CAE launched the CAE Medallion MR e-Series Visual System, a complete and turnkey visual solution designed specifically for military fighter and fast-jet training. The company says the new visual system is a cost-effective, fully-integrated visual solution that includes a back-projection 360-degree dome display system, laser projectors and CAE MedallionTM image...
Saab received an order from Boeing for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the T-X Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft. The T-X program is divided into multiple phases, and the order is for the first phase. The order is valued at MUSD 117.6. and will run until 2022. In...
Simjet Training Systems won a contract with the Commonwealth of Australia to provide the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Aviation Candidate Management Centre (ACMC) with two Super Hornet simulators, support staff and other peripheral training aids. ACMC conducts National Aviation Motivational Programs to attract Officer Aviation candidates to consider the...
Bruce Whitman, Chairman, President & CEO of FlightSafety International, passed away on October 10, 2018 at the age of 85. FlightSafety says Whitman will be remembered with great admiration and affection. He was highly-respected and held in the utmost regard by those in the company and the industry. Whitman joined...
FlightSafety International and Global Simulation Incorporated won a contract to provide 10 Mixed Reality Training Systems for the T-38C program. The new training systems will be installed early in 2019 at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, home to the 80th Flying Training Wing and the Euro-NATO Joint Jet...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. won a Task Order (TO) from KBR Wyle for an additional year of UH-1N Aerial Gunnery Simulation Training for the U.S. Air Force at the Kratos Aircrew Training Center in Orlando, Florida. Kratos has been conducting Aerial Gunnery Training (AGT) for Air Force Global...
The Spanish Army Aviation Academy’s Helicopter Simulation Center (CESIHEL), developed with Indra, plans to install two new Indra-developed NH90 helicopter simulators at the Agoncillo Base in 2019 to train Spanish Army Air Force pilots and mechanics. The addition of these two devices will bring the network of simulators connected for...
Defence Ministers from Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a Multinational Special Aviation Program. Under the agreement, a new aviation-training center will be established in Zadar, Croatia to train aircrews that will conduct the insertion and extraction of Special Operations Forces. NATO’s Deputy Secretary...
A pair of BAE Systems’ Hawk T2 aircraft from the Royal Air Force (RAF) Valley’s IV Squadron in Anglesey, Wales completed a series of planned exercises in temperatures reaching 44° Celsius (111° Fahrenheit) to showcase the aircraft’s ability to operate in conditions typically found in the Gulf region during the...
Airbus Helicopters completed its service provision buildup of the UK’s Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) contract, and now, after delivering 29 Helionix-equipped H135s and three Helionix, hoist-equipped H145s earlier this year, is fully embedded at Royal Air Force (RAF) Shawbury and RAF Valley, supporting Ascent’s Training delivery from modernized...