CAE's Defence and Security business unit has expanded operations in Australia by opening a new office in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The new office was inaugurated during a visit from the Honourable Christopher Pyne, Minister for Defence Industry, and Ian Bell, CAE's Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific/Middle...
QinetiQ Group has entered into an agreement to acquire E.I.S. Aircraft Operations, currently part of E.I.S. Aircraft Group, for €70 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. Aircraft Operations is a provider of airborne training services based in Germany, delivering threat representation and operational readiness for military customers. It generated €20.1m revenue and €5.4m...
A new simulation system at William Beaumont Army Medical Center’s Labor and Delivery Department (WBAMC's L&D) aims to improve patient care and safety through training simulations for OB-GYN emergencies. Medical manakins capable of birthing infant manikins are being used to support staff conducting neonatal resuscitation training. The simulator follows...
TerraSim, a company specializing in the development of rapid high-fidelity geospatial visualization, introduced TerraTools 5.6, its latest version of virtual terrain generation software. The new upgrade is available to all customers under active maintenance and support contracts. The software features a new plug-in for generating high-resolution VBS Blue IG...
Engineering and Computer Simulations (ECS) was chosen for maintenance training and modernization upgrade programs for the U.S. Army Program Executive Office - Aviation (PEO Aviation), in the Project Manager Cargo (PM Cargo) and Project Manager Apache (PM Apache) offices. ECS will build modernized training solutions to upgrade the CH-47F...
AMSO Forum agenda items typically include discussing and sharing ideas (as in above working group) on M&S tools, models and best practices, developing AMSO micro-investments, and other enterprise-level topics from the domain. Image credit: AMSO/Eugene Davis. Group editor Marty Kauchak provides an update on developments at Defense Modeling and Simulation...
Naval Group has signed a contract with DCI to assist the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) to implement a comprehensive e-learning system in order to train its naval forces all over the country. During a three-year program, DCI will transfer the French Navy know-how to the RMN. DCI will help set...
Saab signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, for training systems for the Swedish Army. The order is worth SEK 51 million and deliveries will take place at the end of 2018. Saab will deliver Manpack 300 training systems to most of the regiments in Sweden and several...
More than 11,600 military personnel from 17 nations are taking part in Exercise Joint Warrior for two weeks this spring, operating out of Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde, Scotland. The bi-annual exercise incorporates all three UK services as well as forces from 16 other nations including Denmark, Estonia, Latvia,...
Cubic Corporation entered an agreement to sell its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) Services business to Valiant Integrated Services for $135 million, plus $3 million of contingent consideration tied to contract wins expected over the next 12 to 24 months. The transaction is expected to be completed within 60 days, subject...