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Raytheon Technologies Corporation has completed the all-stock merger of equals transaction between Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation following the completion by United Technologies of its previously announced spin-offs of its Carrier and Otis businesses. Upon closing of the merger, United Technologies’ name has changed to "Raytheon Technologies Corporation,"... 7 April 2020
HumanSim: Sedation and Airway, a 3D virtual trainer for administering emergency anesthesia and managing breathing for critically-injured or ill patients, is now available for free from Virtual Heroes to support healthcare workers as they adapt to unprecedented requirements in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Virtual Heroes... 7 April 2020
HumanSim: Sedation and Airway, a 3D virtual trainer for administering emergency anesthesia and managing breathing for critically-injured or ill patients, is now available for free from Virtual Heroes to support healthcare workers as they adapt to unprecedented requirements in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Virtual... 7 April 2020
Group editor Marty Kauchak reviews S&T trends and developments in Asia Pacific. 7 April 2020
Cranfield University received in February its sixth Queen’s Anniversary Prize, presented by HRH The Prince of Wales, with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes are the highest awards in the UK... 7 April 2020
Air India's pilot unions are opposing a 10% cut in “flying allowances,” a category which falls unequally on pilots compared with management of the state-owned airline. They said the decision goes against the spirit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to Indian companies to ensure that salaries of employees... 7 April 2020
“We are making a commitment to transform the definition of airline cleanliness – Delta Clean,” says Delta Air Lines Chief Customer Experience Officer Bill Lentsch in a YouTube video (you can watch it here). By early May, all aircraft will be “fogged” with a hospital-type disinfectant before each flight... 7 April 2020
The Levels of Fidelity (LoF) planning committee has postponed the biennial conference, originally scheduled for April in Boise, Idaho, due to travel concerns surrounding COVID-19. The training and simulation conference, which brings together members of industry, military and government civilian workforces from over 17 countries, is now scheduled for... 6 April 2020
Hevilift, an air charter operator based in Papua New Guinea (PNG), providing transportation services for personnel and equipment in the region, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for online pilot training. Image credit: Avsoft International Hevilift is using Avsoft’s ATR 72-500 aircraft systems e-learning course to provide initial... 6 April 2020
Area9 Lyceum has successfully attained JOSCAR (Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register) accreditation, used by the aerospace, defense and security industry to prequalify suppliers. JOSCAR, an initiative led by ADS Group, brings together prime contractors as registered buyers, as well as registered suppliers by invitation only. As a tool for... 6 April 2020
Trideum Corporation announces the hiring of Rod Summers as operations manager for the Huntsville, Alabama and Redstone markets. In this position, Summers will manage Trideum’s business portfolio in the area and pursue new business opportunities for the local company. “As Trideum continues to focus its efforts across our customer... 6 April 2020
The US Air Force is working to develop its Operational Training Structure (OTI) through the incorporation of LVC. Chuck Weirauch takes a look at the latest efforts to integrate the Live element into the LVC environment.
While US and joint training demonstrations have validated the concept of blended live-virtual-constructive (LVC)-based air combat training, the primary remaining challenge is the integration of virtual and constructive entities with front line aircraft Operational Flight Programs (OTFs) according to Michael Aldinger, Northrop Grumman manager of LVC Mission Integration.
Just how to “spoof” blue aircraft sensor systems into “believing” that the projected virtual and constructive entities they “see” on the training range are real adversary aircraft, missiles and ground elements and then showing them to the pilot of the aircraft on its screens and displays is the key to adding the “live” component to air combat LVC training. The means to accomplishing this goal is to modify the aircraft’s OTF so that it recognizes those projected false adversary virtual and constructive entities as what they were made up to be, rather than what they actually are. Multiple sources sending virtual and constructive false electronic entities into the range environment as adversaries can be added to increase the complexity and realism of the training exercise.
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