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The National Modeling and Simulation Coalition (NM&SC), sponsored by the National Transport and Safety Association (NTSA), will hold its 2018 National Meeting September 25-26 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCEL) in Omaha, Nebraska. This meeting brings together defense and healthcare training and... 14 August 2018
Meggitt Training Systems completed a test and evaluation with the Miami Police Department in Florida for its FATS® 300LE next-generation training system that delivers virtual scenarios to train police officers in split-second, use-of-force evaluations and de-escalation tactics for real-world situations. The FATS 300LE can replicate many real-world situations including domestic... 14 August 2018
The National Modeling and Simulation Coalition (NM&SC), sponsored by the NTSA, will hold its 2018 National Meeting September 25-26 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCEL) in Omaha, Nebraska. The meeting will focus on Improving Human Performance and Effectiveness and will feature presentations from... 14 August 2018
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing celebrated the full operational capability of the only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense during a ribbon-cutting ceremony this month at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The centrifuge lets Air Force students experience forces up to nine times the... 14 August 2018
Jump Simulation, a part of OSF Innovation, will receive a $400,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to expand its STEAM (Science, Technology, Art, Engineering and Math) education program to students who are patients at OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois. PNC Bank also pledged $100,000 to sponsor the Angel Ball,... 14 August 2018
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) qualified the A350 Full-Flight-Simulator at the Airbus Training Center (ATC) (FFS) in Miami for Upset and Prevention Recovery Training (UPRT). Airbus says this is the first A350 FFS to be fully qualified for UPRT and allows for safety training of full stalls, upset recovery,... 14 August 2018
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose the DiSTI Corporation, a provider of 3D virtual training solutions and graphical user interface software, as one of the small business contractors for the $980-million Training Systems IV multiple award contract. The Training Systems IV contract’s objective is to... 13 August 2018
NetJets Inc., a provider of private aviation services, is launching a recruitment campaign for experienced First Officers to join its aviation program. Pilots who meet the application criteria, including a minimum of 1500 hours flight time are encouraged to apply to KURA Aviation, the pilot training and recruitment services company... 13 August 2018
Military units from the U.S., U.K., Germany, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are meeting in Michigan this month for Exercise Northern Strike. The event’s goal is to maximize the full-spectrum combat readiness of National Guard units through realistic joint-fires training with an emphasis on joint and coalition force cooperation... 13 August 2018
The United States Navy chose Xebec, a Pinnacle Solutions and CAE USA joint venture, as one of the small business prime contractors on the Training Systems IV multiple award contract. Xebec will pursue U.S. Department of Defense simulation and training programs and facilitate opportunities to help Pinnacle grow market... 13 August 2018
Four Purdue University biomedical engineering students developed an anatomically correct, hands-on breastfeeding simulator system to assist the training of perinatal nurses and professionals for their senior design project. The idea came from Tina Babbitt, an Indiana Perinatal Network nurse and lactation consultant, who brought the need for better breastfeeding training... 10 August 2018
Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Maverick Family Nursing Simulation Center received provisional accreditation by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). The provisional accreditation means that Minnesota State Mankato’s nursing simulation center is accredited for two years. At the end of that period, the University will apply for full accreditation status... 10 August 2018
