Cobham, the UK Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) partner for operational readiness training for the last 30 years, announced that QinetiQ will join Draken International and 3SDL as a member of the Cobham team to develop solutions for the delivery of operational readiness training under the UK MoD’s Air Support...
Airbus has unveiled the new full flight and mission simulator (FFS) of the Airbus A330 MRTT Multirole Tanker Transport aircraft at its International Training Centre (ITC) in Seville, Spain. The simulator, developed by Airbus and Spanish company Indra, joins the A400M, C295 and CN235 programs, as part of the...
Presagis, a provider of modeling, simulation and visualization solutions for the defense and aerospace markets, announced a strategic collaboration with Epic Games, the maker of Unreal Engine and Fortnite, to help the simulation industry achieve unprecedented realism and quality for virtual environments created from geospatial data. Presagis plans to...
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-147F Chinook, CH-146 Griffon, and CC-130J Hercules aircrews currently supporting the United Nations Task Force Mali mission experienced the West African country virtually before embarking on the actual operational mission. RCAF CH-147F aircrews from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at Petawawa, CH-146 aircrews from 408...
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global companies: United Technologies, comprised of Collins Aerospace Systems and Pratt & Whitney,...
A new, purpose-built Chinook Mk 6 synthetic training facility replicating real-life operations for Chinook helicopter crews with the latest technology has been officially opened for the UK Royal Air Force. The Chinook Mk 6 synthetic training facility was built following a £53 million contract with Lockheed Martin UK, Rotary...
ITEC 2018, which took place in May in Stuttgart, Germany, brought together the world’s military simulation, training and education community to showcase the latest technologies on offer and discuss the latest developments in the market. As the world’s leading dedicated military training and simulation event, the ITEC 2018 conference gave...
Matrox® Graphics Inc. will demonstrate a variety of ground-breaking, IP-based innovations at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2018. Featuring high-quality capture and encoding technology at the lowest bitrates, Matrox Maevex enterprise encoders, Extio 3 IP KVM extenders, and Mura IPX video wall and multiviewer cards will...
SimCentric are targeting the reduction of fratricide risk in live field firing by launching SAF-Foresight at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2018 in Orlando, Florida, 26 – 30 November 2018. SimCentric Vice President Strategy, Mr Gareth Collier commented “Complex live fire military training incorporating combined arms,...
Engineering & Computer Simulations’ (ECS) Chief Operating Officer, Mick Golson, announced that retired Col. William P. (Bill) Canaley will serve as the firm’s Enterprise Training Services Contract (ETSC) project manager. A retired U.S. Army officer with over 32 years of active federal service, Canaley is a government-certified Program Management professional...