Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), a business division of Cubic Corporation deployed its GATR satellite antennas and personnel to support hurricane disaster recovery operations. Working with several of its global disaster relief customers, Cubic’s GATR antennas were deployed on the islands of St. John and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Antigua;...

Meggitt Training Systems is set to demonstrate the FATS 100MIL and portable FATS 100P small-arms training systems at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting & Exposition (AUSA) this October. Both products boast new and expanded features to better train military personnel. FATS 100MIL small-arms training system has program-of-record certifications from...

The Defense Advanced Research and Planning Agency (DARPA) selected Aptima for its Agile Teams program, awarding the company with a multi-year contract worth an estimated $3.5 million. Aptima and partners, Professor Julie Shah of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Professor Krishna Pattipati of the University of Connecticut and Sophia...

SCALABLE Network Technologies was awarded an independent SBIR Phase II Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) contract to support enhancements to the Joint Tactical Radio Network Emulator (JNE). This is a follow-up upon another SCALABLE contract from the Army and Navy Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) efforts. "This contract award is...

Saab is in the process of evaluating and selecting a new manufacturing location in the U.S. for the T-X advanced trainer aircraft that was developed alongside Boeing. Together, the two companies are competing to win the tender process to supply the United States Air Force with an advanced trainer aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force Academy selected VBS3 and VBS Fires FST from Bohemia Interactive Simulations and SimCentric Technologies for use in the Academy’s Military Strategic Studies Course. The course is designed to train cadets to develop airmanship skills, while also exposing them to the different career paths available in the...

L3 Link Simulation & Training has been awarded a follow-on contract from the US Air Force's (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to provide the next-generation high-fidelity mission simulation solution to train all future MQ-1 and MQ-9 aircrews. The Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS)...

The H145 simulator at the Airbus Helicopters Training Academy in Germany has been awarded level D status by the German Federal Aviation Office, the highest certification for a full flight simulator (FFS). This is the first helicopter FFS certified for the H145, and the first reach that standard in Germany...

Bagira delivered three additional Israeli-Engagement Skills Trainers (I-ESTs) to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). This comes off of the success form the I-ESTs in the infantry training program, so the IDF is expanding the initiative to three additional sites, including the Artillery Corp Training Base (Shivta), the Advanced Armor Training...