Cubic Global Defense has been awarded new contract orders worth nearly $20 million for its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems (I-MILES IWS) from the US Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). I-MILES IWS is integral to the quality of home-station training as...

XVR Simulation has opened the headquarters of its new subsidiary XVR Simulation Asia in Singapore. Mr. Jacques Werner, the Dutch Ambassador for Singapore and Brunei, performed the opening ceremony. The establishment of XVR Simulation Asia was triggered by an ambitious project with Coventry Enterprises/SGI Singapore to design and implement a...

Lockheed Martin is meeting the increasing global demand for C-130J military and LM-100J commercial flight training with a new International Training Center (ITC) to be located at the corporation's Marietta, Georgia facility. Featuring academic classroom space and simulator facilities to support the full spectrum of aircrew training, the center will...

Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has delivered its specialized training systems to the Ukrainian Army worth $1.7 million. The equipment is interoperable with their existing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation (MILES) and Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) training systems allowing the Ukrainian Army to train at the brigade level. The delivery...

Arotech Corporation's Training and Simulation Division (ATSD) has announced that $10.6 million of support options for its US Army Virtual Clearance Training Suite (VCTS) and US Air National Guard Boom Operator Simulation System (BOSS) programs have been exercised. These options for FY2016 support are currently funded to $3.4 million, with...

Alion Science and Technology has won a $634 million contract from the Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). Alion will provide research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) services to include: test planning, systems engineering and integration, modeling and simulation, technology development, design for survivability engineering and human factors engineering. Work...

CAE has won defence contracts valued at more than C$200 million to provide simulation products, operational systems and training services for global military customers. The United States Air Force (USAF) has awarded CAE USA a contract option for MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper RPA aircrew training services and courseware development.

Training for the carriers – sailors and aviators – is complicated by history, technology, and doctrine. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones explains the training strategy.