The U.S. Army awarded CALIBRE Systems a five-year contract worth up to $554 million to support its Training Support Systems Enterprise (TSS-E). Under this contract, CALIBRE will deliver a wide range of training services and solutions in five major task areas including Sustainable Range Program (SRP), Combat Training Center (CTC)...
CAE won a US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) contract to provide a suite of Abrams M1A2 tank engine trainers. The company will develop two new M1A2 Abrams tank driver stations with live-engine maintenance trainers to support diagnostic and troubleshooting maintenance training tasks. Two...
Saab received an SEK 107 million order from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINB) to upgrade the German Army’s vehicle simulators. Beginning this year, the company will provide new software and hardware for German Army vehicles and tanks operating the laser simulator BT 46,...
The first group of Iraqi Border Guard Force members graduated at the start of the new year from a 12-day program conducted by members of the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in Iraq. This multinational effort has the US allocating more than $300 million to Iraq's border...
QinetiQ, Inzpire Limited and Close Air Solutions have signed a Collaboration Agreement, joining forces to bid for the Training & Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP) Joint Fires Synthetic Training project. The combination of high-tech innovation, subject matter expertise and proven training delivery experience provided by the combined team aims to support...
The UK Ministry of Defence has approved a two-year extension on its Joint Warfare Support contract with MASS. The £10 million ($13.3m USD) contract begins in April 2018, continuing MASS’s training and exercise support to the MOD’s Joint Forces Command. It includes provisions to develop a comprehensive scenario scripting capability...
An Inzpire team designed and delivered an experimental synthetic training exercise, Exercise Iron Dragon, using QinetiQ’s Distributed Synthetic Air Land Training (DSALT) Capability to the U.K. 3rd Division Headquarters at the Royal Air Force Air Battlespace Training Centre (ABTC) at RAF Waddington. This was the first time an Army exercise...
NSC’s Unit Based Virtual Training (UBVT) system reached full operational capability after completing a series of events demonstrating its proficiency in providing personnel with a means to train in realistic synthetic environments. The system trained over 450 service men and women across the U.K., Germany and Cyprus in the past...
“I see training technology as a key readiness enabler for our force. We’re so fortunate to be in an era when we can conduct so much training, not only live training which we still do plenty of, but training in virtual simulators and constructive training for staffs and headquarters.” Group...
SimCentric Technologies appointed Aben-Tech as an authorized reseller of SimCentric applications in Taiwan. “In Taiwan, the simulation training type has turned from combat skill to a more acute focus on joint exercise in recent years,” said Aben-Tech Manager Daniel Hsu. The reseller agreement will open the door for Taiwanese stakeholders...