The office of the Naval Aviation Training Systems is developing new virtual reality trainers for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopter and T-45 Goshawk jet trainer, said office lead Chris Foster during a mixed reality panel at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2017. This...

The Colombian Air Force welcomes a multi-cockpit Mission Training Center (MTC) from Elbit Systems into their training repertoire. The MTC simulates battlefield training for a variety of aircrafts and systems. The Colombian Air Force mission training system draws on Elbit Systems’ experience with the SkyBreaker Mission Training Center, implementing the...

Lockheed Martin has received six contracts, with awards totaling $198.4 million, to improve training for C-130 airmen and operators around the world. The C-130J Super Hercules Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (JMATS) program has trained more than 10,000 airmen for missions including cargo transport, special missions and aerial refueling. The...

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)...

3D perception AS (3DP) has announced the delivery of a Northstar™ immersive visual display system (VDS) to the Swedis Defence Material Administration's (FMV) simulator facility at Malmslätt, under contract with Saab. The newly delivered display system - an upgrade of an older generation system - is a turn-key solution comprised...

The U.S. Army selected a new version of Rockwell Collins’ SimEye™ Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) to be used within Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) systems – and will upgrade 332 HMDs in the next two years. The contract, issued by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training,...

MetaVR is at I/ITSEC in Orlando this week, showcasing its terrain and visualization products and technologies that support applications ranging from unmanned air system (UAS) operator and Joint Terminal Attack Control (JTAC) training, to high-speed fixed-wing cockpit simulators, littoral and marine-based operations, and individual/first-person ground-level urban operations. All terrain demos...

Thales has delivered upgrades to the full flight and mission simulators (FFMS) AS532 Super-Puma (TH06) transport helicopters and multi-purpose twin-engined EC635 military helicopter of the Swiss Air Force. The standardisation of the full flight and mission simulator AS532 Super-Puma included upgrading the avionics system, radio communications, digital map, foward-looking infrared...