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PLEXSYS has been awarded the E-3G Airborne Warning and Control System Mission Crew Training Set Performance-Based Logistics contract by AFLCMC/HBS. 3 September 2020
VirTra, Inc. has received an order from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for simulation training products and services, including new drop-in recoil kits, valued at $863,000. 3 September 2020
As the Covid-19 pandemic persists, and students return to campuses across the United States, there has not been a significant decline in the number of students enrolled in pilot-degree programs, according to a survey of aviation educators. Nearly 90% of schools report “little or no change.”
Only one school reported more than 15% cancellations or degree changes. About one-quarter indicated a “melt” of 5-15% in students committed to attending (though up from 10% a month ago). One-third are seeing less than 5% change, and 26.47% indicated all enrolled students plan to attend.
Surprisingly, in the wake of the devastation in the airline industry, nearly 40% of the universities will have a higher number of students than started a year ago. Only 15% expect a lower number, and 36.4% are level with 2019.
Ken Byrnes, Chair of the Flight Training Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), who moderates the ad-hoc national group’s periodic Zoom discussions, cautioned, “As the airline industry slows, interest can start to wane,” but he reminded that the process of becoming an airline pilot “is a four- to five-year journey, and the industry is going to need a significant amount of pilots in the near future.”
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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued guidelines to National Competent Authorities for enabling and monitoring virtual classroom instruction and distance learning. 3 September 2020
Cockpit4u has been approved as a training facility for apprenticeships by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK). 3 September 2020
The US Marine Corps recently acquired hundreds of Bohemia Interactive Simulations VBS4 licenses for the DVTE program. 3 September 2020
CAE USA Mission Solutions Inc. has been awarded an Other Transactional Authority contract by United States Special Operations Command to aid the Special Operations Forces Global Situational Awareness initiative. 2 September 2020
Quantum3D, Inc. has launched a new release of MANTIS, its real-time scene management and image generation software. 2 September 2020
A £50 million funding boost for the UK’s NHS will scale up the work of existing Digital Pathology and Imaging Artificial Intelligence Centres of Excellence, which were launched in 2018 to develop cutting-edge digital tools to improve the diagnosis of disease. 2 September 2020
ALSIM has sold an AL250 to FTEJerez, the ATO based in Jerez, Spain. 2 September 2020
Following directives to avoid mass gatherings for public safety amid the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, the National Training and Simulation Association has made the decision to cancel I/ITSEC 2020. 2 September 2020
Watch the latest episode in our Restarting The Engines series with Capt Jacques Drappier, Capt. Philip Adrian and Mark Dransfield FRAeS discussing the use of FFS, FTD and other new technologies.
2 September 2020
