Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division in Norco, California, recently designed a low-cost, mass-producible portable medical oxygen manifold for Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton for the COVID-19 response. The device – designed in a matter of hours at the request of Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (CLR-15) Marines – features...
Volunteers from U.S. Naval Air Stations across the world have taken out their sewing machines to craft masks for military personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers at Naval Station Rota, Spain, deliver homemade masks to the installation's commissary. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin A.
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) began admitting patients from hospitals in New Jersey in an effort to expand its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. Sailors prepare to transport a patient arriving for medical treatment from an ambulance onto the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS...
U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a $54 million firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of an Undersea Operational Training Facility (UOTC) to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract also contains one Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment line item and one unexercised option, which if...
The use of simulations at colleges and universities worldwide is becoming commonplace in various areas of study. In part 2 of 2, Robert W. Moorman looks at the educational pipeline for the next generation of simulationists.
The Thales Watchkeeper is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and is the latest, and most capable and sophisticated, unmanned aerial system (UAS) in the British Army. MS&T’s Dim Jones visited the UK’s Watchkeeper Force and 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi) a follow-on contract for an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). This latest award marks the third renewal since the contract’s inception. The contract provides licensing and support services for ASTi’s networked voice communications, radio-over-IP bridging to the Warrior Preparation...
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) launched a scholarship campaign within the modeling, simulation & training (MS&T) industry to help more students with tuition and educational expenses during the recovery phase of COVID-19. M&S Student Day at the University of Central Florida on February 19, 2020. Image credit: NCS.
Lockheed Martin is partnering with Varjo for its visual simulation platform Prepar3D. Varjo is working with Lockheed Martin and the Prepar3D team to enable demanding training and simulation scenarios that require high-fidelity immersive displays. Image credit: Varjo Developed by Lockheed Martin, Prepar3D allows users to create training scenarios across...