Regardless of age or condition, military rotorcraft require well-trained pilots and crews. With defence budgets squeezed, this often means more simulation and contractor training. MS&T Editor Rick Adams looks at developing procurements and technologies.
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) will showcase its integrated training program, Project Manager Cargo (PM Cargo), which improves the Army Aviation capabilities for the CH-47F Chinook, at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida, from December 2-5. All image credits: Engineering & Computer Simulations ECS...
Ahead of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), the world’s largest military training and simulation event to be held next week in Orlando, Florida, CAE announced it has completed major upgrades to the CT-156 Harvard (T-6) and CT-155 Hawk flight training devices (FTDs) used as part of...
UFA introduced it's ATLIVE software in February 2019. Prior to the release of the simulator, UFA selected FoxGuard Solutions' computer, the Simitar BANTAM I, to bundle with UFA's air traffic control trainer. "UFA was searching for a computer solution that, at first, we didn't think possible. Through design collaboration,...
Boeing Defence UK have awarded a long-term contract to Pitch Technologies to deliver simulation infrastructure tools and support services for the development of Gladiator, the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) new multi-year training programme. Image courtesy of RAF The programme is the pathfinder to a series of future training systems...
Squadron Officer School (SOS) is tapping into the rich and deep pool of experience around the Air University campus to enhance the leadership education and personal growth of the next generation of leaders at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. What was up until recently an academic requirement giving senior...
On invitation of the Austrian Ministry of Defence, the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) held its 2019 Conference in Vienna, Austria. From 24 to 25 October 2019, more than a hundred delegates from 24 nations got together in the historic settings of the Sala Terrena in the Academy...
In partnership with Thales, Rheinmetall have completed the modernization of the flight simulators for the Tiger combat helicopter. ARGE TATM (consisting of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH and Thales AVS France SAS) were awarded the contract in December 2014 through the Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d'Armement (OCCAR); an organization...
The 23rd Flying Training Squadron (FTS), which is responsible for training helicopter pilots and enlisted aircrews and preparing them for their next assignments, is using virtual-reality (VR) technology to increase their numbers. First Lt. Matthew Gulotta, 23rd Flying Training Squadron student pilot, demonstrates the use of the flight simulation,...