The Bangladesh Air Force has completed another Operational Conversion Course on its Yak-130s with the 105 Advanced Jet Training Unit at BAF Base Zahurul Haque.
In a normal year the MS&T team would attend conferences in person and report on the proceedings. This year, we have not travelled, but logged in. As well as congratulating the organisers for delivering the conferences in a whole new way, what did we learn from the conferences and the pros and cons of these virtual events?
RUAG Simulation & Training has confirmed its capabilities for full remote monitoring and supervision support for live training systems on behalf of a European customer.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued a statement to clarify some key areas related to the Multi-Crew Pilot Licence and the impact that Covid-19 has had on cadets who are currently unable to complete the base training element of their MPL course.
Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides a high-level glimpse of rapidly evolving defense S&T trends and programs in Asia.
Asian military services are using learning technologies to strengthen their readiness levels across their mission sets. At one end of the spectrum, new training and education systems are supporting the introduction of the fifth-generation F-35A to the Royal Australian Air Force. At the same time, regional defense forces are using wargame-like solutions to allow their units and staffs to prepare for tasks in and beyond warfighting domains. Further to these trends, the overarching, major development to which simulation and training (S&T) companies, beyond and from the region, are responding is the expanding, insatiable demand for products and services by diverse Asian customers – hardware OEMs, defense departments and other government organizations, and others. This feature article selectively reviews developments in the Asian Pacific S&T defense market space through the regional portfolios of four industry companies.
With remote training growing significantly in 2020, in part one of two articles, SCT Correspondent Mario Pierobon digs deeper into the theory and the pros and cons.
Global Airline Training & Simulation – Virtual was 'on air' for more than 45 hours – 15 consecutive hours each day, from morning in Europe to early evening in North America.