FlightSafety International and Global Simulation Incorporated won a contract to provide 10 Mixed Reality Training Systems for the T-38C program. The new training systems will be installed early in 2019 at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, home to the 80th Flying Training Wing and the Euro-NATO Joint Jet...
L3 Technologies won a U.S. Army contract to provide its next-generation WESCAM MX™-10D electro-optical/infrared and laser designator (EO/IR/LD) sensor suite to support the Army’s Modernization Strategy. The five-year contract is worth up to $454-million, with an additional five-year option. The WESCAM imaging and targeting turrets are modernized Intelligence, Surveillance, and...
L3 Technologies opened its newly expanded multi-purpose L3 Arlington Training Center facility in Arlington, Texas that will enhance its training capacity for simulation and instruction for military and commercial pilots. The expansion adds approximately 40,000 square feet to the center and doubles the size of the high-bay facility, which is...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. won a Task Order (TO) from KBR Wyle for an additional year of UH-1N Aerial Gunnery Simulation Training for the U.S. Air Force at the Kratos Aircrew Training Center in Orlando, Florida. Kratos has been conducting Aerial Gunnery Training (AGT) for Air Force Global...
ACME Worldwide Enterprises’ Replica M2 .50 Cal, Gun Active Recoil (GAR®) weapon systems trainers are on their way to select U.S. Pacific Air Force sites. The heavy machinegun trainers are included as an element in the MILO Range Theater Systems recently procured by the U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).
The Spanish Army Aviation Academy’s Helicopter Simulation Center (CESIHEL), developed with Indra, plans to install two new Indra-developed NH90 helicopter simulators at the Agoncillo Base in 2019 to train Spanish Army Air Force pilots and mechanics. The addition of these two devices will bring the network of simulators connected for...
The Center for Cyber Safety and Education, the charitable foundation of (ISC)² that specializes in cybersecurity training and certifications, selected Engility Holdings Inc. as its 2018 Partner of the Year for its commitment to create cybersecurity career opportunities for veterans. Last fall, the Center and Engility partnered to introduce their...
Defence Ministers from Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a Multinational Special Aviation Program. Under the agreement, a new aviation-training center will be established in Zadar, Croatia to train aircrews that will conduct the insertion and extraction of Special Operations Forces. NATO’s Deputy Secretary...
The U.S. Army Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) brought its Tactical Combat Casualty Care Exportable (TC3X) medical training mannequins to Fort Benning, Georgia to increase the realism of medical trauma training that can ultimately save lives and limbs. The mannequin can scream, breathe, bleed and...
A pair of BAE Systems’ Hawk T2 aircraft from the Royal Air Force (RAF) Valley’s IV Squadron in Anglesey, Wales completed a series of planned exercises in temperatures reaching 44° Celsius (111° Fahrenheit) to showcase the aircraft’s ability to operate in conditions typically found in the Gulf region during the...