Cirrus have won a A$3 million contract to expand the Tactical Electronic Warfare training systems (TACEW) for the Australian Navy. Under the newly awarded contract, Australian Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems will supply additional TACEW workstations to HMAS Watson. It will also supply a new TACEW system to HMAS...
CACI International Inc has been awarded a four-year and eight-month task order, with a ceiling value of $385 million, by the U.S. Navy’s Sea Warrior Program to support MyNavy Human Resources (HR) Transformation, the Navy’s Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E) human resources modernization campaign. Under the task order,...
Australian helicopter simulation outfit Ryan Aerospace has won the Small Business prize at the Queensland Premier's Export Awards. Leveraging VR technology and investing heavily in research and development, Ryan Aerospace has developed a new kind of helicopter simulator that is disrupting traditional helicopter training paths. Ryan Aerospace has won...
Antycip Simulation has teamed up with Agueris, a subsidiary of John Cockerill, to deliver new ground terrain and turret simulation solutions used by John Cockerill to train its customers. The systems have been rolled out in France and the Middle East. Agueris became a fully owned subsidiary of John...
Can a video game help the U.S. Navy find future operators for its remotely operated, unmanned vehicles (UxV), popularly called drones? To find out, the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute and Adaptive Immersion Technologies are developing a computer game to identify individuals with the right skills to be UxV operators.
In an announcement by the U.S. Department of Defense, Spartan Air Academy Iraq LLC has been awarded a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract for contractor logistics support (CLS) services. The contract provides for CLS services and material support for 15 T-6A aircraft. Work will be performed at Balad Air Base,...
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that Complete Parachute Solutions won a $9.6 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise option year two for the Multi-Mission Parachute Course. The course provides training and technical support for all military free-fall training to ensure compliance with all...
Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc. announced the opening of its brand-new simulator production facility, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Bluedrop Simulation Center can hold a combination of up to four Rear Crew Mission Simulators (RCMT) and Hoist Mission Training Simulators (HMTS). The opening ceremony took place on September...
Meggitt PLC has secured an IDIQ contract valued at $48 million for the supply of Aerial Weapons Scoring Systems (AWSS) to the US Army. This full-service contract will be supplied by Meggitt’s specialist defence division in Irvine, California, and includes product development, training, installation, field and cyber support, maintenance...
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi), a supplier of simulation and training solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense, announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract through the U.S. Air Force's technology acceleration initiative, AFWERX. This contract award allows the Air Force's Defense Language...