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This year’s ITEC conference theme, “Interoperable By Design: Connecting People, Technology and Nations”, reflects the changing demands of the global security and defence architecture. MS&T Europe Editor Dim Jones reflects on the event. 17 July 2019
Systematic has developed an innovative e-learning programme to assist customers in training their SitaWare Headquarters users. The e-learning course is designed to enable self-paced and distributed training to take place, permitting a soldier to learn in environments as varied as the comfort of their own home, on base, or... 16 July 2019
Pilots at Buckley Air Force Base (AFB) will shortly be training on four newly delivered F-16C Block 30 simulators featuring MetaVR’s Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG). The F-16C four-ship training simulators have been installed at the new mission training center at Buckley AFB, Colorado, where they will be used... 16 July 2019
By invitation of the Austrian Ministry of Defence, this year's NATO MSG Symposium (MSG-171) will take place in Vienna, Austria. The meeting, which will be held from 24 to 25 October 2019 within the historic setting of the National Defence Academy, is open to M&S professionals from NATO, partner... 16 July 2019
Seventeen ships from the United States, Australia, Canada and Japan sailed together in formation for a massive photo exercise July 10, to signify the beginning of naval maneuvers as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019. A bilateral, biennial event, Talisman Sabre is designed to improve U.S. and Australian combat... 15 July 2019
Northrop Grumman Corporation, together with military partners at Northern Edge 2019, successfully displayed advanced capabilities in air-to-air, air-to-surface and maritime tactical scenarios that address key warfighting gaps in advanced strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR); and electronic warfare. Northrop Grumman’s reconfigurable flight test aircraft significantly reduces the technology development process,... 15 July 2019
More than 650 cyber professionals from across the Defense Department, other federal agencies and partner nations worked together at the Joint Staff's facility in Suffolk, Virginia, as part of Cyber Flag 19-1, a weeklong cyber exercise designed to enhance readiness for cyberattacks and to build partnerships among those who... 15 July 2019
Netizen Corporation (Netizen) was awarded an $845,000 contract with the U.S. Army supporting the Project Manager Training Devices (PM TRADE) organization in Orlando, Florida. The work under the contract, which began on May 31st, includes Cyber Security Engineering support for Department of Defense (DoD) virtual training and simulation systems... 15 July 2019
Members of the all-volunteer Virginia Defense Force (VDF) conducted training on the communications systems and security capabilities they could use during emergency response operations in support of the Virginia National Guard July 13, 2019, in Lynchburg, Virginia. VDF personnel trained on high-frequency radio employment for voice and data messaging... 15 July 2019
Alongside forces from 18 other Allies and partners, HMS Duncan is contributing to the major multinational maritime training exercise featuring a combined 3,000 troops, 32 ships and 24 aircraft. The ship is participating in the exercise as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 and has received support... 15 July 2019
Thomas Solutions Incorporated (TSI) has secured a potential five-year, $20-million contract to provide Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Level C High Risk training to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. TSI will instruct U.S. military personnel and other Government designees from July... 15 July 2019
Soldiers from the six battalions and headquarters company of the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) coalesced June 15-30 for two weeks of Army National Guard Annual Training (AT) at Camp Roberts on California's Central Coast. It was the first time in more than three years... 15 July 2019
KBR has been awarded a $45.9-million task order (TO) to provide logistics information technology services to the Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) Logistics and Maintenance Information Systems and Technology Division. KBR was awarded this cost-plus-fixed-fee TO under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract (MAC). 11 July 2019
The United States defense and security arm of Thales recently appointed three new members to its board of directors: Gen. James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), Dr. Ray O. Johnson, and Alan Kessler. These board members will support the organizational direction of Thales Defense & Security, Inc. and... 10 July 2019
L3Harris Technologies has completed the all-stock merger between Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, L3Harris' is the sixth largest defense company in the US, and a top 10 defense company worldwide. William M. Brown, Chairman and CEO, L3Harris commented, "We've created an agile technology provider with... 10 July 2019
Thales’ services to the U.K. Royal Air Force, delivered by the ACE Training and Simulation team, have been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The commendation was awarded in ‘recognition of exceptional qualities and personal sacrifices in the service of others,’ after forty years of providing training... 9 July 2019
The U.S. Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron (AS) and moving 11 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of a larger initiative to improve training for fifth generation fighter aircraft. The action came after Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander, recommended... 9 July 2019
Alion Science and Technology announced that Katie Selbe has been named senior Vice President (VP) and general manager of Alion’s Cyber Network Solutions Group. In this role, Selbe will lead a portfolio of programs and capabilities delivering cross-domain network engineering, cyber hardening and operations; modeling and simulation; Live, Virtual... 8 July 2019
The 334th Training Squadron incorporated the first virtual reality (VR) training for Airfield Management students in the U.S. Air Force on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 28, so students could get more of a “hands-on” learning experience. Chief Master Sgt. Paul Portugal, Airfield Management career field manager, Pentagon,... 8 July 2019
A team of three instructors from the U.S. Air Force Senior NCO Academy visited Amman, Jordan, to provide the first-ever Senior NCO mobile education course from June 10-27. The instructors partnered with Royal Jordanian Air Force translators to present the two-week course to 30 RJAF senior enlisted personnel. “This... 8 July 2019
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