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MILO Range Training Systems, a unit of Arotech Corporation's Training and Simulation Division, won $1.6-million in awards from the U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) to train Air Force Security Forces in the Pacific region with MILO Range Theater 180 systems. The systems are scheduled to be delivered before the end... 28 August 2018
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., a provider of National Security Solutions, won a $980-million U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training System Division (NAWCTSD) multiple award Training Systems Contract IV (TSC IV) that’s effective for up-to nine years. Kratos will supply the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) with new training... 28 August 2018
FlightSafety International won contracts for Bell TH-57 Aircrew Training Services and a Boeing C-17 Aircrew Training System. FlightSafety is the prime contractor for TH-57 Aircrew Training Services program. FlightSafety will deliver instruction and Contractor Logistics Support and manage the replacement of the current training devices. The Level 6 and... 27 August 2018
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $980-million contract to deliver training system products and services to the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). The multiple award contract has a five-year base ordering period and three four-year options. SAIC, one of 22 awardees, will deliver analysis, design,... 24 August 2018
Harris Corporation (HRS) will fund the Space Foundation’s Space in the Community (SITC) program for the third consecutive year and add its first-ever grant to the Air Force Association’s StellarXplorers STEM program. The program furthers science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies – helping to foster the next generation of... 24 August 2018
Phoenix Logistics, Inc. (PLI) won a $19.4 M Common Battle Command Simulation Equipment (CBCSE) task order from the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) to support the Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). PLI provides the procurement and deployment of the CBCSE hardware configuration and... 23 August 2018
CAE Elektronik GmbH, in Stolberg, Germany, achieved the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 rating for Development following an independent CMMI appraisal. CAE Elektronik GmbH is one of only nine organizations in Germany to achieve the CMMI Maturity Level 3 rating for Development. CMMI is a process improvement approach... 23 August 2018
VT MAK, a Vision Technologies Systems Inc. (VT Systems) company, appointed retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Cole as the new President and CEO. Cole completed a career in the Army that included deployments to Iraq during Operation Desert Storm and Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. He held several... 23 August 2018
The MS&T Industry Awards for excellence in Defense Simulation and Training (S&T) are presented annually to companies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the training and effectiveness of US and overseas soldiers, sailors and airmen: our warfighters. 2018 is the 17th year of the awards but the first... 22 August 2018
The U.S. Army and the General Services Administration awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a task order to provide support to the Maneuver Center of Excellence at the Maneuver Battle Lab in Fort Benning, Georgia. The one-year task order has four one-year options, and is worth approximately $52 million. 21 August 2018
Sponsored Content The British Army will host Medical Innovation 2018 at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham on 2-3 October. The conference, led by The U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defence Medical Services (DMS) will present the latest research on the patient and caregiver’s journey and innovation that seeks to improve the outcome for... 20 August 2018
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), a provider of aerial vehicles and radar solutions, is expanding its Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Business Park near Grand Forks, North Dakota. The company says the growth of the facility from 5.5 to 20... 20 August 2018
Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense (CGD) division won a $27 million task authorization to deliver Urban Operations Training capability into the Canadian Weapon Effects Simulation (CWES) environment. Cubic will equip Urban Operations sites at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Gagetown and the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre (CMTC) Wainwright, to meet the... 20 August 2018
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose TRU Simulation + Training, a provider of flight simulators and training solutions, for training systems support in the $980-million multiple-award Training Systems Contract IV that has a period of performance for up-to-nine years. The contract allows the NAWCTSD in... 17 August 2018
KBRwyle, part of KBR Inc., won a five-year U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) contract to provide annual centrifuge-based training for all U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircrew, including approximately 600 students from the Blue Angels, Chief of Naval Air Training, Naval Strike Air Warfare Center and... 17 August 2018
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base's new training facility in Edinburgh got a P-8A Poseidon simulator and training system to better prepare Australian Defence Force pilots and maintenance crews. The facility, which will be maintained and supported by Boeing Defence Australia, and the P-8A training equipment will deliver close... 17 August 2018
Military programs and other activities using virtual and adjacent technologies for maintenance training are in their formative stages. The military-industry team is accelerating that pace, writes Group Editor Marty Kauchak. 17 August 2018
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, delivered two Bell 429s to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), and a third Bell 429 is scheduled for delivery next year. The three aircraft will be used for a range of missions including search and rescue, medical evacuations, natural disaster relief, national security and... 16 August 2018
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), a provider of flight training devices and services, as one of the small business contractors for the $980-million Training Systems IV multiple award contract. The contract gives ASI the opportunity to bid on small,... 15 August 2018
MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones recently paid a visit to Grob Aircraft and learned more than expected. 15 August 2018