The US Defense Department is experiencing its most severe recruiting challenges in more than a generation. The services are moving forward with a diverse set of solutions to not only recruit but retain servicemen and-women. Group Editor Marty Kauchak reviews some developments.
Any thought of the US taking its policy eyes off the Pacific Rim during the ongoing Ukraine-Russia War should be set aside following US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin’s just-concluded visit to Cambodia where he attended the 9th ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting. Austin reaffirmed the US’s commitment to working with ASEAN to address the complex set of challenges confronting the region – from terrorism to nuclear proliferation to maritime security threats.
SimCentric Technologies is exhibiting at I/ITSEC 2022 on Booth #1580 in Orlando, Florida, from 28 November – 1 December. With a dedicated focus on “Enabling the Warfighter”, SimCentric is demonstrating its technologies used globally across NATO and 5-Eyes nations.
Treality Simulation Visual Systems (I/ITSEC Booth 1949) has received awards from three unnamed customers in Europe and the Middle East for RP-X displays for fast-jet full mission simulators.
QinetiQ (I/ITSEC booth 1370), KBR (booth 2308) and PA Consulting have formed Team Paladin to compete for the British Army’s upcoming Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP).
CAE has continued to refine its approach to building flight simulators, aiming not only for higher fidelity, but for a much-shortened development period.
A team led by Lockheed Martin (I/ITSEC booths 689 & 1748) will support cyber readiness and training for up to 17,000 US Army civilian cyber personnel under an Other Transaction Agreement awarded by the US Army.
As delegates and exhibitors trek to 2022 I/ITSEC, Major General Shawn N. Bratton, Commander, Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM), shared insights and perspectives on his portfolio with MS&T Group Editor Marty Kauchak.
VRAIs ReACT VR Armour Crew Sim has won the prestigious Military Simulation & Training Award for Outstanding XR Application by a small company. The award was announced in MS&T Magazine’s I/ITSEC conference edition on 21 November and was demonstrated at the I/ITSEC conference at the Microsoft Defence & Intelligence stand, with whom VRAI has partnered with to bring next-generation simulation solutions to military end users.