Esterline Simulation Visual Systems, an Esterline Avionics Systems business of Esterline, announced that it has been awarded follow-on contracts from L3 Technologies for continued support of the USAF F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) program. Esterline has been supporting the program since 2012. The latest contract includes provisions for 189 SIM7...

Collins Aerospace has launched Griffin™-2, the next-generation of the company’s industry-leading 360-degree visual system for military fast-jet simulated training. The announcement took place at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2018. Featuring a non-faceted, completely smooth-surfaced visual dome, the Griffin-2 is built on an open architecture that...

Presagis announced ORB ViewR – a free, standalone application powered by Unreal Engine that gives users the ability to explore their worldwide synthetic terrains through photo-realistic renderings with round-earth support, and out-the-window views with the smooth, seamless performance inherent with gaming technology. Presagis, a provider of simulation software and solutions,...

  QuantaDyn Corporation announced it has been awarded the contract to deliver a QFires Advanced JTAC Training System (AJTS) to be installed at the Polish Air Force Academy in Deblin, Poland. The AJTS provides a high-fidelity, fully-immersive environment critical for training JTACs and JFOs. The training system supports Terminal Control,...

  L3 Link Training & Simulation has introduced the Blue Boxer™ Extended Reality (BBXR) deployable training system as the latest solution in its family of military aviation training platforms. This versatile capability will be on display in L3’s exhibit, Booth 1449, at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC)...

  Cobham, the UK Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) partner for operational readiness training for the last 30 years, announced that QinetiQ will join Draken International and 3SDL as a member of the Cobham team to develop solutions for the delivery of operational readiness training under the UK MoD’s Air Support...

  Airbus has unveiled the new full flight and mission simulator (FFS) of the Airbus A330 MRTT Multirole Tanker Transport aircraft at its International Training Centre (ITC) in Seville, Spain. The simulator, developed by Airbus and Spanish company Indra, joins the A400M, C295 and CN235 programs, as part of  the...

  Presagis, a provider of modeling, simulation and visualization solutions for the defense and aerospace markets, announced a strategic collaboration with Epic Games, the maker of Unreal Engine and Fortnite, to help the simulation industry achieve unprecedented realism and quality for virtual environments created from geospatial data. Presagis plans to...

  Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-147F Chinook, CH-146 Griffon, and CC-130J Hercules aircrews currently supporting the United Nations Task Force Mali mission experienced the West African country virtually before embarking on the actual operational mission. RCAF CH-147F aircrews from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at Petawawa, CH-146 aircrews from 408...