Engility Holdings won a $41 million SeaPort-e® task order to provide on-site command and control expertise, training and integrated logistics support for the U.S. Marine Corps' core command and control programs. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic awarded Engility the Global Command and Control System Tactical Combat Operations/Joint Tactical...
Vectrus Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Vectrus, won an $84 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide base maintenance support services for the Air Education and Training Command (AETC Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), Texas. Vectrus will provide support for Installation Management, Operations and Maintenance, Installation Engineering, and Emergency Management.
The U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez conducted combined operations with the multipurpose Italian frigate ITS Alpino in May. The training was designed to promote camaraderie and collaboration among NATO partners. "The crew exchange was highly beneficial to both Gonzalez's crew and Alpino's, giving rare insight into each other's daily...
Maryland National Guard cyberwarriors worked with their Estonian counterparts during Exercise Hedgehog 2018, also known as Exercise Siil 2018 locally and by NATO. Estonian police, border forces and emergency management personnel participated along with members of the Michigan and Oklahoma National Guard. With the cooperation from 15 NATO allied forces,...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, opened its new Advanced Vertical Lift Center (AVLC) in Washington, D.C. that provides a setting for military customers, partners and policy makers to interact with new technology that is defining the future of vertical lift (FVL). Bell says it is increasing its presence in the...
Charles River Analytics, a developer of systems solutions, is using its Cyber Adversary Modeling and Simulation toolkit, CyMod, to construct a cyber defense tool that models realistic behavior for the United States Air Force. The company is also using its probabilistic programming language, Figaro™, to build relational models of network...
MASS led a Joint Warfare (JW) support team that delivered two Joint Forces Command training events at HQ (Headquarters) British Forces Cyprus and at RAF (Royal Air Force) St. Mawgan in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The exercise Joint Horizon 18 (JH18) and Joint Venture 18 (JV18) were two separate events running...
MS&T released the 17th Annual Industry Simulation & Training Awards program that recognizes the contribution of companies in supporting warfighter readiness across the current calendar year. There are five new award categories this year including Outstanding Innovative Product; Outstanding Service and Support; Outstanding Training System Integration Project; Small Business of...
Airbus Helicopters will offer its H135 helicopter as the solution for the U.S. Navy’s planned helicopter trainer replacement program. The H135 trainer aircraft offers advanced technologies that provide a platform for training missions for instructor pilots. As a twin-engine helicopter, the H135 provides a training environment similar to the Navy’s...
Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd (SEA) led an industry team that delivered findings on the future of modelling and simulation to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. The core Architectures, Interoperability and Management of Simulations (AIMS) delivery team of SEA, BAE Systems, QinetiQ and Thales conducted research tasks related to...