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There are just three weeks to go before the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) closes the defence simulation and training focus areas of its Open Call for Innovation, having already funded a number of successful proposals. The closing date to submit an innovation idea to these focus areas is... 18 February 2019
The Louisiana Army National Guard recently trained 12 soldiers on a new virtual simulation marksmanship training system at Camp Beauregard, Pineville, Louisiana, in January. The Engagement Skills Trainer II (EST II) is designed to assist and improve the basic fundamentals of marksmanship, as well as collective and escalation of force... 18 February 2019
The American Red Cross launched its new resuscitation education program that meets certification and licensing requirements for healthcare, EMS and other public safety professionals. The program consists of Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses that leverage the latest learning technologies... 18 February 2019
Aetna a CVS Health business, launched Attain, a health experience app designed by Aetna in collaboration with Apple. Through the use of an Apple Watch, the Attain app will provide Aetna members with personalized goals, track their daily activity levels, recommend healthy actions and ultimately reward them for taking... 15 February 2019
Cockpit4u Aviation Service and Airways Aviation Academy (AAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), whereby AAA and Cockpit4u will be providing a framework for the development of a constructive and successful joint working arrangement. AAA will be offering its full-time pilot training students the opportunity and resources to... 15 February 2019
Pacific Simulators (PacSim) just installed two FSTDs at FlyBest Flight Academy headquarters in BSD City Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia. One is the all new EuroJet FJ2000 Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT), an open cockpit systems and procedures device that is ideal for pilots heading to airlines with Airbus A320 fleets,... 15 February 2019
Air Vice-Marshal Aliyu Bello, director of training for the Nigerian Air Force, and other members of the Nigerian Air Force visited Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, in January to get a firsthand view of the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT) training program and check on a Nigerian student who... 15 February 2019
In an article on HealthcareITNews, Cathy Lester, Health Outcomes Innovation, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, champions for telemedicine solutions in disaster response efforts. Lester writes: “Some of the biggest challenges to widespread adoption and use of telemedicine in disaster response are associated with scale and activation – for example, activating medical... 15 February 2019
In an article on KevinMD, Dr. Tista S. Ghosh, MD, MPH, discusses the high suicide rate among physicians and advocates for a solution. Ghosh writes: “Physicians have long had disproportionately high suicide rates. One 2018 literature review found the physician suicide rate to be double the average. Sleep deprivation, stress and... 15 February 2019
Avsoft is pleased to announce the release of the Dash 8 Q100 Aircraft Systems Course for pilots, owing to strong demand from its extensive Dash 8 customer base. Featuring 24 modules filled with highly-detailed technical illustrations, this course explores all the major aircraft systems, including all the components, operations,... 15 February 2019
Alsim announced the first sale of an AL42 FSTD in Spain. One Air acquired the device to replicate its fleet of DA42 twin-engine training aircraft. Together with their Alsim ALX FNPT II – certified for MCC, medium jet, multi-engine piston, single-engine piston and PBN training – this new simulator... 14 February 2019
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