QinetiQ has been awarded a one-year contract, with an additional option year, by the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Air Warfare Centre to develop a roadmap for the modernization of RCAF Air Weapons ranges, which will enable the combination of live and virtual environments for collaborative team training.
MS&T Europe Editor Dim Jones reports on Project Gladiator, the UK’s networked air collective training, capability development, and mission preparation initiative.
The mix between live and synthetic flying training has been a hot topic within the military aviation fraternity for some while now. The arguments for synthetic training (ST) have been well rehearsed: the reduced cost per training hour of a simulator as compared with live flying; the environmental benefits, in terms of both fuel and noise; and the improved longevity of an aircraft fleet resulting from reduced flying hours, fatigue consumption and attrition. To these, more recently, have been added some operational considerations.
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 hasbeen awarded a Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation Train, Advise, and Assist contract to provide global services and training to Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces and, as required, to the Norwegian Armed Forces.
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.