FoxGuard Solutions, Inc. recently partnered with Cape Henry Associates (CHA) in support of a $4.2 million task order related to design, development, and delivery of the Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training System (C-ARTS). C-ARTS is a mobile, scalable, reconfigurable High Velocity Learning Environment (HVLE) powered by CHA's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)...
CAE USA has been awarded a contract by the United States Navy under a US foreign military sale (FMS) program to provide the Brazilian Navy with a comprehensive S-70B Seahawk helicopter training system. CAE will design and manufacture two S-70B training devices: a fixed-base S-70B operational flight trainer (OFT) to...
Much progress has been achieved on the Royal Navy’s preparations to accept the two new Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) carriers into the Fleet, in both the carrier and the associated F-35B Lightning II programmes. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones captures the status.
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The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) successfully completed the MISSILEX exercise off the coast of Virginia. The exercise involved detecting a simulated threat and firing a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) at a remote controlled, subsonic missile drone acting as an anti-ship cruise missile. "There have...
Updated: 4/2/18 The U.S. Navy’s next generation destroyer, the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), completed acceptance trials after the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey reviewed and evaluated the ship and its crew during a series of demonstrations that showed the ship’s construction and compliance with Navy specifications. Many...
The Royal Norwegian Navy (RNN) is the first customer to order the upgraded portable DECKsim Virtual Reality Trainer from the Cohort plc company SEA. The DECKsim system replicates flight decks and land-based airfield environments to train personnel on aircraft handling procedures. The system can be configured for specific airframes, platforms...
Consolite Technology played a part in the evaluation of the Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Flight Trials for the UK Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth after Consolite carried out multiple Harbour Trials on the ship to reduce risk. The trial included flying at low levels over the sea -- sideways and...
The Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen and the German Sachsen-class frigate Hessen arrived at the Norfolk, Virginia naval base to participate in Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group’s (HST CSG) upcoming Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Both of these ships are new additions to the Harry S. Truman...