Kratos will unveil the first aircraft under a $34.5 million contract with the U.S. Navy to supply high-performance subsonic aerial target drones to deliver realistic anti-ship missile threat emulation on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at the McClellan Conference Center in McClellan. California. Kratos says the BQM-177A is one of the...
The KeyW Holding Corporation won a six-year, multi-million-dollar Task Order as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin on the U.S. Army Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations Maintenance Program (ATMP) contract out of the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI). KeyW will support the Army's "Soldier Systems Constructive...
The increasing cost of using front-line aircraft to support operational training is becoming progressively more untenable, in terms of cost, availability and wear-and-tear on operational aircraft fleets. MS&T’s Dim Jones delved into the world of contracted adversary air support during a visit to Draken International.
Inzpire Limited won a contract to continue providing airmanship and human factors training to ab-initio students in the UK Military Flying Training System. Inzpire’s Human Factors and Safety Division has provided this training to the UK military for almost 10 years and this new phase will include an introductory course...
Virtalis delivered a Rear-Cabin Virtual Reality Trainer and Helicopter Crew Reality (HCR) product to Thales Australia for delivery to the Australian Navy. These devices are part of the Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) that will train the future generations of Royal Australian Navy and Army helicopter pilots at the Joint...
ACME’s Tactile Technologies delivered replica weapons, a rescue hoist simulator and Dynamic Motion Seats to CAE for the AW101 helicopter trainers CAE is under contract to design and manufacture for the Royal Navy’s Mk4 variant of the AW101 helicopter. ACME’s True Q® AW101 Dynamic Motion Seats in the cockpit provide...
Leonardo won a post-design support contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide in-service support for its pre-flight threat simulation equipment being used on the Typhoon, Tornado, Merlin, Wildcat, Chinook and C130J platforms. The five-year contract builds on Leonardo’s previous 10 years of support. Leonardo’s threat simulation equipment...
The Hungarian Ministry of Defence ordered 20 Airbus H145M military helicopters equipped with Airbus’ HForce weapon management for its military modernization program, Zrinyi 2026. Airbus will also provide an extensive training and support package. The H145M can be used for a range of tasks including troop transport, utility, surveillance, air...
Salient CRGT, Inc. won a subcontract by Alpha Omega Change Engineering (AOCE) to support the U.S. Army Directorate of Training and Development (DOTD) Task Order under the Space and Missile Defense Advisory and Assistance Services (SMDA2S) contract. The 3-year $43 million task order mission is to provide institutional and leader...