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U.S. Army 2d Cavalry Regiment (2CR) infantryman soldiers participated in the Stryker Leaders Course Pre-Pilot I to instill familiarization with the Stryker family of vehicles and driver's training in Vilseck, Germany, in January 2019. Col. Thomas Hough, commander, 2CR, spearheaded the idea of the pre-pilot course, which will serve... 6 February 2019
CAE announced that the Italian Ministry of Defence and Italian Air Force have formally qualified the CAE-built Predator Mission Trainer (PMT) for zero flight time training on the Predator B/MQ-9 variant, and the simulator has been accepted as ready-for-training at the Amendola Air Base in Italy. The PMT is... 5 February 2019
Binghamton University is holding its 35th Annual Flight & Ground Vehicle Simulation course from May 13- 21, 2019 in Binghamton, New York. Offerings include a five-day (May 13-17, 2019) Flight and Ground Vehicle Simulation course together with two optional two-day (May 20-21, 2019) specialized courses in Visual System Specification... 5 February 2019
At the Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) Symposium, which will run February 5-8, 2019, at the Westin, Virginia Beach Town Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, MetaVR's Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) and real-time immersive 3D terrain and models will be featured in the demo of TRU Simulation + Training's new... 5 February 2019
When the U.S. Air Force flies its new advanced pilot T-X trainer from Boeing and Saab, it will be equipped with an ACES 5 ejection seat from Collins Aerospace, a unit of United Technologies Corp., along with a fully integrated landing gear system. ACES 5 offers passive head and... 5 February 2019
Sponsored Content Registration is open and exhibit spaces are available for the NDIA First Coast Chapter Rear Admiral "Amazing Grace" Hopper Defense Innovation Symposium. Invitation:The NDIA First Coast Chapter invites you to participate at the “Amazing Grace Defense Innovation Event” in honor of Rear Admiral Grace Hopper and her numerous innovative contributions... 5 February 2019
The British Army has awarded a contract to Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to demonstrate the art of using virtual reality, machine learning and cloud computing for the Army’s Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP). The pilot programme has been made available through the Defence Innovation Fund, MOD investment into innovation. 4 February 2019
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) announced that its president and CEO, Thomas Baptiste, is retiring effective April 1, 2019. NCS Chief Operating Officer George Cheros is named interim president and chief executive officer to oversee the organization’s day-to-day operations. Baptiste was hired in January 2010 and throughout his... 4 February 2019
Survitec will introduce two new protective suits for chemical, biological and radioactive (CBR) environments at IDEX, which takes place in Abu Dhabi from 17– 21 February. The DEMRON ICE suit incorporates patented nanotechnology to protect against low-level gamma radiation. Studies carried out by Lawrence Livermore National Defence Laboratory show... 4 February 2019
Barco introduced a new addition to its LCD video wall platform. UniSee Present is a media-focused, content-management offering for Barco’s newest generation of large video walls. It also works with other enterprise video walls, enabling users to manage media content on the wall more easily. UniSee Present complements the... 4 February 2019
The U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, opened a state-of-the-art high-G training and test facility at RAF Cranwell, U.K. The £44 million project is used by fast jet pilots in the U.K. Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to... 4 February 2019
The U.S. Air Force 633rd Medical Group’s new program aims to reduce overdue Individual Medical Readiness statuses throughout the medical group U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathaniel Rasmussen, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron periodic health assessment NCO in charge, shares his idea with fellow Medical Right Start Program working group... 1 February 2019
To access more training opportunities, military surgeons are looking to virtual training platforms. The U.S. Air Force is working with sister services to study a virtual training platform called Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills, or C-SATS. It provides specialized training for surgeons to further improve their specialized skills. Airmen... 31 January 2019
ACME Worldwide Enterprises Inc. (ACME) has been chosen to provide TrueQ Dynamic Motion Seats for the U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y and AH-1Z simulators under the H-1 Lot VI New Devices and Technical Refresh program. Under a subcontract to FlightSafety International, ACME will provide two motion seat systems each for... 30 January 2019
Bohemia’s VBS Blue IG now integrates with ImmersaView’s SimVisuals. The integration makes it possible to set up dome displays with Bohemia’s VBS Blue IG and ImmersaView’s SimVisuals software. “Whether you’re a VBS user wanting to add a dome display, or you’ve got a dome and want to add stunning... 30 January 2019
The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO), the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) and Fighter Wing Skrydstrup (FW SKP) took delivery of a newly developed combined F-16 simulator and JTAC training capacity at the FW SKP in December 2018. The complete training system consists of two... 29 January 2019
Maritime forces from France, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States participated in the maritime warfare exercise Intrepid Sentinel in the Arabian Gulf in mid January. Participating ships included France’s Marine Nationale F70AA-class air defense destroyer FS Cassard (D 614); United Kingdom’s Royal Navy Daring-class air defense destroyer... 28 January 2019
The KeyW Holding Corporation announced that it has won approximately $53 million in new business awards, contract extensions and increases to ceiling values on prime contracts. The awards have an estimated period of performance of four to five years, and the new business is expected to begin contributing to... 28 January 2019
Cubic Corporation is completing the renovation and upgrade of its San Diego, California, manufacturing facility to accommodate the production and testing of components for pods, ground subsystems and secure components for its live, virtual and constructive (LVC) air combat training systems. Due to Cubic Global Defense’s recent success in... 25 January 2019
Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc., through its subsidiary Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc., has received a $1 million contract through the Build in Canada Innovation Program to deliver an innovative new approach to vehicle-based gunnery mission training for land forces. The vehicle gunnery simulator is an immersive virtual training device... 25 January 2019