The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), forward deployed from U.S. Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, and the California Air National Guard’s 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Fresno, California, provided training support to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during exercise Diamond Storm May 6 to 26, 2019. Exercise...
On the occasion of the German Armed Forces day, June 15, 2019, the new maintenance training rig NTH90 MTR FC of the German Navy Air Wing 5 in Nordholz, Lower Saxony, built by REISER SIMULATION AND TRAINING GmbH, was handed over to the unit in a formal ceremony. The...
A strong commercial aviation industry, stable defense spending and the need to service all platforms throughout their lifecycle are driving a growing aerospace and defense market, according to the Boeing Market Outlook. Released at the Paris Air Show, the outlook values the aerospace and defense market at $8.7 trillion...
Cubic Corporation announced its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division received certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) for Engage, its Air Combat Training System Miniature Encryptor (AME). Designated by the NSA as the KOV-135, Engage was previously granted an Interim Approval to Operate (IATO) and was used to...
"As a lapsed wargamer and Napoleonic enthusiast I was interested to see this piece in the UK London Times newspaper on a recreation of the battle of Waterloo using 22,000 miniatures as a way of not only raising money for soldiers’ charities but also to raise awareness of the...
Leonardo has signed a contract with the Armaments and Airworthiness Department of the Italian Ministry of Defence for the supply of 13 M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer) aircraft, for a total value of €300 million. This follows an initial contract for five aircraft, bringing the number of M-345 trainers...
The U.S. Army Joint Technology Center and Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) recently purchased 86 new MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses for the continued rollout of the U.S. Air Force MQ-9 remote piloted air vehicle simulator. The simulator, also known as the MALET-JSIL Aircrew Trainer or MJAT, is...
The 372d Training Squadron, Detachment 11 (Det. 11), is a unit specifically dedicated to improving maintenance airmen skills surrounding the many lethal aircraft assigned to the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Their main focus is to deliver major command-directed and unit-requested training throughout the Air Force...
The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft, airmen and associated equipment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings (FW), at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to participate in exercises and conduct training with other Europe-based aircraft as...
The U.S. Air Force Security Forces (SF) Academy has added an innovative technology into its apprentice course to help with force training. The 343rd Training Squadron schoolhouse recently acquired eight Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives simulators from the security forces career field team, as well as a VR-based (virtual reality)...