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Lockheed wins U.S. Navy contract for additional Enhanced Laser-Guided Training Rounds

May 16, 2018

Lockheed Martin received a $23.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for follow-on production of Enhanced Laser-Guided Training Rounds (ELGTRs) to support the Paveway™ II Laser-Guided Bomb (LGB) weapons training. The award extends ELGTR production into late 2020. “ELGTR is the only proven low-cost, guided trainer for Paveway II Laser-Guided...

Australian Army licenses Titan Vanguard

May 15, 2018

Amanda Spence

The Australian Army signed another two-year license agreement for the Titan Vanguard simulation environment it has been using for the past two years to have a synthetic environment in a variety of simulators across each of the three services. This new agreement places Vanguard in the heart of the Army’s...

Esterline supporting USAF F-16 MTC Program

May 15, 2018

Halldale Industry Reporter

Esterline Simulation Visual Systems, a business of Esterline Corporation, won multiple contracts from L3 Technologies to continue supporting the United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) program. Esterline has been supporting the program since 2012. The contracts include 99 latest-generation SIM7 high-contrast LCoS projectors with built-in image...

CAE to provide instructor support services for U.S. Navy

May 15, 2018

Amanda Spence

CAE USA won a contract to provide the United States Navy Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) with Contract Instruction Services (CIS) that will support the delivery of ground-based training. Under the five-year contract, CAE will provide classroom simulator instructors to support primary, intermediate and advanced pilot training at five...

VT MAK updates software suite

May 15, 2018

Amanda Spence

VT MAK released an update to its suite of simulation software, including products: VR-Forces, VR-Vantage and VR-Engage. All three products share software technology that creates advantages for customers, according to the company, which says the visual quality of VR-Vantage permeates VR-Forces’ 3-D views, bringing better visual correlation to your computer-generated...

Cubic wins new U.S. Navy orders for game-based training courseware

May 14, 2018

Amanda Spence

Cubic Corporation’s Global Defense (CGD) business division received $16 million worth of orders from a U.S. Navy contract for immersive game-based courseware to support the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Cubic’s development efforts of the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE) learning product for LCS are in alignment with the Navy’s...

DiSTI releases GL Studio 6.2

May 14, 2018

Amanda Spence

The DiSTI Corporation, a provider of graphical user interface development software, released GL Studio 6.2, its user interface development toolkit for performance, fidelity and reliability. GL Studio is used to produce high-performing reliable 2D/3D graphical user interfaces. This release offers more than 30 enhancements so non-programmers can create complex user...

RNZAF receives KA350 for training

May 14, 2018

Amanda Spence

The first of four leased King Air KA350 aircraft have been certified for use by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). The new aircraft will replace the B200 fleet and provide the RNZAF with domestic multi-engine pilot training capabilities. Air warfare officers are trained to fly and operate the...

RNLAF acquires UAV simulator

May 14, 2018

Amanda Spence

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) 306 Squadron at Leeuwarden Air Base received a desk-top simulator for UAV training. The simulator is part of the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) Training Technology Demonstrator (TTD) project managed by the European Defence Agency (EDA) and is part...