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“We have carefully positioned ourselves to fill a gap that no one else has filled.” Red 6 is advancing AR technology to meet the urgent demand for more efficient and effective jet fighter pilot training, reports Group Editor Marty Kauchak. A confluence of challenges and problems has merged in... 26 November 2019
QuantaDyn Corporation has showcased the QFires Joint Fires Mobile Trainer (JFMT) at the Omega CAS conference alongside its partners, D3A Defence and Elbit Systems UK. Image courtesy of QuantaDyn QuantaDyn Corporation leases the JFMT to Elbit Systems UK for use supporting the UK MOD. The QFires JFMT has been... 21 November 2019
Boeing Defence UK have awarded a long-term contract to Pitch Technologies to deliver simulation infrastructure tools and support services for the development of Gladiator, the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) new multi-year training programme. Image courtesy of RAF The programme is the pathfinder to a series of future training systems... 21 November 2019
Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) and CAE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue training sustainment services and offset opportunities in the Middle East. Image courtesy of CAE Under the MOU, the two companies will cooperate on providing a range of training sustainment services... 20 November 2019
FlightSafety International announced that Mike King has been named president, FlightSafety Services. “We are pleased to welcome Mike back to FlightSafety and look forward to his contributions as president of FlightSafety Services,” said David Davenport, president & CEO. “Mike is an outstanding, highly-experienced leader, who possesses exceptional business acumen. 19 November 2019
Squadron Officer School (SOS) is tapping into the rich and deep pool of experience around the Air University campus to enhance the leadership education and personal growth of the next generation of leaders at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. What was up until recently an academic requirement giving senior... 19 November 2019
Together with Bohemia Interactive Simulations, FlightSafety and HTX Labs, Varjo is showcasing for the first time in this industry its VR-2 virtual reality headset with integrated eye tracking, VR-2 Pro HMD with advanced hand and eye tracking, and XR-1 Developer Edition, its mixed reality video pass-through HMD, at I/ITSEC... 19 November 2019
Osso VR has been awarded the US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The first phase of the project includes a feasibility study to determine VR surgical training’s benefits and application within the Air Force. The highly competitive SBIR program encourages domestic small businesses to engage in... 19 November 2019
On invitation of the Austrian Ministry of Defence, the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) held its 2019 Conference in Vienna, Austria. From 24 to 25 October 2019, more than a hundred delegates from 24 nations got together in the historic settings of the Sala Terrena in the Academy... 19 November 2019
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has made enhancements to its VA Virtual Medical Center (VMC) developed for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in order to improve the convenience and accessibility of healthcare and medical information to U.S. veterans located anywhere around the world. These new improvements include... 18 November 2019
Cobham has won a four-year contract to deliver Operational Readiness Training for RAF Lakenheath. Image courtesy of Cobham The training, which begins later this year, will include exercises in Aerial Gunnery (live fire) and Electronic Attack to prepare USAFE/UK personnel for the increasingly complex front-line threats which they face... 15 November 2019
Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense business division has been awarded a P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) contract by the United States Air Force (USAF). The order includes additional P5CTS airborne subsystems (pods) for the USAF plus pods and associated ground subsystems for a foreign military sales (FMS) customer. The... 14 November 2019
Captain Tim Hill of Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), along with the Interim President of the University of Central Florida Dr. Thad Seymour, hosted a Plane Naming Ceremony in honor of all the years of dedicated service that Dr. Holsenbeck has invested in growing the Modeling,... 14 November 2019
J.F. Taylor Inc. won a $109.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that provides for the development of simulation systems and software to support training activities as well as acquisition development and lifecycle support for the Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Department, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division 5.4.3,... 14 November 2019
In partnership with Thales, Rheinmetall have completed the modernization of the flight simulators for the Tiger combat helicopter. ARGE TATM (consisting of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH and Thales AVS France SAS) were awarded the contract in December 2014 through the Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d'Armement (OCCAR); an organization... 13 November 2019
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) is working with the U.S. Air Force to modernize and advance the use of innovation and emerging educational technologies for its training programs at the Expeditionary Operations School (EOS) at JB Dix/McGuire/Lakehurst. These modernizations will allow airmen to safely prepare for in-garrison and deployment... 12 November 2019
The 23rd Flying Training Squadron (FTS), which is responsible for training helicopter pilots and enlisted aircrews and preparing them for their next assignments, is using virtual-reality (VR) technology to increase their numbers. First Lt. Matthew Gulotta, 23rd Flying Training Squadron student pilot, demonstrates the use of the flight simulation,... 12 November 2019
What kind of emerging, game-changing technologies are being developed at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) that are vital for meeting our warfighters’ needs? Maj. Gen. William Cooley, AFRL commander (right), and Timothy Sakulich, AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Director (left), join other AFRL officials in welcoming Gen. James... 12 November 2019
Soldiers train during a 21-day eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) rotation at Camp Ripley, Minn., July 17, 2019. The evolution was one of over 70 exercises, many battalion-sized or larger, that have been supported by Ravenswood Solutions. Army Contracting Command–Orlando has awarded Ravenswood Solutions an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity... 12 November 2019
US Army Major General Maria Gervais, Director of the US Army Futures Command Synthetic Training Environment Cross Functional Team, was interviewed by Group Editor Marty Kauchak. 12 November 2019