The Kuwait Ministry of Defence has appointed the Australian College of Kuwait and its partners Airways International Ltd. (NZ) and 3SDL (UK) as its training providers. The Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) will be responsible for overall training management along with engineering and flight training programmes while Airways will be...
Rockwell Collins has introduced its Coalescence mixed reality system that encapsulates the user in a virtual and augmented environment for air, land or sea missions. Coalescence merges the trainee’s real world view with a synthetic environment providing a seamlessly enhanced, mixed reality – what the company says is a first...
In the past quarter, Orlando-based DiSTI Corporation has received three contracts totaling $10.6 million for the development of training devices to teach US Army and other foreign military maintenance personnel using video game technology. The contract awards cover training devices for the Stryker armored vehicle, the M1A2 battle tank, and...
Thales has won the CERBERE contract to upgrade the instrumentation for the French Army's live combat training centres. The new system will be installed at the Sissonne army base for urban combat training and at Mailly-le-Camp for training in open terrain operations. The CERBERE solution will enable combined-arms task forces...
CAE USA has been awarded a United States Army contract to provide rotary-wing flight training instructor support services. Under terms of the contract, which was awarded as a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for over US$50 million for the transition and base one-year period, CAE USA will provide classroom, simulator, and live flying...
An upgraded version of the CAE GESI constructive simulation system for command and staff training has been installed and is now ready-for-training for the Austrian Army. The latest generation of CAE GESI command and staff training system, known as FüSim within the Austrian Army, is now installed at Landesverteidigungsakademie (LVAk)...
The AEgis Technologies Group Inc. has been awarded two competitively solicited contracts to create high fidelity "AAA Game Quality" Three Dimensional (3D) models for the US Army Game Studio (AGS) based out of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. These contracts support the US Army's goal to create a library of...
UK-based Inzpire Limited has been selected to continue its assurance work on the Wildcat helicopter simulators that are currently used by British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Navy aircrew. The contract will see an Inzpire test pilot, working alongside Royal Navy and Army personnel, continue to put the simulator through...
Saab has received three orders from the US Army Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). Saab will now provide OSAG 2.0 interoperability upgrades for the US 7th ATC's Deployable Instrumentation System - Europe (DISE) and the Combat Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (CVTESS) to meet US...
Défense Conseil International (DCI) has acquired three helicopters for its Helicopter International Training Centre (H-ITC), located in the French Army bases of Dax and Luc-en-Provence. This acquisition is meeting the very high demand of France friendly countries in pilot training, from initial stage to operational mission conduct. The H-ITC needs...