Saab has signed a contract with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence Saab has signed a contract with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence to supply a new advanced training system for the Austrian Army.
VirTra Systems has received a $1.2 million award from the US Secret Service, a bureau of the US Department of Homeland Security, for use-of-force training systems. The systems use multiple screens, realistic video training content and an electric-impulse return-fire system to simulate the stress of real-world situations, ultimately to help...
Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems has won a $17.4 million Interim Contractor Training Support (ICTS) contract from the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems will provide next-level training to the Afghan National Army for its four-wheeled Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFVs). The contract...
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has commenced operations at a new C-17 Training System (TS) site located at Martinsburg Air National Guard Base (ANGB), in West Virginia. As prime contractor for the US Air Force’s C-17 TS program, L-3 Link will conduct over 750 simulator missions each year...
Group Editor Marty Kauchak examines one recent effort to advance the technology baseline for holograms and its implication for military simulation and training. This July 16 the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application on digital infrared holograms originally filed on January 13, 2014 by Rigel Q. Woida-O'Brien...
In Part 1, MS&T’s Dim Jones visits the Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA), based near the town of Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo. Some 60 miles south of Oudtshoorn, at Mossel Bay, Starlite Aviation is providing similar training services for RSA nationals and personnel from other nations. Jones continues his journey.
The Navy’s eSailor program will ultimately provide continuous training and life-long career education in mobile devices. MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch explains.