeeper is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and is the latest, and most capable and sophisticated, unmanned aerial system (UAS) in the British Army. MS&T’s Dim Jones visited the UK’s Watchkeeper Force and 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery. 21 April 2020
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi) a follow-on contract for an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). This latest award marks the third renewal since the contract’s inception. The contract provides licensing and support services for ASTi’s networked voice communications, radio-over-IP bridging to the Warrior Preparation... 20 April 2020
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) launched a scholarship campaign within the modeling, simulation & training (MS&T) industry to help more students with tuition and educational expenses during the recovery phase of COVID-19. M&S Student Day at the University of Central Florida on February 19, 2020. Image credit: NCS. 20 April 2020
Colonel Scott Gilman, Deputy Director of the Army Modeling & Simulation Office (AMSO), was interviewed by Group Editor Marty Kauchak. 20 April 2020
Lockheed Martin is partnering with Varjo for its visual simulation platform Prepar3D. Varjo is working with Lockheed Martin and the Prepar3D team to enable demanding training and simulation scenarios that require high-fidelity immersive displays. Image credit: Varjo Developed by Lockheed Martin, Prepar3D allows users to create training scenarios across... 16 April 2020
FlightSafety International’s FlightSmart, the company’s new integrated pilot performance evaluation and training tool, has successfully completed acceptance testing at the Columbus Air Force Base (AFB). FlightSafety developed FlightSmart in conjunction with IBM. Image credit: FlightSafety International FlightSafety received a contract in November 2019 for FlightSmart from the United States... 16 April 2020
FlightSafety International has been awarded a new contract to provide multi-country KC-46 aircrew and maintenance training. The training will be delivered to International Military Students (IMSs) to support the United States government and Air Force Security Assistance Training international partners' mission objectives. Image credit: FlightSafety International FlightSafety will be... 16 April 2020
PLEXSYS recently unveiled Direct Link Interface (DLI) 6.8. This protocol translation tool is a software solution for customers with a requirement to interface operational data link terminals with synthetic, live, and blended participants. Image credit: PLEXSYS DLI is an essential gateway, supporting the exchange of data link messages between... 16 April 2020
Every Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program class has undergone common challenges during the 55-week course. ENJJPT Class 20-04, however, has endured unique circumstances during their trek to earn their pilot wings, which began Feb. 26, 2019. Perhaps no other class in the nearly 40-year history of the U.S. 15 April 2020
Boeing has selected Calytrix Technologies’ Calytrix Comms Net Radio (CNR) family of products as the underpinning communications framework for its Defence Operational Training Capability (Air) (DOTC(A)) Core System and Services (DCS&S) contract. Image credit: Calytrix Working to the UK Ministry of Defence’s requirements, CNR will provide advanced simulated radio... 14 April 2020
Arlington Capital Partners’ portfolio company, AEgis Technologies, has acquired mission-enabling technology provider Excivity, Inc. This investment deepens AEgis’ cyber and intelligence mission area through differentiated products and solutions, an expanded customer base, and a consistent commitment to innovation, excellence, and creativity. Excivity creates and deploys mission-enabling technologies, including specialized... 14 April 2020
VT MAK has been hosting a virtual Lunch with MAK three times a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at noon EDT and is now in its fourth week. Attendees of the virtual meetings can talk with the MAK team and others in the simulation community to learn about... 14 April 2020
The VR/AR Association (VRARA) Orlando Chapter released a webcast on the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. military simulation and training needs. The webinar discussed what has been learned a month into the coronavirus pandemic as training is delivered remotely to the warfighter through various technologies and how this has... 14 April 2020
The use of simulation and virtual reality in education and training today is widespread and expanding. Where will the next generation of “simulationists” come from to continue the evolution? Robert W. Moorman spoke with world-leading universities. Part 1 of 2. 14 April 2020