Rheinmetall will supply the German Bundeswehr with simulation technology that will enable realistic training of mechanized infantry units equipped with the Puma IFV. The value of the contract could reach €142 million, including value added tax. At the end of 2019, Rheinmetall received order to this effect from the...
Now in its fifth year, the DSET Conference and Workshop will be held 9-11 March in Bristol, UK. MS&T Editor Andy Fawkes spoke to its organisers Tess Butler and Sadie Lockett about its origins and what to expect at DSET 2020. Growth DSET (Defence Simulation Education and Training) was...
Andy Fawkes, MS&T Editor The simulation and training domain never ceases to interest me with its synergy of people and technology, and its challenges both enduring and emergent. It has a global community that for the most part shares its ideas and standards and looks to other sectors for...
Four U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) cadets from Battle Ground High School received scholarships to earn private pilot licenses. Nathanial Davis, Jarrett Huntington, Brooke Kirby, and Wyatt Moody are among only 200 AFJROTC cadets nationwide selected to receive scholarships from the Flight Academy Scholarship Program, a collaborative initiative...
Three Purdue University alumni will soon help more members of the U.S. Air Force advance critical communication skills to keep them safe in the cockpit. PlaneEnglish, a simulator created by the three Purdue alumni, has received a $1 million SBIR Phase II award, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force...
AVT Simulation in Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $31 million firm-fixed-price contract to design, develop, integrate, manage, deliver, install, test, document and support construction equipment virtual trainers. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date in January 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command,...
AVT Simulation broke ground at a new headquarters facility that once completed, will be the 40,000 square-foot home in the Quadrangle in Orlando, Florida. Left to right: Kimberly Sheldon, CFO; Kyle Crooks, President; Robert Abascal, Founder, and CEO; Christina Wilson, Operations Manager, and FSO; Todd Andrew, President of Andrew...
Airman from the Air Force’s 34th Combat Training Squadron and the U.S. Army collaborated with coalition forces from Canada during the joint forcible entry and airborne assault training to kick off exercise Green Flag Little Rock 20-03 (GFLR 20-03) at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana,...
British Army’s Wiltshire-based 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment has received a new Inflatable Walls Training System (IWTS). This IWTS training system replicates complex urban structures and helps improve combat training for military and law enforcement. Using the system, users can design, plan, build temporary urban structures and train in...
CAE has signed a contract amendment with the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Program Management Agency (NAPMA) to perform avionics updates on the E-3A flight deck simulator and E-3A flight training device located at NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen in Germany. CAE will be upgrading the avionics on the NATO...