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7 April 2025 MS&T’s Andy Fawkes reported from IT2EC 2025, where urgency and readiness dominated every conversation.
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Wrap Technologies, Inc. has entered into a Professional Services and Technology Acquisition Agreement with Lumeto. 7 December 2022
Greensea Systems Inc. and Blue Ring Imaging have started a collaboration that is set to open up the floodgates for rapid Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality development to enhance Greensea pilot/operator performance in the subsea sector. 7 December 2022
Leonardo is conceptualizing training for 6th-generation fighter aircraft by reproducing a possible cockpit with its “Smart Chair” virtual / augmented reality device at its Battle Lab in Turin, Italy. 6 December 2022
Cesium for Unity, an open source plugin that enables real-world 3D data to be utilized in the Unity game engine, is now available. The plugin is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 License. 6 December 2022
CAE’s many expanding competencies now include its leadership position in the evolving eVTOL training market. Chris Courtney, Director of Advanced Air Mobility for Civil Aviation at the company, said CAE has five training partnerships with eVTOL OEMs to include Joby, Jaunt, Vertical Aerospace, Volocopter and Beta. 6 December 2022
Vrgineers Inc. has presented an unclassified F-35-like Classroom 2.0 Trainer. The simulator software consists of the high-fidelity D-SIM flight simulation framework developed by multiSIM BV in The Netherlands. 1 December 2022
Engineering & Computer Simulations has been awarded a follow-on order to continue its work with the U.S. Air Force to modernize and advance the use of innovation and emerging educational technologies for its training programs at the Expeditionary Operations School at the Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst in New Jersey. 1 December 2022
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center has awarded Engineering & Computer Simulations a Broad Agency Announcement contract for “Basic and Applied Research to Setup and Operate the Modular Medical Environment Testbed.” 1 December 2022
The UK MoD has activated the option for Hadean to continue developing the capabilities of Cloud-distributed simulation for the British Army Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) through Spring 2023. 1 December 2022
Group Editor Marty Kauchak sat in on the NBT TalX: The Consumer Metaverse Meets Defense. 1 December 2022
Group Editor Marty Kauchak spoke with Brad Thress, President and CEO, FlightSafety International, and Dan Davis, President, FSI Defense, on a range of issues. 1 December 2022
Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides further impressions from his walkabout of 2022 I/ITSEC conference and exhibition presentations. 1 December 2022
Aechelon Technology Inc. (booth #1722) and Varjo (booth #3010) unveiled at I/ITSEC the worldwide capable Forward Deployable Virtual Sand Table proof of concept with two Varjo XR-3 units. 30 November 2022
Elbit Systems UK’s Interim Combined Arms Virtual Simulation (Deployable) (ICAVS(D)) has proved its agility and highly deployable capabilities on British Army exercises in Germany and Estonia after 8 months in service. 30 November 2022
Under the contract, ASTi will integrate its Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC (SERA) product into five unit training devices (UTDs) and two operational flight training devices (OFTs) at Training Air Wing SIX (CTW-6) aboard NAS Pensacola. 30 November 2022
The Swiss Army mobilised 5,000 soldiers this week in exercise “PILUM 22”, which took two years to prepare. The exercise ranges across the cantons of Bern, Solothurn, Aargau, Lucerne and Zurich. 30 November 2022
I/ITSEC Air Force Leadership Forum insights from Gen. David W. Allvin, US Air Force Vice Chief of Staff. Group Editor Marty Kauchak attended. 30 November 2022
The University of Iowa may not have the visibility of some aviation schools, but the institution is well known for important research for the civil and military sectors. Robert W. Moorman spoke with their principals. 30 November 2022
Thales (I/ITSEC booth #2810) is entering into a long-term agreement with Epic Games (booth #1815), creator of Unreal Engine. 30 November 2022
Group Editor Marty Kauchak shares insights on defense vehicle maintenance trends and accompanying changes to maintenance learning activities. 30 November 2022