U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Undergraduate Pilot Training Instructor pilots (IP) developed a new syllabus to improve the quality of flight training. The new education program gives squadron commanders the ability to refine training to better meet the needs of individual students. The team's first change...

  The Air Mobility Command (AMC) selected MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida and Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington as the relocation sites for the next two KC-135 Stratotanker pilot flight simulators. CAE is supporting the relocation of these devices as the prime contractor responsible for the...

Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi), a supplier of communications, automated Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems and sound systems, will provide new features for its Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC (SERA) product for Lockheed Martin’s AIR 5428 Pilot Training System. The AIR 5428 program delivers an integrated training solution for future...

Parsons Corporation, an engineering, construction, technical and professional services firm, purchased a number of MASA SWORD licenses to evaluate operations research and weapon platforms. Parsons is involved in research and development of mission-critical, next-generation technologies in the fields of engineering, integration, and simulation. The simulation is used to study the...

L3 Commercial Aviation, a commercial pilot training provider, won a three-year contract from the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) to support the training of future RAF multi-engine pilots; it is the first time that L3 has provided such training for the RAF. L3 was selected to provide a custom solution...

As part of Leonardo’s work with the Italian Air Force (AF) to deliver advanced training and simulation, the company supported the Italian Air Force’s participation in the ‘Spartan Alliance’ virtual air exercise by providing its Realistic Intelligent Agent Computer Environment (RIACE) system in the exercise. RIACE  is a distributed training...

UFA, a provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, delivered its ATTower® Tower Simulator to U.S. Army Fort Huachuca’s Libby Airfield. The turn key 4-channel ATTower Simulator features a local Libby Army Airfield airport visual database and five  other airport visual databases from UFA’s library. The Fixed Based Precision...