Defence
6 November 2024 Marty Kauchak In an interview with Marty Kauchak, NTSA President Sean S. Buck shares insights on simulation advancements and U.S. defense training priorities.
21 October 2024
7 October 2024
30 September 2024
Search channel
Refine Search
All Defence News & Articles
A primer on the visual, motion, audible and haptic cues necessary for immersive environments by David Hambling.
The Link “Blue Box”, the first effective flight trainer, was created in the late 1920s when aircraft had been flying for more than 20 years. This is a strong hint that an effective simulacrum may be harder to build than the real thing.
Our senses, sharpened by millions of years of evolution, cannot be fooled easily, making it difficult to give a realistic impression of flying high while still rooted firmly to the ground. Effective simulation requires visual, motion and audible cues, all fully integrated. Even minor flaws may result in simulator sickness, rendering the simulation useless. Other errors risk mis-training and making the simulation worse than useless. Standards for simulation are therefore necessarily high.
Looking to read the full article? Become a Premium Club member and gain full access today! 27 June 2019
Europe Editor Dim Jones visits RNAS Yeovilton and the Royal Navy School of Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract and Underwater Escape Training Unit – aka “The Dunker”. 27 June 2019
The US Navy’s surface warfare community’s training continues to evolve since two major collisions in 2017. Group Editor Marty Kauchak explains. 27 June 2019
After 70 years as a Canadian success story, CAE is ubiquitous in the Canadian defence and security scene, providing training solutions, services, and operational services. Jeff Loube took in their pre-CANSEC presser. 27 June 2019
Industry suppliers in the US and Europe are helping their customers increase mission readiness through urban training. Group Editor Marty Kauchak highlights some innovations. 27 June 2019
Tens of thousands of sorties are flown in Israeli Air Force simulators. Arie Egozi was granted special access to the training airbase, including a conversation with BGen Amnon Ein-Dar, Head of the Training and Doctrine Division.
Early this year, the canopy of an Israeli Air Force (IAF) F15 flew off when the aircraft was at 30,000 feet. The pilot and weapon systems operator managed to bring the damaged aircraft to a safe landing in a base in southern Israel. This after being exposed to extreme temperatures.
LtCol ‘R’, commander of the IAF’s connected simulators squadron, remarked: “They knew exactly what to do because they have been trained again and again in our advanced simulators.”
During a rare visit to the IAF’s connected simulators facility in the Hazor airbase (also known as Hatzor), I was able to briefly observe the uniqueness of this special squadron that has a major role in making IAF combat pilots among the best in the world.
Looking to read the full article? Become a Premium Club member and gain full access today! 27 June 2019
Team Orlando has taken the lead to create a Launch Pad forum where industry, academia and government participants can display their latest and greatest technologies to conference attendees, to include key government acquisition stakeholders, with focused presentations during I/ITSEC 2019. The objective is to showcase innovative and disruptive initiatives... 26 June 2019
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), the Defense Health Agency’s traumatic brain injury (TBI) center of excellence, recently released the “Cognitive Rehabilitation for Service Members and Veterans Following Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Recommendations.” These recommendations build on the 2016 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs... 26 June 2019
SRC Inc. has been awarded a $5.2 million contract from BAE Systems to build and deliver 40 Common Electronic Attack Receiver (CEAR) systems. The 40 CEAR systems will be manufactured in Syracuse, New York, by SRCTec LLC, an SRC subsidiary. SRC's CEAR system performs real-time analysis of countermeasures for... 25 June 2019
The U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa International Health Specialist (USAFE IHS) team has partnered with the NATO Center of Excellence for Military Medicine to improve interoperability with partner nations and increase force readiness. Since 2017, the two organizations have collaboratively produced a First Responder Train-the-Trainer (FRTT) program... 25 June 2019
SkyOp LLC announced a new initiative to pair interested corporate sponsors with local school districts that are eager to launch high school drone training STEM programs. Following the recent release of its SkyOp Drone Training Curriculum, the company was overwhelmed with school districts excited to adopt the workforce development... 24 June 2019
Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc., a subsidiary of Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. (Bluedrop), has received an In-Service Support (ISS) contract with Boeing, to provide ongoing support for Computer Based Training (CBT) courseware for maintainers of Canada’s CH-147F Chinook helicopters. The agreement provides management and on-site support of instructor-led CBT... 24 June 2019
STS International Inc. recently won a strategic subcontract with PULAU Corporation on the U.S. Army’s $2.4 billion Enterprise Training Service Contract (ETSC) in conjunction with the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). Specifically, this $10.3 million task order supports the Army Institutional Advisory Team (AIAT)... 21 June 2019
Indra will provide the French Air Force under contract with Airbus D&S with a state-of-the-art flight simulator that will offer training for the pilots of the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) refueling aircraft. The simulator has a level D certification, the highest category for a system of this... 21 June 2019
The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Orlando awarded Vricon a contract for the One World Terrain capability of the Common Synthetic Environment. The total value of the prototype project, if all phases and options are exercised, is $94.8 million. The Common Synthetic Environment is the platform enabler of the... 20 June 2019
Collins Aerospace Systems has been selected by Saab to provide key power and controls systems for the Boeing T-X trainer, including the aircraft’s Power Take Off (PTO) shaft, Auxiliary Power Engine Control Unit (APECU), engine start system and Main Electric Power Generation System (MEPGS). Collins Aerospace announced in January... 20 June 2019
Safran Electrical & Power and Saab signed an agreement to supply the Auxiliary Power System for the Boeing T-X military training aircraft – developed jointly by Boeing and Saab – for the US Air Force. The Auxiliary Power System is the system used to provide electrical and hydraulic power... 20 June 2019
Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has been awarded several contracts totaling approximately $150 million from various customers in the Indo-Pacific (IPAC) region to provide Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI), training support for Combat Training Centers and deliver upgrades and maintenance services for the region's live fire ranges. The total value... 19 June 2019
CAE USA has been awarded a contract to provide classroom and simulator training for United States Navy UC-12 aircrews. Training will be delivered at the CAE Dothan Training Center in Dothan, Alabama, in addition to CAE training centers in Dallas, Texas, and Morristown, New Jersey. The UC-12 is a... 19 June 2019
VT MAK has been awarded a Prototype Other Transaction Agreement worth $95 million from the U.S. Army to meet demands for next generation collective training. Working through the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TREX), VT MAK will develop and deliver the Training Simulation Software (TSS) and Training Management Tool (TMT)... 18 June 2019