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VT MAK, a company of ST Engineering North America, has successfully completed a programmatic milestone by demonstrating the core technologies that make up the U.S. Army’s Synthetic Training Environment’s (STE) Common Synthetic Environment (CSE), integrated with the One World terrain (OWT) and the Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT) devices. 24 January 2020
Soldiers from multiple countries took part in pyrotechnic training to become qualified observer, coach, trainers (OC/T's) for the Combined Resolve XIII exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC). Pyrotechnic training is one component of the three-day academy course. Once completed, the soldiers are certified to work as an... 24 January 2020
Dr. Shanan Gwaltney Gibson, a scholar with deep expertise related to job analysis, entrepreneurship and small business development, has been named dean of the David B. O’Maley College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The Mori Hosseini Student Union on Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus. Image credit: Embry-Riddle/Daryl LaBello. Gibson,... 23 January 2020
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has awarded a contract to Cubic Global Defense (CGD) to supply its P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS). Cubic and principal subcontractor Leonardo DRS will deliver P5CTS airborne subsystems and associated ground subsystems to integrate with ROKAF aircraft and training infrastructure. The P5CTS... 23 January 2020
The 5th edition of DSET will take place in Bristol, UK on 10th & 11th March. DSET’s conference focusses on the military training and simulation’s current and future objectives and challenges, with 90% of the conference delivered by international military, government and academic speakers. 2019’s event was the largest... 22 January 2020
The MOD’s UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) has signed a £183 million contract to boost training services for new Rotary Wing pilots. The contract amendment includes an uplift of four new Airbus H145 helicopters and a state-of-the-art simulator and infrastructure improvements. There is also support in attracting and... 22 January 2020
Saab has started assembly production of its section of the T-7A aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force. Saab is developing and producing the aft fuselage section for the advanced trainer. Seven aft units are in production in Linköping, Sweden... 22 January 2020
CAE has appointed Todd Probert as Group President, Defence & Security, effective January 27, 2020. He will be based in Washington, D.C. and is succeeding Gene Colabatistto, who retired from CAE in December 2019. Todd Probert, Group President, CAE Defence and Security Probert worked for Raytheon, the world's fourth... 20 January 2020
Leonardo, through AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at USD 176.5 million by U.S. Department of Defense for the production and delivery of 32 TH-73A helicopters, initial spares, support and dedicated equipment, and specific pilot and maintenance training services. This contract, as Fiscal 2020 aircraft... 20 January 2020
More than one thousand Royal Marines, the largest numbers for many years, have deployed to the frozen Arctic for the annual cold weather workouts. Arbroath-based 45 Commando are in the north of Norway learning to be winter warriors. They have already completed the first phase of their Arctic survival... 20 January 2020
U.S. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett has been confirmed as a speaker for the 31st Annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) Conference. Secretary Barrett joins Stephanie Chung, JetSuite president; Col. Eileen Collins, NASA astronaut; Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, U.S. Air Force; and Joan Robinson-Berry, Boeing Global Services vice president... 16 January 2020
The UK’s first dedicated, purpose designed wargaming centre has been unveiled by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The Defence Wargaming Centre (DWC) on Dstl’s Portsdown West site near Portsmouth, UK, will host wargames for all three services, with the Royal Air Force (RAF) having conducted the first... 16 January 2020
Boeing has submitted its response to the STH invitation to tender for Germany’s New Heavy Lift Helicopter program, also known as Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH). The STH invitation to tender was issued in June 2019 by the German procurement authority, specifically, the Federal Office of Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service... 16 January 2020
From life-size virtual helicopters to a haptic suit that lets soldiers feel faux gunshot wounds, I/ITSEC 2019 demonstrated the rapid evolution of high-tech XR training aides. Rona Gindin reports. 15 January 2020
The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) launched its first training event inside the Navy’s newest combat simulator, the On Demand Trainer (ODT), onboard Naval Base San Diego and Naval Station Norfolk. Lt. Aaron Van Driessche, a warfare tactics instructor at the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS), Detachment... 13 January 2020
The DiSTI Corporation has expanded its Software VAR contract portfolio to include Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim). VBS4 provides a comprehensive virtual desktop training environment with whole-earth rendering for tactical training, experimentation, and mission rehearsal. The software performs as a simulation host for image generators and offers a step-change in... 13 January 2020
Hill Air Force Base civilians and military airmen in need of ground transportation training now have an option other than real-world driving due to a new simulator purchased by the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron. 10 January 2020
DiSTI finished off 2019 with the capstone release of VE Studio 2019.4. This latest release incorporates features initially developed for the U.S. Army’s Family of Maintenance Trainers and are making their way into VE Studio as commercially available features. Specifically, making it easier for commercial customers to create and... 9 January 2020
Novatech has won a contract to deploy 15 x 3 degrees of freedom (DoF) and 5 x 2-DoF Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) simulators to all Royal Naval Reserves establishments across the UK and Northern Ireland. The Royal Navy use Pac 24 RHIBs for search and rescue, transferring stores... 9 January 2020
Charles River Analytics Inc. has received funding from DARPA under the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program to develop our Ecological User Interfaces for Rapid Operational Teaming with Autonomous Swarms (EUROPA) interface. EUROPA aims to help operators better control swarms in urban operations by providing novel, multimodal user interfaces tailored... 8 January 2020