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After a visit last May to the Pilot Training Next (PTN) facility in Austin, Texas, and facing a pilot shortage, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force is taking innovation to the next level with the inclusion of a student and an instructor pilot in the second iteration of the... 3 April 2019
The investment into the Whinny Hill, Catterick, training area’s urban operations training facility has created a more challenging training environment for the armed forces and emergency services personnel who use it. The upgrade has created a more realistic environment for troops carrying out modern day military training in the... 2 April 2019
MS&T Europe Editor Dim Jones dissects the UK’s Defence Strategy and the likely effects of the impending (?) divorce from the European Union. 2 April 2019
Sponsored Content You’re Invited: You are invited to participate in the 3rd annual Military Virtual Training & Simulation Summit, occurring on May 22-23, 2019 at the Mary M Gates Learning Center in Alexandria, VA. This year’s summit is designed to bring together senior DoD officials, military leaders, academia and... 1 April 2019
MS&T Europe Editor Dim Jones’ unique insight. Six months after it was planned for a contract award and less than a year from when the programme was to have commenced training, the UK MoD announced that it has suspended its Air Support for Defence Operational Training (ASDOT programme) without... 1 April 2019
Meggitt Training Systems is fulfilling five delivery orders that form part of a vital U.S. Army combat skills training program for American and allied warfighters. The $4.26-million in orders, awarded by Tank-automotive & Armaments Command during the latter half of 2018 and being installed in 2019, are part of... 1 April 2019
Soldiers from the Wyoming Army National Guard's C Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment (Forward) were the first to try out the new test at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center as part of pre-deployment training that will require them to conduct the proposed analysis two more times this year. 1 April 2019
U.S. Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) airman participated with the Royal Thai Air Force Combat Control Team (CCT) in the Cope Tiger 2019 exercise. The opportunity for the two TACPs from the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron from the Washington Air National Guard, to execute a close air support... 1 April 2019
Epic Games has awarded TrianGraphics as one of the final recipients of the Unreal Dev Grants, a $5-million fund supporting developers working with Unreal Engine 4 (UE4). This last round of grants spans well over a dozen projects, totaling $500,000 in no-strings-attached financial assistance. TrianGraphics is developing an export... 1 April 2019
On March 19th, 2019, Pinnacle Solutions Inc. was awarded the $533-million cost-plus-fixed-fee Unmanned Aircraft Systems Instruction and Mission Support (UAS IMS) contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Florida. Under this contract, Pinnacle will provide UAS instruction, maintenance, logistics support, prescribed load list (PLL), flight line operations... 29 March 2019
Calytrix (Europe) announced that the Austrian Army has just committed to a substantial upgrade of its legacy virtual first-person training system to the Titan platform, including the delivery of software and upgrade services. Austria has always been a leader in the adoption of LVC simulation solutions and continues to... 29 March 2019
Lockheed Martin Australia signed a contract with the Australian Government to deliver Australia’s largest, networked simulation system. In partnership with Calytrix Technologies and NEC Australia, this team will work to transform how the Australian Defence Force (ADF) trains and develops future generations of defence personnel. Lockheed Martin Australia leads... 28 March 2019
An Exoskeleton/Physical Augmentation Requirements meeting was held at the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCOE) at U.S. Army Fort Benning, Georgia, on January 15, 2019. Under direction and guidance from Brig. Gen. David M. Hodne, the Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team Lead and Commandant of MCOE, David Audet, and Andrea... 28 March 2019
Three months of intensive training for Britain’s winter warfare specialists reached its climax as Royal Marines ‘fought’ Swedes and Finns in the Arctic snow for Exercise Northern Wind. Some 350 Royal Marines from 40 Commando in Taunton joined Norwegian troops and U.S. Marines in a week-long mock battle trying... 27 March 2019
PLEXSYS has been integrated into the Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) to Tactical Data Link (TDL) Modernization (JITM) Quick Reaction Test (QRT), which was directed to develop a procedure for the integration of national ISR data into Link 16 architecture and to update Military Standard (MIL-STD) 6016. The... 27 March 2019
48th Fighter Wing and Royal Air Force personnel participated in the latest iteration of exercise Point Blank in Yorkshire, England, March 22, 2019. Point Blank is a recurring, low-cost exercise initiative designed to increase tactical proficiency of U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa and Ministry of... 26 March 2019
The Colombian Air Force supported the U.S. Navy during the U.S. Air Force-led air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag 19-2 from March 11-22. The Colombian Air Force brought their Multi-Mission Transport Tanker Jupiter 767 to refuel the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growlers for the duration of the exercise. The Colombian MMTT... 25 March 2019
The U.S. Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) on Camp Pendleton, California, hosted Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) training as part of Pacific Blitz 2019 (PacBlitz19). One of the key objectives in establishing the EMF as part of PacBlitz19 is to integrate various capabilities across several expeditionary stakeholders to include... 25 March 2019
Ravenswood Solutions Inc. will be relocating the bulk of its operation from Fremont, California, to Boise, Idaho, in May of 2019. Ravenswood will better serve its largest client, the U.S. Army National Guard, at the nearby Orchard Combat Training Center by moving the products and services operation center to... 25 March 2019
Tunisian Navy officers improved their readiness at sea and knowledge on maritime modelling and simulation during a two-week training course held in March 2019 at the naval base La Goulette, Tunisia. The training was sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme to help Tunisia modernise... 25 March 2019