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U.K. and French Armed Forces enter joint training program

September 1, 2017

U.K. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, in his first meeting with the newly appointed French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly, agreed to a new U.K.-French training program. In September, over 1,500 British soldiers from the 16 Air Assault Brigade with join their French counterparts from the 11eme Brigade Parachitiste...

Bohemia Interactive Simulations to launch latest version of VBS IG

August 31, 2017

Christopher Bobo

Bohemia Interactive Simulations is releasing the latest version of Virtual Battlespace Image Generator, or VBS IG, its computer image generation software on September 8, 2017. The update will integrate with existing host software using the CIGI standard. Users can build databases with VBS IG with standard geographic information systems software,...

Bagira awarded training contract from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence

August 31, 2017

Christopher Bobo

The Netherlands Ministry of Defence awarded Bagira Systems its Joint Fire Training Exercise and System (JFTES) tender. The Royal Netherlands Army specifically selected the company’s Joint-Fire BattleSpace Simulator (JOBSS). This is the same system that’s been deployed by the Israeli Defence Forces since 2016. As per the contract, Bagira will...

Bohemia Interactive Simulations awarded Games For Training contract

August 31, 2017

Christopher Bobo

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), has been awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Army for the perpetual license of VBS3 and related serviced to the Games for Training (GFT) program. GFT began in 2008, and BISim was previously awarded the program in 2013 as a key subcontractor. Virtual Battlespace 3,...

Australia Defence Force and U.S. Marines complete humanitarian training

August 31, 2017

Christopher Bobo

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the United States Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D), completed training on Friday August 25, 2017 for the exercise Crocodile Strike. The exercise was part of the U.S. Force Posture Initiatives, which was announced in 2011. An extension of the Australia’s and the United States’ defense...

United States Air Force address pilot shortage

August 28, 2017

Christopher Bobo

The United States Air Force (USAF) is undergoing three initiatives to address the growing pilot shortage. The first is to increase aviation incentive pay, or flight pay, for officers and enlisted pilots. Starting on October 1, 2017, this is the first flight pay increase since 1999. The second initiative expands...

Estonia increases military training capabilities with Saab

August 24, 2017

Christopher Bobo

The Estonian Armed Forces ordered a company-size infantry kit and eight BT46 CV9035 vehicle simulator kits from Saab, which are set for delivery in 2018. “I am proud that the Estonian Armed Forces have once again chosen Saab as their partner. They have used our training systems for quite some...

U.K. Ministry of Defence extends Saab relationship with £20.3 million contract

August 23, 2017

Christopher Bobo

United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence signed a three-year contract extension with the defense company Saab for the use of the Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) as a fully managed service. The British army uses Saab’s Deployable TES to support overseas training exercises as part of its collective training progression. Part of...

Grant Awarded to Fund Cyber Research for CAE

August 23, 2017

Fiona Greenyer

CAE has awarded Salve Regina University's administration of justice department (ADJ) a $180,000 grant to fund a cybersecurity defense research project. The research study will assess the cyber risks to the military's synthetic training environment, identify cyber effects to inject into the military's training environment for more realistic training, and...

MASS Supports Major Joint Forces Training Exercise

August 23, 2017

Fiona Greenyer

Cohort company MASS has underlined its credentials as a leading provider of training support with the planning and implementation of a major UK Joint Forces Command (JFC) exercise at a military base in Cornwall centered on achieving over 90 training objectives set by the JFC. Over 1100 people took part...