The U.S. Air Force Academy selected VBS3 and VBS Fires FST from Bohemia Interactive Simulations and SimCentric Technologies for use in the Academy’s Military Strategic Studies Course. The course is designed to train cadets to develop airmanship skills, while also exposing them to the different career paths available in the...

L3 Link Simulation & Training has been awarded a follow-on contract from the US Air Force's (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to provide the next-generation high-fidelity mission simulation solution to train all future MQ-1 and MQ-9 aircrews. The Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS)...

The H145 simulator at the Airbus Helicopters Training Academy in Germany has been awarded level D status by the German Federal Aviation Office, the highest certification for a full flight simulator (FFS). This is the first helicopter FFS certified for the H145, and the first reach that standard in Germany...

Rockwell Collins completed first Flight2 avionics system integration in Toulouse for the French Air Force C-130H Hercules modernization program. Flight2 is Rockwell Collins’s next generation of communications navigation surveillance/air traffic management solution, enabling the C-130 to comply with the most recent International Civil Aviation Organization standards. The company has fitted...

CAE USA has been advised that the Initial Entry Rotary-Wing Instructor Support Services contract it won from the United States Army in late 2016 has been overturned in response to a protest filed by the incumbent contractor, AECOM. CAE USA was to provide support services for U.S. Army helicopter flight...

Indra developed the Full Flight Simulator (FFS) EC135 Helicopter Simulator for Spain’s army. This was developed as part of the Spanish Directorate General of Armament and Equipment program, addressing army pilot training requirements for the highest certification, CS-FSTD(H) level D, making EC135 Simulator is the first helicopter simulator certified by...

Inzpire is set to announce a new partnership with the Golden Eagle Aviation Academy (GEAA) at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2017. The two companies will sign a memorandum of understanding, leading a to a deal that will see Inzpire provide U.K.-military trained expertise to the newly-formed academy in...

The NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA) has contracted Reiser Simulation and Training GmbH (RST) for the NH90 NTH Maintenance Training Rig. The maintenance training rig, or MTR, is an exact, non-flying replica of the German NH90 NTH “Sea Lion.” The rig will be used to train maintenance and onboard technical...

Pinnacle Solutions, won a $9.59M multi-year contract for the sustainment of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-10 Cargo Load Trainer (CLT). The CLT, located at Travis Air Force Base, California, replicates the cargo compartment of the KC-10 and is primarily used for cargo load training for Air Force Boom Operators. Pinnacle...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Gaetz Aerospace Institute has announced a partnership with the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) to begin providing duel-enrollment college credit in Florida at high schools where the Air Force branch of the JROTC has a unit. The goal is to expand this program nationwide...