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The Pakistan Air Force has signed a training memorandum of understanding with the Turkish Air Force during the opening ceremony of the Multinational Military Flight Crew Training Centre (MMFCT-C) in Izmir, Turkey. The agreement calls for the two services to exchange two pilots for training each year. The new Multinational... 7 July 2015
Cubic Global Defense has introduced a new technology that can adapt the C16 Automatic Grenade Launcher System (AGLS) for use in realistic, live training environments without interfering with the weapon's normal operation. Cubic will provide the Canadian Army with the enhanced system capability under a $5.5 million contract as part... 6 July 2015
Retired US Navy Vice Admiral David Buss has been named as vice president and deputy to the president of Cubic Global Defense (CGD). Buss will lead the business strategy for Cubic’s live, virtual and constructive (LVC) training for combined air, land and naval forces in addition to his duties as... 5 July 2015
Salient Federal Solutions’ subsidiary Salient Federal-SGIS has been awarded a prime contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) supporting the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) to provide training and support services in the United States as well as in support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). 5 July 2015
The South African Navy has taken into service a new state-of-art simulation centre at SAS Simonsberg, the Navy's maritime warfare training centre. The centre is the result of a joint venture with industry to enhance naval training using the latest technology. The centre has four sections: a naval bridge simulator... 5 July 2015
Buffalo Computer Graphics (BCG) has completed an upgrade to the US Army’s C4ISR Training System at the Transportation School in Fort Eustis, Virginia. The upgrade provided modernization and enhanced capabilities for Army personnel training on the use of crypto key loading and device operations to perform encrypted data and voice... 5 July 2015
Engineering and Computer Simulations (ECS) has integrated technologies from two major US tech firms to create a total virtual training world game for training - one in which the player is fully integrated into the game action. ECS has integrated Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect 2 hardware into the Oculus Rift headset... 5 July 2015
RTDynamics has released the first version of its physics based real-time electronic warfare, RADAR and missile simulation C++ library, named EWAWS. It allows developers to model air-to-air, air-to-ground and surface-to-air missile engagements and countermeasures in real-time in engineering and training simulations. EWAWS includes mathematical models for RADAR, IR, LASER, jammer,... 5 July 2015
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Russian Federation have both ramped up the frequency of live military training exercises, especially along shared borders in easternmost Europe. Rick Adams provides a balanced view of the exercise programmes in the context of the times. 2 July 2015
High attendance and a focus on future technology marked this year’s event. MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch reports. 1 July 2015
Bohemia 2D Software to Manage VBS3 Units Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has introduced VBS Tactics, an intuitive 2D interface for control of virtual units in VBS3 at the tactical level. VBS Tactics lets users conduct real-time tactical maneuver exercises by controlling fire team to company-size AI entity groups in a... 1 July 2015
Group editor Marty Kauchak reports that special operations forces (SOF) in the US and other nations are investing in ever more capable technology to train, rehearse and maintain proficiency for their missions. 30 June 2015
In Issue 3, MS&T looked at the progress of the F-35 programme, with specific focus on aircrew training, and the plans of the partner nations. Depending on their level of partnership in the programme, these nations are also very much involved from an industrial perspective, not least the UK. Europe Editor Dim Jones reports. 30 June 2015
South Africa’s TSFA provides a valuable service to nations requiring flight test qualified personnel. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones visited the academy. 26 June 2015
ITEC 2015 - The exhibition was judged excellent in most aspects, but the conference was dogged by crosstalk. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones writes. 26 June 2015
Set up to promote research, collaboration, and the European defence industrial base, the EDA recently celebrated its first decade. Walter F. Ullrich writes. 18 June 2015
Erickson Incorporated has contracted with Chilcott Inc. to provide flight training for the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (FAU or Uruguayan Air Force) helicopter pilots. The training will be conducted entirely in Spanish and under the agreement, Erickson pilot instructors will train FAU pilots in preparation for work on the United National... 16 May 2015
This October Boeing announced it completed its upgrade of all US Air Force F-22 Raptor Mission Training Centers with its high fidelity Constant Resolution Visual System (CRVS). The system up enhancement will permit Raptor pilots to more realistically train and rehearse for missions, and help the fifth-generation aircraft training system... 5 May 2015
The US Navy’s Aegis missile system training program is evolving and with good reason. The threat sets, including ballistic missiles, against which the Aegis system is designed, have gotten faster and deadlier. Marty Kauchak writes. 5 May 2015
In the margins of my recent foray to the Deep South (Portsmouth, that is, not New Orleans), I took the opportunity to visit two of the smaller companies with close ties to the S&T industry. 5 May 2015