Aptima named Dr. Douglas Maxwell as a Senior Research Engineer in its Learning & Training Systems Division. Maxwell’s expertise includes a practical background of custom virtual reality hardware interfaces, scientific visualization, games for training, and simulation based training systems. He has also conducted large scale training effectiveness studies with hundreds...

Explotrain®LLC is taking the defensive response to the emerging drone threat straight to the troops with their development of a realistic drone based IED simulation and training system. The company says its ExploDrone is the first and only functional drone and simulated IED integrated device, and it addresses the vital...

Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation, won a five-year contract worth more than $11 million to provide the U.S. Army with Rotational Exercise Design Support Services (REDSS) for the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC), with headquarters at Hohenfels Training Area (HTA) in Germany. Cubic will deliver...

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $288 million contract to modernize its live training program. As the prime contractor, Lockheed Martin will partner with Saab to provide a simplified training solution that combines multiple vehicle crew training systems into a single product line. Managed by the U.S. Army Program...

4C Strategies has become a strategically selected partner within the Swedish Armed Forces partner program for personnel cooperation. The partnership covers organizational long-term staffing; where employees' experiences, both military and civil, have clear merit. The Swedish Armed Forces will facilitate 4C Strategies recruitment of military personnel, whilst 4C Strategies will...

UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has announced a six-year £48 million Apache helicopter training contract at the annual Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Land Warfare Conference. This investment in Apache air and ground crew will support around 70 jobs in Dorset, Hampshire and Suffolk with Aviation Training International Ltd.

4C Strategies hosted the annual Exonaut Defence User Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, on the 8th and 9th May. More than 60 military professionals and decision makers from seven nations were invited, all currently using Exonaut as their software solution for military capability development and tracking training task. During the two-day...