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company released a new projector to its line up of products, which can be used for highly demanding training and simulation applications. 10 October 2023
Kuwait 3.0 follows a series of bilateral, training exercises centered on building partnerships through subject matter expert exchanges, facilitating the exchange of tactics, techniques, and procedures between U.S. and Kuwaiti forces. 9 October 2023
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters have completed their maiden deployment to Indonesia as part of Exercise Elang AUSINDO 23, held at Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. 9 October 2023
The Day 3 presentation by Adam Breed, an engineering innovation architect at Lockheed Martin, provided the “glue,” so to speak, of an OEM’s insights on high-level, overarching S&T activities. The Orlando-based executive’s presentation Creating a Common Simulation Core Platform to Build Complex Training Scenarios with Unreal Engine furnished delegates with a glimpse of how this major defense company is strengthening and expanding its S&T activities in the Live, Virtual and Constructive training domains. 6 October 2023
U.S. Air Force and Archer will begin training Air Force pilots and personnel on Archer's eVTOL aircraft capabilities through flight simulation before advancing to piloted flight testing with Archer’s Midnight aircraft. 5 October 2023
India’s state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has handed over the first Light Combat Aircraft Tejas twin-seat trainer to the Indian Air Force at Bengaluru. 5 October 2023
Exercise Northern Coast 2023 provided a great training environment and opportunity to fully integrate the U.S. Marines and Sailors' capabilities with the host nations’ logistical requirements. This year’s participants included: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and the United States. 5 October 2023
The biennial Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition took place September 12-15 2023 at ExCel London. Among the ships, tanks and aircraft there was plenty of simulation and training to see. MS&T Special Correspondent Andy Fawkes reports. 5 October 2023
During UnrealFest 2023, Sonia Mina, ATC Simulation Software Engineering Programs Manager for Adacel’s Simulation Business, updated delegates on her company’s efforts to advance ATC training, in partnership with Epic Games and Varjo. Marty Kauchak, MS&T editor attended Mina’s presentation Unlocking the Potential of Immersive Air Traffic Control Training and filed this extract of the conference presentation. 4 October 2023
The pilot on board campaign was led by Joby Chief Test Pilot James Denham and was designed to gather data on the aircraft’s handling qualities and pilot control interfaces, supporting the development of the aircraft and laying the groundwork for future credit testing as part of the certification program with the Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2023
blackshark.ai is working with Maxar, Unreal Engine and other community partners to advance digital twins. Hannes Walter, VP for Product Management, Synthetic Training Solutions at blackshark.ai, provided UnrealFest 2023 delegates with an interesting data point on the evolution of digital twins as simulation underpinnings. 4 October 2023
The global pilot shortage promises to be a recurring, spirited topic at next month’s EATS 2023, into next Spring’s WATS 2024 – and beyond. While credible, authoritative forecasts from CAE and other community stakeholders point to the differences between pilot supply and demand curves slowly and incrementally narrowing, there is still much work left to meet the insatiable demand for aircrews around the globe. 3 October 2023
Four RAF Typhoon jets have been deployed to Poland to conduct exercises with aircraft from Spain, Poland, and Italy. 3 October 2023
The participating crews received expert academics and training on hypersonic fundamentals and participated in tactical discussion on hypersonic operations to increase operational readiness and prepare multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft communities for hypersonics. 3 October 2023
The Philippine Navy will host this year’s edition of the PH-US exercise SAMASAMA, which will be held in the Naval Forces Southern Luzon area of operations from 02 to 13 October 2023. 2 October 2023
The completion of deliveries occurs as a Full Crew Simulation Training Centre is established and opened at the Maristaeli Luni Base, featuring a dedicated Level D Full Flight Simulator all fully developed by Leonardo and tailored to the Italian Navy’s needs. 2 October 2023
Three converging forces are compelling the US Air Force to modernize its basic military training construct. At the strategic level, the Air Force and the other US services are pivoting to Asia, with major implications for individuals, units and staffs who heretofore have operated in set-in-stone assignments on paper: airmen and Space Force guardians in the 2023-era have the potential to take on new, emergent tasks during a conflict in that region. 2 October 2023
The Peoples Liberation Army Air Force and Pakistan Air Force recently trained together at the Shaheen-X joint air exercises held in Northwest China. 2 October 2023
The annual Yudh Abhyas (war practise in Hindi) bilateral training exercises jointly held by the US Army and the Indian Army is underway in and around Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 2 October 2023
New program gives access to First Officer jobs while candidates complete their military service. 29 September 2023