As the Air Force continues to evolve to meet the challenges of a constantly evolving global security environment, the 82nd Training Wing is working to transform maintenance and logistics technical training. Airman 1st Class Christine Smith and Airman 1st Class Kaylie Cunningham, 364th Training Squadron electrical and environmental apprentice...
The Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Leadership Summit is an event sponsored by the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) in support of the Modeling and Simulation Congressional Caucus. The purpose of the event is to bring the M&S Community of Practice together to discuss important issues related to modeling...
Columbus Air Force Base’s Innovation Flight has continued its efforts to integrate virtual reality (VR) technology into pilot training, creating pilots for the U.S. Air Force faster. The Innovation Flight’s ambitions are to cultivate skills such as situational awareness, risk management, decision making and to augment the training student...
As Britain finalises Brexit and leaves the European union, Cobra Simulation is busy building new partnerships across northern, central and eastern Europe. At the end of January its business development team, alongside several other SME exporters and staff from Scottish Development International, travelled to Warsaw, Poland, on a Scottish...
Brad Thress, FlightSafety International President and CEO. Image credit: FlightSafety International. Brad Thress has joined the FlightSafety International company as President and CEO. He assumes this responsibility from David Davenport who has left FlightSafety. “I am honored to join FlightSafety International and look forward to leading this exceptional company,”...
Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a $248 million contract for the U.S. Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE), Integrating Architecture Development. This contract has a 48-month period of performance. Alion will provide research, development, test and engineering to develop and integrate new and enhanced training architecture and systems...
CAE USA recently achieved the AS9100 certification for its quality management system. AS9100 is the International Quality Management System standard specifically for the aerospace and defense industry. Steve Baigrie, Vice President, Operations holds the formal AS9100 certificate recently awarded to CAE USA. Image credit: CAE USA. The AS9100 quality standard...
Gen. John M. Murray, Army Futures Command commanding general, visited the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center (CCDC SC) at the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts. Staff. Sgt. Christian Lincoln-King (pictured here center) uses a Soldier Born Sensor System that enables Soldiers to gain improved situational...
Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. (Pinnacle) was awarded the U.S. Air Force Simulator Lateral Axis Motion (SLAM) Engineering Change Proposal under the KC-10 Training Systems contract. The company has also been tasked with relocating multiple KC-10 simulators. Image credit: Pinnacle Solutions. The Pinnacle Team comprised of Pinnacle as the prime with...
ITPS Canada has launched a division dedicated to tactical training with a major contract to train fighter pilots from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). The first course of students began training in January 2020 at the International Tactical Training Center. The second course of 10 students will begin...