The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) extended its long-term cooperation with IFAD TS A/S through a new 11-year framework agreement. With this agreement, IFAD will be a main supplier to DALO regarding the development and sustainment of simulation environments for training operational skills within all divisions of the...
VSTEP’s most recent development within its NAUTIS product line is the new portable simulator product, which was developed in cooperation with 360-Control. Simone Cherchi, one of VSTEP’s Master Mariners said: “The design of the setup was quite a challenge. It is crucial for us that the customer feels as though...
VSTEP released its new control box for NAUTIS maritime simulators. The hardware solution includes high-quality ship-board control levers, an adaptive touch panel and a single cable connection. The new control box will assist VSTEP in providing training simulators that enhance customers’ overall training effectiveness. Continuous research and development and extensive...
VSTEP partnered with Captain AI to be a part of the future of autonomous shipping. Captain AI co-founder and CEO Vincent Wegener explained the urge of this new technology: “Autonomous shipping will revolutionize the shipping and port related industries. Currently more than 75 percent of marine casualties are due to...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. won a follow on task order by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). Valued at $17 million, it was issued against a U.S. Foreign Military Sales sole-source, three-year, single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide training-related products...
U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) recently completed training for maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden during December. Chung-Hoon’s latest round of drills was a combined forces effort. U.S. Coast Guard and Army personnel came aboard as instructors to help teach new techniques...
Serco Defence congratulated the 38 Royal Australian Navy and 4 Royal New Zealand Navy Maritime Warfare Officers who graduated with their Bridge Warfare qualifications in a ceremony in December at HMAS Watson in Sydney. Throughout two years of intensive training, the Junior Warfare Application Course (JWAC) transforms junior RAN officers...
Indra will equip the second series of K130 corvette class ships of the German Navy with its latest generation Rigel electronic defense system, which will enhance the capacity of these vessels in complex environments. The company signed a contract with the naval systems company Atlas Elektronik and will deliver five...
Rheinmetall transferred a new nautical training facility to the German Navy School in Mürwik on the Baltic. The facility will be used by the German Navy for training its bridge personnel, and the German Federal Police will also use the facility. The system–known as the “Ausbildungsausstattung Nautische Schiffsführung,” or AANS–will...