The U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) named the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) as the primary source for T-6 repairs. The T-6 Texan II trainer is the first aircraft Navy and Marine Corps pilots train on, regardless of whether pilots go on to fly helicopters, multi-engine planes...
Personnel from five Royal Navy ships took part in the latest validation exercise on the U.K.’s new aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy ran the U.K. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) exercise that also included the French, Danish and German navies operating from the U.K. Maritime Composite Training System site at HMS...
Indra won a €36 million (USD $44 million) contract as part of the European Defence Agency’s project OCEAN2020, the largest defense R&D initiative backed by the European Union's new European Defense Fund to date. The project is part of the EU's Preparatory Action on Defense Research (PADR), which will lay...
Leonardo was selected by the European Union’s European Defence Agency to lead the first European Defence Fund initiative, OCEAN2020, part of a broader effort to boost Europe’s defensive capabilities. The OCEAN2020 team consists of 42 partners from 15 European countries. These include the Ministries of Defence of Italy, Greece, Spain,...
CM Labs Simulations Inc. entered into a partnership with Netherlands-based seating specialists EBLO to open a new demonstration room showcasing an immersive Vortex simulator for port equipment. Vortex simulators for port equipment help trainees learn operator skills through realistic and accurate simulated training environments. The realism of the simulators is...
The U.S. Navy is set to evaluate Saab’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, AUV62-AT, in the summer of 2018, with an option to continue testing into 2019. The test is through the Foreign Comparative Testing Program. The AUV62-AT is an artificial acoustic system that mimics a submarine in a way...
Elbit Systems Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), the Seagull, participated in a joint exercise between the Israeli and British Royal Navies in Haifa Bay along the Mediterranean coast. An exercise in charting safe waters, Elbit’s USV scanned the surroundings for a safe course through the bay. The Seagull was remotely operated...
Two Type 23 frigates, HMS Argyll and HMS Westminster, completed firing trials with the MBDA designed Sea Ceptor missile system. This means the European missile manufacturer’s system can proceed the next stage of the acceptance into service with the Royal Navy. Sea Ceptor is replacing the Sea Wolf weapon system...
“The individual or people who are ‘in the seat’, who are operating and using the training system, are the most important part.” Group Editor Marty Kauchak completed a wide-ranging Q&A with Captain Erik O. Etz, Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Training Center – Training Systems Division Orlando on September 13,...
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a developer of advanced simulation and training software, has developed an augmented reality visual system for TRU Simulation + Training Inc., a Textron company, that provides a synthetically generated visual scene and supports a trainee’s interactions with the real world. Leveraging emerging augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR)...