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The number of registered airplanes in South Korea rose 2.2 percent last year, the transport ministry said. Airplane registrations were 853, up 18 from a year earlier due to low-cost carriers (LCC) increasing the number of planes on international routes, Yohap News reported. Plane registrations should exceed 1,000 within... 21 January 2020
Jupiter Aviation Technology have launched Project 2020, a research and development project to aid the development of the SurePilot Online Pilot Assessment Tool. As part of Project 2020, SurePilot invites individuals to undertake a free online pilot assessment to test their own competencies. The SurePilot tool provides airlines and... 21 January 2020
British start-up Touch Surgery, which uses VR headsets to train doctors, has secured $70m (£54m) in funding to grow its product line, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph. The British newspaper said the company, who had previously raised $19.5 million from U.S. venture capital fund 8VC, secured the... 21 January 2020
3B Scientific, a portfolio company of J.H. Whitney Capital Partners, LLC has entered into an agreement to acquire iSimulate Pty. Ltd., a clinical education technology offering medical simulation solutions. “iSimulate has revolutionized simulation training in healthcare through its creative simulation solutions including ALSi, REALITi, CTGi and AURiS,” said Todd Murray,... 20 January 2020
In advance of the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2020), CAE Healthcare has released CAE Vimedix 3.0, its updated ultrasound simulator with a new user interface that includes 3-D/4-D cardiac ultrasound for advanced assessment and diagnosis in preparation for ultrasound-guided interventions. “The demand for safe, effective ultrasound education... 20 January 2020
FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training has been selected as the exclusive training provider for Garmin G5000-equipped Cessna Citation Excel and Citation XLS aircraft. Image credit: FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training Pilot initial and recurrent courses are now offered at the FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training Learning Center in Wichita. Differences training is... 20 January 2020
CAE has appointed Todd Probert as Group President, Defence & Security, effective January 27, 2020. He will be based in Washington, D.C. and is succeeding Gene Colabatistto, who retired from CAE in December 2019. Todd Probert, Group President, CAE Defence and Security Probert worked for Raytheon, the world's fourth... 20 January 2020
Leonardo, through AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at USD 176.5 million by U.S. Department of Defense for the production and delivery of 32 TH-73A helicopters, initial spares, support and dedicated equipment, and specific pilot and maintenance training services. This contract, as Fiscal 2020 aircraft... 20 January 2020
A look at the pilot training philosophy at a fast-growing Gulf Airline. Chris Long travels to Sharjah. 20 January 2020
More than one thousand Royal Marines, the largest numbers for many years, have deployed to the frozen Arctic for the annual cold weather workouts. Arbroath-based 45 Commando are in the north of Norway learning to be winter warriors. They have already completed the first phase of their Arctic survival... 20 January 2020
CAE Healthcare has released its first training applications for Microsoft HoloLens 2, which will integrate holographic, modeled physiology into its patient simulators. The mixed reality applications will accelerate learning by displaying 3D, interactive cardiac, respiratory and circulatory systems that will allow learners to envision human anatomy. Built to run on... 17 January 2020
Students Alexis Hepburn, David Zuehlke and recent graduate Julia Mihaylov have been honored as winners of Aviation Week’s “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties” Award for outstanding academic performance, industry and civic contributions and exceptional research while attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Established in 2013, the annual 20 Twenties awards... 17 January 2020
