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Midshipmen got a 360-degree view of flight training during Aviation Selection Night at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, marking a new era in technology for prospective flight students. A U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman conducts a simulated T-6B Texan II flight on a newly installed virtual reality trainer... 27 January 2020
U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) air department began using virtual-reality to simulate flight deck operations inside the mobile Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training System (C-ARTS) classroom located at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). U.S. Navy... 27 January 2020
In April 2019, MS&T published online an article entitled “The Brexit Impacts on UK-EU-NATO Training”, which subsequently appeared in Issue 2/2019. At that time, Theresa May was the UK’s Prime Minister, and Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty (UK’s withdrawal from the European Union) had been triggered, leading to... 27 January 2020
FlightLogger has expanded its presence in Belgium with Ostend Air College signing up to use its digitization service. Ostend Air College was the first recognized training center for airline pilots in Belgium and now has over 20 years of experience. They provide ab initio pilots to over 40 companies... 27 January 2020
VT MAK, a company of ST Engineering North America, has successfully completed a programmatic milestone by demonstrating the core technologies that make up the U.S. Army’s Synthetic Training Environment’s (STE) Common Synthetic Environment (CSE), integrated with the One World terrain (OWT) and the Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT) devices. 24 January 2020
A new ASTM International standard establishes minimum training requirements for drone pilots in the public safety arena who work remotely. The new standard, soon to be published as F3379, was developed by ASTM International’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) committee (F38) with contributions from the homeland security applications committee (E54)... 24 January 2020
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the release of $10.5 million in planning funds to create preliminary designs for a Health Science Building (HSB) on the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) campus. Pritzker made the announcement in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom. The complex will include approximately 221,000 square feet. 24 January 2020
A pilot project to support district hospitals in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania is using the Area9 Rhapsode adaptive AI learning platform. The project is part of the Helping Children Survive (HCS) collaborative, led by Dr. Peter Meaney. It seeks to improve the care of seriously ill children through innovative... 24 January 2020
Soldiers from multiple countries took part in pyrotechnic training to become qualified observer, coach, trainers (OC/T's) for the Combined Resolve XIII exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC). Pyrotechnic training is one component of the three-day academy course. Once completed, the soldiers are certified to work as an... 24 January 2020
Turkey's first cabin crew simulator manufacturer SkyArt has delivered a A321 neo ACF OWE door trainer to Middle East Airlines. The SkyArt door trainer complies with all ICAO and EASA standards. A state-of-the-art touchscreen control panel allows simulation of all normal functions and malfunction scenarios. The on-site installation and... 24 January 2020
President Clinton will return for the 8th year in the row as a Keynote Speaker for the World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit on Saturday, March 7, 2020. President Bill Clinton. Image credit: Patient Safety Movement Foundation. The 2020 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit will be co-convened... 23 January 2020
Kitware has released the latest versions of two of its popular medical training and simulation toolkits – the Interactive Medical Simulation Toolkit (iMSTK) 2.0 and the Pulse Physiology Engine (Pulse) 2.3. Updates to these toolkits include improved models and functionality based on feedback from user and developer communities. Kitware showcased... 23 January 2020
