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...
The National Training and Simulation Association named Matt Spruill, Trideum Operations Manager as the 2019 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) Deputy Program Chair. The announcement was made by the current Program Chair, Robert Kleinhample, SAIC Vice President Simulation and Training Systems. The Deputy Conference Chair role for 2019...
The U.S. Navy’s Surface Fleet is more capable, ready and lethal today as surface combatants from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ABESG) completed the U.S. Navy’s first East Coast Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Cruiser-Destroyer (CRUDES) Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise. “The first East Coast SWATT...
JVC Visual Systems, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, will introduce three new Visualization Series projectors designed for simulation environments at Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference and Trade Show (I/ITSEC) in Booth 1712, which runs Nov. 26-30 in Orlando, Florida. The DLA-VS4600 offers 4000 ANSI lumens, while the...
Kongsberg Digital Maritime Simulation has landed its largest ever simulator contract in a SGD 21.2-million deal with the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs. The contract, executed by Kongsberg Digital, will see the delivery in quarter one of 2020 for four advanced K-Sim Tactical Boat Handling and Firing Simulators with a...