Maritime forces from 18 nations commenced the in-port operations for the 47th annual multinational exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) in the Baltic Sea, June 9-21. Nations participating in BALTOPS 2019 include Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United...
UFA Inc. (UFA) announced the successful delivery of four ATTower Tower Simulators to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The simulation systems were delivered to the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations (CFSACO) in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Each of the four ATTower simulators is comprised of a 12-channel...
Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, commanding general, U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command and deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, was confirmed by the Senate for his fourth star to the rank of general, and as the 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) June 5. Berger will...
Airmen deployed from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, recently wrapped up the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II's first participation in a large European air-and-missile defense exercise. The focus of the multi-national exercise, Astral Knight 2019, was to defend...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched its new and improved Veterans Community Care Program on June 6, 2019, implementing portions of the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 (MISSION Act), which both ends the Veterans Choice Program and establishes a new...
Lockheed Martin has launched the latest version of RELY3D, an advanced visualization and training tool for Apache AH-64 sensor system maintainers. RELY3D originated from an employee idea to improve maintenance efficiency through interactive training content. The tool leverages capabilities from popular commercial gaming technology to transform training into advanced...
AERALIS is working closely with defence primes to ensure that it can deliver the advanced training required for sixth-generation fighter jets. The United States, the U.K., France, Germany, Japan, China and Russia have already announced the development of a sixth-generation aircraft program. Whilst these conceptual aircraft of the future...
RUAG MRO International welcomes the first of two Bangladesh Navy (BN) Dornier 228-212 special mission aircraft for its 72-month inspection. The maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract was signed at the Directorate General of Purchase (DGDP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 3 April 2019. This first aircraft was ferried from...
Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corp. have entered into an agreement to merge, and will create a systems provider with advanced technologies to address rapidly growing segments within aerospace and defense. The combined company of Raytheon and United Technologies, comprised of Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney will be...
Cobham has been selected by Boeing to supply the complete oxygen system for its T-X Trainer aircraft. The system is comprised of Cobham’s SureSTREAM oxygen concentrator, pilot breathing regulators and a back-up oxygen system with fill valve. SureSTREAM improves oxygen delivery and pilot safety by automatically adjusting the concentration...