MS&T Europe Editor Dim Jones reports on Project Gladiator, the UK’s networked air collective training, capability development, and mission preparation initiative.

Elitac Wearables B.V. has delivered the first order of Mission Navigation Belts to the Royal Netherlands Army. The MNB allows soldiers to feel waypoint navigation directions through small, quiet vibration motors, located in a lightweight belt worn around the waist.

Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has recently been awarded a Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS) Train, Advise, and Assist (TAA) contract to provide global services and training to Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and, as required, to the Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF), in support of their National Defense and Security objectives.

The National Center for Simulation announced three new members for induction to the NCS Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame.

HTX Labs, the creator of the EMPACT immersive training platform, has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force to collaborate with the Maintenance Next program.

A US-based combined arms battalion will conduct an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise to Europe as part of the final phase of training linked to DEFENDER-Europe 20.

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), is providing the German Navy with its NH90 Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) for practising numerous tasks such as inspection, fault diagnosis, maintenance and repair procedures.

Cubic Global Defense has partnered with Carley Corporation and Northrop Grumman to pursue the US Navy’s potential $93 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for the design, development, testing and delivery of products in support of the FY21 Ready Relevant Learning Content Conversion program.

Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has been awarded a direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project with the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to design and develop haptics-based mixed reality training systems within the U.S Army’s Synthetic Training Environment (STE).