In Part 1, MS&T’s Dim Jones visits the Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA), based near the town of Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo. Some 60 miles south of Oudtshoorn, at Mossel Bay, Starlite Aviation is providing similar training services for RSA nationals and personnel from other nations. Jones continues his journey.

The Italian Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) has contracted CAE to develop and deliver upgrades and enhancements to a Predator Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) mission trainer being developed for the Italian Air Force. Together, CAE and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) intend to develop a high-fidelity UAS...

Lockheed Martin has won $24.2 million in contracts from the US Navy to produce Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR). ELGTR emulates the flight characteristics of Paveway™ II laser-guided weapon systems and gives pilots the same information they would see in an actual mission. The award represents the third order...

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's Aircrew Training Systems (ATS) business unit has announced the award of multiple contracts totalling $45.4 million for customers in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe. Products to be provided under the contracts include an authentic tactical flight simulator (AFTS-300) with spatial disorientation training capabilities; an eight...

Thales and DCI have joined forces to deliver high-level training in electronic warfare. Through this partnership, the two companies will combine their skills and offer comprehensive and innovative solutions to even better meet the needs and expectations of military customers around the world. Thales and DCI have developed a catalogue...

The CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC), a joint venture of CAE and the Ministry of Finance of Brunei Darussalam, is supporting the Royal Brunei Air Force with pilot selection and screening using the new CAE-built PC-7 flight training device installed at the MPTC. The Royal Brunei Air Force will...

CAE USA has been awarded a US Army contract to provide comprehensive initial and recurrent training for more than 600 US Army and US Air Force fixed-wing pilots annually. CAE USA will provide turnkey training services in a new company-owned, company-operated training center to be built at Dothan Regional Airport...

The Pakistan Air Force has signed a training memorandum of understanding with the Turkish Air Force during the opening ceremony of the Multinational Military Flight Crew Training Centre (MMFCT-C) in Izmir, Turkey. The agreement calls for the two services to exchange two pilots for training each year. The new Multinational...

RTDynamics has released the first version of its physics based real-time electronic warfare, RADAR and missile simulation C++ library, named EWAWS. It allows developers to model air-to-air, air-to-ground and surface-to-air missile engagements and countermeasures in real-time in engineering and training simulations. EWAWS includes mathematical models for RADAR, IR, LASER, jammer,...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Russian Federation have both ramped up the frequency of live military training exercises, especially along shared borders in easternmost Europe. Rick Adams provides a balanced view of the exercise programmes in the context of the times.