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OSF Ventures has joined four other organizations this week in supporting Series ‘A’ funding of $7.3 million for Washington, DC-based health care technology start-up Socially Determined, which offers data analytics to identify patients who face barriers to better health. The additional funding will support efforts to hire top talent... 31 October 2019
VirTra Inc. announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company two new patents: patent 10,438,503, which relates to VirTra’s TASER cartridge kits, and patent 10,436,539, which relates to mechanical malfunction of real firearms used in simulation training. Based on the parameters of patent 10,438,503, VirTra... 31 October 2019
VirTra Inc. announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company two new patents: patent 10,438,503, which relates to VirTra’s TASER cartridge kits, and patent 10,436,539, which relates to mechanical malfunction of real firearms used in simulation training. Based on the parameters of patent 10,438,503, VirTra... 31 October 2019
Ryan Aerospace Australia has been awarded a contract to supply more than 30 HELIMOD Mark III helicopter simulators for the US Army at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The contract is part of the Army’s “Aviator Training Next” or “ATN” Program, an experimental new way to provide helicopter pilot training during... 31 October 2019
SynDaver announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent 10,424,226 for the company’s wearable chest tube skills training device. The patent, which was issued in September, provides protections for the design and manufacturing of SynDaver’s Wearable Chest Tube Skills Trainer. The device is a wearable medical... 30 October 2019
Florida-based Global Airline Academy (GAA) have finalised their partnership agreement for all EASA ATPL students to attend APS-MCC or MCC-JOC training with SKY4u in Berlin. GAA, part of U.S. Aviation Training Solutions (USATS), made the announcement on the opening day of EATS 2019. "We are delighted to partner with... 30 October 2019
After three years of resounding support from commanders, senior instructor pilots, and master gunners, the Apache Gunnery Trainer (AGT) is heading to the flight line at Fort Rucker. Developed from previous AH-64 collective trainers sold internationally, refined to support the Air Cavalry Leader’s course and prototyped for the Synthetic... 29 October 2019
VirTra Inc. has received an order from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) for VirTra’s newest ultra-high-definition (UHD) 4K simulators. FLETC will be the first agency to receive VirTra’s new UHD simulators. The new simulators utilize 4K resolution projectors and more accurately reproduce objects,... 29 October 2019
VirTra Inc. has received an order from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) for VirTra’s newest ultra-high-definition (UHD) 4K simulators. FLETC will be the first agency to receive VirTra’s new UHD simulators. The new simulators utilize 4K resolution projectors and more accurately reproduce objects,... 29 October 2019
The Orsini Way, a communication training company, announced the results of its new survey exploring how patients describe their interactions with doctors and nurses. The survey found that 71 percent of respondents said they experienced a lack of compassion when speaking with a medical professional, and 73 percent stated... 29 October 2019
Embry-Riddle students Jennifer Maier, Alexis Cryts and Mikayla Quesenberry have been awarded the first Women in Aviation scholarships from Raytheon Company’s Intelligence, Information and Services business. Increasing the ranks and stature of women across the aviation industry as well as all science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields should... 29 October 2019
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to develop a Virtual Prototyping Holodeck (VPH) to simulate real-world equipment and battle conditions for Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD). Using cross reality (XR) technologies, NVESD’s objective is to better understand how soldiers react to... 29 October 2019
