The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Boeing a $500-million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity single award contract for Qatar Emiri Air Force (QAEF) F-15QA aircrew and maintenance training. This contract will provide F-15QA aircrew and maintenance training to support the QEAF. Work will be performed at St. Louis, Missouri, and moving...
PLEXSYS successfully delivered their new flagship product, Advanced Simulation Combat Operations Trainer (ASCOT) 7, to Raytheon Australia in support of Air 6500 integration. ASCOT-7 is a dynamic and intuitive Computer-Generated Forces platform used in modeling and simulation environments. With its intuitive user interface, modular and scalable design, and extensible...
Cubic Corporation announced that Cubic Defence Australia, which operates within its Cubic Global Defense business division, will showcase its defense simulation and training solutions at the Australasian Simulation Congress 2019 (ASimC). Taking place on the Gold Coast from September 2-5, ASimC brings together industry professionals and customers to demonstrate...
The DiSTI Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army to develop a prototype Family of Maintenance Trainers (FMT) – Common Core architecture and software baseline to support the existing FMT Product Line and future Maintenance Training Systems (MTS). The purpose of this effort is to analyze existing systems,...
Lockheed Martin have awarded a Block 4 Modernization contract to BAE Systems to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft. BAE Systems will modernize its AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures (EW/CM) system to address emerging threats and maintain U.S. and allied warfighters' ability...
The Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) has flown one of its 63 Mirage F-1s for the first time. The flight took place at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Texas and was a success, said ATAC. ATAC comprises the world's largest outsourced civilian, tactical airborne training organization. It bought the...
The US Army Program Manager for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) again expanded its cyber training capabilities on 20 August when it celebrated the formal opening of the new Cyber Center of Excellence, more formally known as headquarters of the Product Manager for Cyber Resiliency & Training Office.
Approximately 130 medical specialists with Appalachian Care 2019 operated at the fairgrounds of Wise County, Virginia, providing dental, optometry, veterinary and general medical care for anyone. Appalachian Care 2019 is a unique U.S. military training mission sponsored by the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program, which falls under the Department...
Air University (AU) has been hosting wing commanders from across the U.S. Air Force monthly since January, to highlight how the commanders can leverage the university’s capabilities to benefit their airmen and the Air Force. The most recent orientation occurred on August 12 and 13, and the program was...
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., will play an important role in maintaining the readiness of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35 and CH-47F fleets by providing local field service engineers, test capabilities and the first F-35 global pilot readiness center. The company recently signed...