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Naval Support Activity Orlando will participate this February in Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2020 (CS/SC 20), an annual anti-terrorism force protection exercise, which includes the Commander of US Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Commander of Navy Installations Command (CNIC). Security personnel from Naval Support Activity Orlando apprehend a simulated... 4 February 2020
King Crow Studios was selected as one of six recipients of a $1-million contract from the United States Air Force for their training and simulation application. The contracts were awarded at the inaugural Simulators Pitch Day in December, part of the Interservice/Industry, Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), which... 4 February 2020
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) will demo its latest simulation software at the 2019 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), which takes place from December 2-6 in Orlando, Florida. Conference-goers can preview ARA’s latest synthetic terrain capabilities and virtual reality (VR) technologies at booth 2572, which include the... 4 February 2020
RUAG MRO International’s Jan Uebersax will present at MilSim 2020, during Asia Defence Expo & Conference Series (ADECS) 2020. An architect of new simulation & training systems, Uebersax will provide insight into approaches for mission success in today’s evolving urban scenarios. The 30-minute presentation, Case Study 1: “Training for... 4 February 2020
The Spanish Air Force has bought the PC-21 Training System, including 24 Aircraft. The single-engine turboprop trainer aircraft will replace the Casa C-101 jet trainers used since 1980. The Ministry of Defence was looking for a new, highly efficient training platform to provide advanced training for Spain’s future military... 4 February 2020
Rheinmetall will supply the German Bundeswehr with simulation technology that will enable realistic training of mechanized infantry units equipped with the Puma IFV. The value of the contract could reach €142 million, including value added tax. At the end of 2019, Rheinmetall received order to this effect from the... 4 February 2020
Now in its fifth year, the DSET Conference and Workshop will be held 9-11 March in Bristol, UK. MS&T Editor Andy Fawkes spoke to its organisers Tess Butler and Sadie Lockett about its origins and what to expect at DSET 2020. Growth DSET (Defence Simulation Education and Training) was... 3 February 2020
Andy Fawkes, MS&T Editor The simulation and training domain never ceases to interest me with its synergy of people and technology, and its challenges both enduring and emergent. It has a global community that for the most part shares its ideas and standards and looks to other sectors for... 3 February 2020
Four U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) cadets from Battle Ground High School received scholarships to earn private pilot licenses. Nathanial Davis, Jarrett Huntington, Brooke Kirby, and Wyatt Moody are among only 200 AFJROTC cadets nationwide selected to receive scholarships from the Flight Academy Scholarship Program, a collaborative initiative... 31 January 2020
Three Purdue University alumni will soon help more members of the U.S. Air Force advance critical communication skills to keep them safe in the cockpit. PlaneEnglish, a simulator created by the three Purdue alumni, has received a $1 million SBIR Phase II award, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force... 31 January 2020
AVT Simulation in Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $31 million firm-fixed-price contract to design, develop, integrate, manage, deliver, install, test, document and support construction equipment virtual trainers. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date in January 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command,... 31 January 2020
AVT Simulation broke ground at a new headquarters facility that once completed, will be the 40,000 square-foot home in the Quadrangle in Orlando, Florida. Left to right: Kimberly Sheldon, CFO; Kyle Crooks, President; Robert Abascal, Founder, and CEO; Christina Wilson, Operations Manager, and FSO; Todd Andrew, President of Andrew... 30 January 2020
Airman from the Air Force’s 34th Combat Training Squadron and the U.S. Army collaborated with coalition forces from Canada during the joint forcible entry and airborne assault training to kick off exercise Green Flag Little Rock 20-03 (GFLR 20-03) at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana,... 29 January 2020
British Army’s Wiltshire-based 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment has received a new Inflatable Walls Training System (IWTS). This IWTS training system replicates complex urban structures and helps improve combat training for military and law enforcement. Using the system, users can design, plan, build temporary urban structures and train in... 29 January 2020
CAE has signed a contract amendment with the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Program Management Agency (NAPMA) to perform avionics updates on the E-3A flight deck simulator and E-3A flight training device located at NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen in Germany. CAE will be upgrading the avionics on the NATO... 28 January 2020
The NATO Modelling & Simulation Coordination Office (MSCO) has issued a Call for Papers for the 2020 conference of the NATO Modelling & Simulation Group (NMSG). The Symposium will be held in Bath, UK from 22 to 23 October 2020, supported by the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group of... 28 January 2020
Acroamatics Telemetry Systems (Acroamatics), a Delta Information Systems Company, has been selected by Northrop Grumman to deliver multiple Model 3022AP Portable Multi-function Telemetry Processing Systems in support of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) program production and test operations. Image credit: Acroamatics Telemetry Systems Northrop Grumman’s AARGM is a... 27 January 2020
Midshipmen got a 360-degree view of flight training during Aviation Selection Night at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, marking a new era in technology for prospective flight students. A U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman conducts a simulated T-6B Texan II flight on a newly installed virtual reality trainer... 27 January 2020
U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) air department began using virtual-reality to simulate flight deck operations inside the mobile Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training System (C-ARTS) classroom located at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). U.S. Navy... 27 January 2020
In April 2019, MS&T published online an article entitled “The Brexit Impacts on UK-EU-NATO Training”, which subsequently appeared in Issue 2/2019. At that time, Theresa May was the UK’s Prime Minister, and Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (UK’s withdrawal from the European Union) had been triggered, leading to... 27 January 2020