Serco Defence congratulated the 38 Royal Australian Navy and 4 Royal New Zealand Navy Maritime Warfare Officers who graduated with their Bridge Warfare qualifications in a ceremony in December at HMAS Watson in Sydney. Throughout two years of intensive training, the Junior Warfare Application Course (JWAC) transforms junior RAN officers...
Inzpire Limited has completed deliveries of its GECO System to U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Apache, Chinook, Merlin and Bell helicopter forces for the competition of the Cockpit Situational Awareness Tool (CSAT) Programme. Since the contract award in May 2018, Inzpire has delivered GECO Systems and associated operator...
Medical health officers from the Chilean Air Force visited the U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in December, to gain a better understanding of Critical Care Air Transportation Teams (CCATTs). CCATTs operate an intensive care unit in an aircraft cabin during flight, adding critical care...
Egyptian armed forces have arrived in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to participate in the activities of the Egyptian-Jordanian joint training, Aqaba-4. The training will continue until the 21st of December with the participation of land and naval forces, air defense forces, special forces and military engineers of both countries...
Riptide Software has been selected as the prime contractor for the U.S. Army One Semi-Automated Force (OneSAF) computer-generated forces simulation system. Teammates for this contract include Cole Engineering, Assured Information Technologies, Infinitas and Phoenix Logistics. The hybrid contract was awarded at $103-million over six years. The OneSAF simulation product line...
Indra will equip the second series of K130 corvette class ships of the German Navy with its latest generation Rigel electronic defense system, which will enhance the capacity of these vessels in complex environments. The company signed a contract with the naval systems company Atlas Elektronik and will deliver five...
Three years after the first prototype for the UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew trainer (BAT) was set up and implemented as a training aid at Fort Bliss, Texas, that technology has been enhanced. A team from System Simulation, Software and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Aviation &...
Rheinmetall transferred a new nautical training facility to the German Navy School in Mürwik on the Baltic. The facility will be used by the German Navy for training its bridge personnel, and the German Federal Police will also use the facility. The system–known as the “Ausbildungsausstattung Nautische Schiffsführung,” or AANS–will...
In November, the official kick-off event for the Smart Controller Training Tool (SCOTT) project was held at the School of Air Control in Nieuw-Milligen, part of the Air Operations Control Station Nieuw-Milligen (AOCS NM) of the Ministry of Defence. AOCS NM is the command centre of the Royal Netherlands Air...
Lockheed Martin presented a $300,000 check to Valencia College to support a second advanced manufacturing training program that will help cultivate the talent pipeline in the community. This 3-year grant to the school will start in 2018. The first program hired about 60 people and currently employs about 400 Valencia...