CAE USA has been awarded a contract by the United States Navy under a US foreign military sale (FMS) program to provide the Brazilian Navy with a comprehensive S-70B Seahawk helicopter training system. CAE will design and manufacture two S-70B training devices: a fixed-base S-70B operational flight trainer (OFT) to...
Quantum3D, Inc. has appointed Clayton Conrad as President and CEO for both Quantum3D Group, the parent company of Quantum3D, Inc., as well as Quantum3D Inc. itself. Clayton brings with him over 40 years of experience and background in aviation, technology, and training-related markets. Prior to joining Quantum3D, Clayton was the...
In January 2018, the NATO Modelling & Simulation Group started a follow-on activity on Mission Training through Distributed Simulation (MTDS). The aim of this activity is to provide NATO and its nations with a capability to conduct realistic multi-national training for air operations. The vision for MTDS was discussed in...
ECS opened its Huntsville, Ala., office in Cummings Research Park in late 2017. The office will support the military and other clients with engineering services, software development, 3D visualization, augmented reality/virtual reality, advanced learning technologies and subject matter expertise. The 20-year old company, headquartered in Orlando, Fla., provides customized training...
Gen. Stephen J. Townsend has assumed command of US Army Training and Doctrine Command from Gen. David G. Perkins during a ceremony on Fort Eustis, Virginia on March 2. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, who hosted the ceremony, said it was a great but bittersweet day as...
Cubic Global Defense (CGD) will be teaming with Thales in the UK to bid for the Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP) Joint Fires Synthetic Training (JFST) project. JFST looks to improve training capabilities delivered to the British Army by providing an immersive Joint Fires (JF) solution to train JF...
Much progress has been achieved on the Royal Navy’s preparations to accept the two new Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) carriers into the Fleet, in both the carrier and the associated F-35B Lightning II programmes. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones captures the status.
Technology and collaboration has created an optimal training environment for the CC-130J. Managing Editor Jeff Loube visited the RCAF’s Air Mobility Training Centre.