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Advanced Simulation Technology inc. will provide simulated communication and aural cueing products and services to the UK Ministry of Defence Typhoon Future Synthetic Training program. 21 July 2020
Team AVT, consisting of the Prime Contractor, AVT Simulation, alongside subcontractors Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, Kratos Defense, and Raytheon Technologies has been selected by the US Army to develop the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Hands-on Trainer (HOT) prototype, which will join the Family of Maintenance Trainers Product Line. 21 July 2020
Defence and training support company, MASS, has been awarded the Joint Command and Staff Training (JCAST) contract for UK Strategic Command, worth in excess of £11 million across a two-year period. 21 July 2020
Basic Engineering Common Core (BECC) at Surface Warfare Engineering School Command (SWESC) Great Lakes is preparing sailors with the basic skills needed to function in a shipboard engineering environment. 20 July 2020
The Finnish Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with Bagira to replace the current Blank Ammunition for combat exercises with the MAGNET-Lite magazine. 20 July 2020
The National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) is hosting Training Transformation in Light of Covid-19, a “Part B” webinar to its series with I/ITSEC Services Leadership on Wednesday, July 22, from 10:30 am – 11:30 am. 17 July 2020
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $64 million contract extension by the U.S. Air Force to continue as the Operations and Integration prime contractor for Mobility Air Force (MAF) Distributed Mission Operations. 17 July 2020
Cubic Defence U.K., which operates within Cubic Global Defense (CGD), was awarded a contract worth more than $16 million to continue the support of British Army training. 16 July 2020
CAE GmbH has been awarded a subcontract from Airbus Defence and Space to support the development of new and upgraded training capabilities for Germany’s Eurofighter program. 16 July 2020
QinetiQ has been awarded a one-year contract, with an additional option year, by the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Air Warfare Centre to develop a roadmap for the modernization of RCAF Air Weapons ranges, which will enable the combination of live and virtual environments for collaborative team training. 16 July 2020
AVATAR Partners, provider of virtual, augmented and mixed reality software solutions, has introduced its new Avatar CONNECT solution. 15 July 2020
MS&T Europe Editor Dim Jones reports on Project Gladiator, the UK’s networked air collective training, capability development, and mission preparation initiative.
The mix between live and synthetic flying training has been a hot topic within the military aviation fraternity for some while now. The arguments for synthetic training (ST) have been well rehearsed: the reduced cost per training hour of a simulator as compared with live flying; the environmental benefits, in terms of both fuel and noise; and the improved longevity of an aircraft fleet resulting from reduced flying hours, fatigue consumption and attrition. To these, more recently, have been added some operational considerations. 15 July 2020
Elitac Wearables B.V. has delivered the first order of Mission Navigation Belts to the Royal Netherlands Army. The MNB allows soldiers to feel waypoint navigation directions through small, quiet vibration motors, located in a lightweight belt worn around the waist. 15 July 2020
Engineering & Computer Simulations hasbeen awarded a Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation Train, Advise, and Assist contract to provide global services and training to Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces and, as required, to the Norwegian Armed Forces. 14 July 2020
The National Center for Simulation announced four new members for induction to the NCS Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame. 14 July 2020
HTX Labs, the creator of the EMPACT immersive training platform, has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force to collaborate with the Maintenance Next program. 14 July 2020
A US-based combined arms battalion will conduct an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise to Europe as part of the final phase of training linked to DEFENDER-Europe 20. 14 July 2020
Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), is providing the German Navy with its NH90 Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) for practising numerous tasks such as inspection, fault diagnosis, maintenance and repair procedures. 13 July 2020
Cubic Global Defense has partnered with Carley Corporation and Northrop Grumman to pursue the US Navy’s potential $93 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for the design, development, testing and delivery of products in support of the FY21 Ready Relevant Learning Content Conversion program. 10 July 2020
Learn more about the finalists for the award which recognizes exemplary small businesses in the military S&T domain. 10 July 2020