Army Futures Command and Vanderbilt University signed an agreement on April 9 that links creative, innovative soldiers with top-tier Vanderbilt University experts so that ideas quickly can become useful products. Leaders from the two groups say this five-year education partnership agreement is a potential model for military-academic collaboration across...
Microsoft Corp. announced new partnerships with global higher education institutions to align and integrate Microsoft’s technical skills programs and credentials to help address the growing 21st century talent gap. The skills programs will help students prepare for the jobs of tomorrow with in-demand technologies in fields like artificial intelligence,...
Public Health Activity Rheinland-Pfalz (PHA R-P) recently executed its annual training event in Grafenwoehr, Germany. This event, aimed at enhancing and optimizing soldier readiness, brought together 62 personnel from 10 sites spread across Germany and Belgium. The exercise consisted of US Army warrior tasks, military occupational specialty credentialing, an...
Tactical Medical Wing (TMW) demonstrated lifesaving capabilities to medical professionals and Defence partners from across the UK and overseas. Specialists were on hand, over a three-day period, to discuss the diverse outputs of TMW. This included Critical Care Air Support Teams, who provided the ability to move critically ill...
The U.S. Navy is poised to open the Live Virtual Constructive Development and Operation Center (LVCDOC) – its persistent Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) environment for government and industry collaboration. The Navy awarded a contract for PLEXSYS’ Video Audio Data After Action Review (VADAAR) LVC solution to support its requirements...
In mid-February 2019, the U.S. Army’s Product Manager for Cyber Resiliency and Training (PdM CRT) office gathered Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) from all of the services to operationally utilize the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) prototype vB platform for a concurrent, distributed collective and individual level training exercise from...
Quantum3D Government Systems (Q3DGS) announced the Small Business Joint Venture partnership with TITENN Inc., which will be known as Q10. TITENN Inc. brings new technologies such as allowing the DoD to sustain and increase unit mission readiness levels after unit training, enhancing soldier readiness with artificial intelligence, and reducing...
The Federal Government Distance Learning Association inducted NATO’s e-Learning Programme Manager, Paul Thurkettle, into its 2018 Hall of Fame. Each year, this award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions and accomplishments in promoting and developing distance learning. "This award shows just how far we have...
Members of the U.S.. Army's Synthetic Training Environment Cross Functional Team, working with industry partners, will provide Army aviators an opportunity to test prototype helicopter trainers and offer their comments during a user assessment from April 8-12 on Fort Carson, Colorado. The soldiers will assess prototypes of the Reconfigurable...
Inzpire Limited has been awarded the UK Royal Air Force Defence Operational Training Concept (Air) (DOTC(A)) Interim White Force contract and will manage the transition from the Defence Synthetic Air-Land Training (DSALT) programme over a 42-month period. Delivery of DOTC(A) will enable the RAF to adopt a distributed approach...