Inzpire will publicly display its upgraded Targeted Fidelity Simulator (TFS) for the first time at DSEI 2019. The TFS will showcase higher fidelity instruments and displays than before. It will be in an EC135 helicopter configuration and be using Bohemia Interactive Simulations Blue IG and VBS3 software. "Our aim...
Inzpire have delivered the second iteration of an electronic warfare course at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. The two-week course is organised for the European Defence Agency under the umbrella of the Helicopter Exercise Programme. Twenty trainees from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK took part. The...
The Afghan Air Force (AAF) has awarded a $50.4 million Firm Fixed Price contract to MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) for logistics support of its MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter fleet. MDHI has provided contractor logistics support (CLS) services to the AAF since the first MD 530F training aircraft arrived...
Eight airmen assigned to an Ohio National Guard mobile training team conducted an intermediate airfield management course for members of the Hungarian Defence Forces from July 29-August 2 at Pápa Air Base. National Guard members taught the course alongside air advisers from Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The Ohio...
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Boeing a $500-million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity single award contract for Qatar Emiri Air Force (QAEF) F-15QA aircrew and maintenance training. This contract will provide F-15QA aircrew and maintenance training to support the QEAF. Work will be performed at St. Louis, Missouri, and moving...
PLEXSYS successfully delivered their new flagship product, Advanced Simulation Combat Operations Trainer (ASCOT) 7, to Raytheon Australia in support of Air 6500 integration. ASCOT-7 is a dynamic and intuitive Computer-Generated Forces platform used in modeling and simulation environments. With its intuitive user interface, modular and scalable design, and extensible...
Cubic Corporation announced that Cubic Defence Australia, which operates within its Cubic Global Defense business division, will showcase its defense simulation and training solutions at the Australasian Simulation Congress 2019 (ASimC). Taking place on the Gold Coast from September 2-5, ASimC brings together industry professionals and customers to demonstrate...
The DiSTI Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army to develop a prototype Family of Maintenance Trainers (FMT) – Common Core architecture and software baseline to support the existing FMT Product Line and future Maintenance Training Systems (MTS). The purpose of this effort is to analyze existing systems,...
Lockheed Martin have awarded a Block 4 Modernization contract to BAE Systems to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft. BAE Systems will modernize its AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures (EW/CM) system to address emerging threats and maintain U.S. and allied warfighters' ability...
The Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) has flown one of its 63 Mirage F-1s for the first time. The flight took place at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Texas and was a success, said ATAC. ATAC comprises the world's largest outsourced civilian, tactical airborne training organization. It bought the...