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Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. signed a contract with Raytheon’s Orlando-based Global Training Solutions (GTS) for two UH-60 A/L Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) classrooms to be delivered under the Task Order for Aviation Maintenance Training of Afghan Air Force awarded in July 2019. This Task Order was issued under the Enterprise... 11 November 2019
The PLEXSYS, SimCentric, ZedaSoft, and ImmersaView Technology Consortium has completed an integration of PLEXSYS’ Advanced Simulation Combat Operations Trainer (ASCOT) 7 strategic level constructive computer generated force (CGF) platform with SimCentric’s SAF-FIRES Joint Fires software. Enabling full global replication of peer-level conflict scenarios with high fidelity Joint Fires, this... 11 November 2019
Twenty-five is this year’s magic number. That’s the number of finalists chosen as part of the 2019 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge (SGS&C). These finalists now have the opportunity to be showcased as part of this year’s STEM Pavilion at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in... 11 November 2019
CM Labs Simulations Inc. announced that Vortex Studio product demos, including enhanced driver training simulators, will be present on two partner booths at I/ITSEC 2019, which takes place from December 2-6 in Orlando, Florida. At the influential military tradeshow, CM Labs will exhibit the advanced-physical realism, ease of deployment,... 11 November 2019
At the NATO Modeling & Simulation Group (NMSG) meeting in Vienna, Austria, the Chairman of the NMSG, Agatino Mursia from Leonardo, presented the NMSG Meritorious Service Award to Walter Ullrich. The prize was awarded “in recognition of his many years of outstanding reporting on Modelling & Simulation for Military... 8 November 2019
Science Applications International Corp.’s Chitra Sivanandam, vice president for Analytics and Simulation, won the 2019 WashingtonExec Pinnacle Award for Artificial Intelligence Industry Executive of the Year for her work in data analysis, particularly capabilities based on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). Since joining SAIC in 2018, Sivanandam has... 6 November 2019
The DiSTI Corporation announced the release of GL Studio 7.0. The latest version of GL Studio offers workflow improvements, enabling customers to get their products to market faster with less rework and streamlines the User Experience (UX) in the editor and provides a drag and drop library of customizable... 6 November 2019
Thales has completed a full hardware and software upgrade of the visual system of the flight simulator for the E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft deployed by the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. The contract was awarded in 2018 by France's military aircraft maintenance service (Service Industriel de l’Aéronautique... 6 November 2019
NATO's community met at the new NCI Academy to attend the fourth Education and Training (E&T) Conference last month. Over 185 people from 26 countries attended the conference, which was held at the Academy's new facilities in Oeiras, Portugal. The Oct 29-30 conference brought together participants from various NATO... 6 November 2019
Red Lotus Technologies Incorporated (RLT) has received a contract for 11 Visualization and Signature Technology (VAST) Training Systems plus spares from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. The VAST training system provides automated assessment of handheld detection skill for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and mines. Under this award, RLT will... 5 November 2019
The VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver is called “one of the year’s most anticipated conferences” by Forbes magazine. Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak ventured to the Canadian coastal city to mingle with the international cross-section of thought leaders and developers. 5 November 2019
Rotorsim, the joint venture owned equally by CAE and Leonardo, announced the successful start of training on the NH90 Full Mission Flight Trainer (FMFT) following its relocation from the Rotorsim training centre in Sesto Calende, Italy, to a new training facility at Maritime Air Base de Kooy in Den... 4 November 2019
Ravenswood Solutions was awarded a $62.9 million hybrid (cost-no-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for a fully instrumented, highly realistic, and immersive training environment. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Orlando, Florida, received three bids for the contract. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion... 4 November 2019
Charles River Analytics Inc. is working alongside The DiSTI Corporation to develop its Evaluation-Driven Active Guide for Learning Procedural Events (EAGLE). EAGLE is Charles River Analytics' just-in-time intelligent virtual trainer that helps US Air Force satellite communications students learn and remember complex procedures on the Hawkeye III Lite. The... 1 November 2019
PLEXSYS announced the availability of Direct Link Interface (DLI) 6.7, a new version of it’s Tactical Data Link (TDL) gateway, specializing in support of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training environments. DLI 6.7 introduces several new features that allow users to quickly configure multiple gateway connections to translate between... 1 November 2019
Ryan Aerospace Australia has been awarded a contract to supply more than 30 HELIMOD Mark III helicopter simulators for the US Army at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The contract is part of the Army’s “Aviator Training Next” or “ATN” Program, an experimental new way to provide helicopter pilot training during... 31 October 2019
After three years of resounding support from commanders, senior instructor pilots, and master gunners, the Apache Gunnery Trainer (AGT) is heading to the flight line at Fort Rucker. Developed from previous AH-64 collective trainers sold internationally, refined to support the Air Cavalry Leader’s course and prototyped for the Synthetic... 29 October 2019
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to develop a Virtual Prototyping Holodeck (VPH) to simulate real-world equipment and battle conditions for Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD). Using cross reality (XR) technologies, NVESD’s objective is to better understand how soldiers react to... 29 October 2019
Microsoft Corporation has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $10 billion over a period of 10 years, if all options are exercised. The JEDI Cloud contract will provide enterprise level, commercial Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to support the... 28 October 2019
The Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Committee (FSEMC) has announced the 2019 award winners for its Edwin A. Link Award and the Roger S. Goldberg Award. The FSEMC provides cost effective solutions to simulator operational and maintenance problems through international conferences and establishes technical standards that increase simulator readiness... 28 October 2019