Alongside forces from 18 other Allies and partners, HMS Duncan is contributing to the major multinational maritime training exercise featuring a combined 3,000 troops, 32 ships and 24 aircraft. The ship is participating in the exercise as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 and has received support...
Thomas Solutions Incorporated (TSI) has secured a potential five-year, $20-million contract to provide Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Level C High Risk training to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. TSI will instruct U.S. military personnel and other Government designees from July...
Soldiers from the six battalions and headquarters company of the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) coalesced June 15-30 for two weeks of Army National Guard Annual Training (AT) at Camp Roberts on California's Central Coast. It was the first time in more than three years...
KBR has been awarded a $45.9-million task order (TO) to provide logistics information technology services to the Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) Logistics and Maintenance Information Systems and Technology Division. KBR was awarded this cost-plus-fixed-fee TO under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract (MAC).
The United States defense and security arm of Thales recently appointed three new members to its board of directors: Gen. James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), Dr. Ray O. Johnson, and Alan Kessler. These board members will support the organizational direction of Thales Defense & Security, Inc. and...
L3Harris Technologies has completed the all-stock merger between Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, L3Harris' is the sixth largest defense company in the US, and a top 10 defense company worldwide. William M. Brown, Chairman and CEO, L3Harris commented, "We've created an agile technology provider with...
Thales’ services to the U.K. Royal Air Force, delivered by the ACE Training and Simulation team, have been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The commendation was awarded in ‘recognition of exceptional qualities and personal sacrifices in the service of others,’ after forty years of providing training...
The U.S. Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron (AS) and moving 11 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of a larger initiative to improve training for fifth generation fighter aircraft. The action came after Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander, recommended...
Alion Science and Technology announced that Katie Selbe has been named senior Vice President (VP) and general manager of Alion’s Cyber Network Solutions Group. In this role, Selbe will lead a portfolio of programs and capabilities delivering cross-domain network engineering, cyber hardening and operations; modeling and simulation; Live, Virtual...
The 334th Training Squadron incorporated the first virtual reality (VR) training for Airfield Management students in the U.S. Air Force on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 28, so students could get more of a “hands-on” learning experience. Chief Master Sgt. Paul Portugal, Airfield Management career field manager, Pentagon,...