Cohort company MASS has underlined its credentials as a leading provider of training support with the planning and implementation of a major UK Joint Forces Command (JFC) exercise at a military base in Cornwall centered on achieving over 90 training objectives set by the JFC. Over 1100 people took part...
Rostvertol and Russian Helicopters, part of the Russian state corporation Rostec, produced the first of the new Mi-28UB helicopters. The primary purpose of this new model is for flight instruction and training personnel. “The Mi-28 proved its efficiency, so we are expecting that its training version will be of great...
Lockheed Martin has celebrated the latest milestone for the AIR 5428 Pilot Training System at a ceremony to mark the Chief of Air Force (CAF) completing the first flight of AIR 5428's in-service Pilatus PC-21. The AIR 5428 Pilot Training System is an integrated solution tailored for all future pilots...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has dispatched its two largest aircraft — C-17A Globemaster III transport and KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport — to the United States for Exercise Mobility Guardian 17. Held in Washington State from 30 July to 12 August 2017, Mobility Guardian 17 is conducted by the...
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of five companies awarded a position on a five-year, $250 million contract to provide aviation training services in support of Security Assistance programs for the U.S. Army’s Security Assistance Training Management Organization (SATMO). The SATMO program is a component of the U.S. Security Cooperation Enterprise that...
Rockwell Collins is to provide the French Air Force FOMEDEC training program with Visual Display Systems (VDS) for its Pilatus PC-21 simulators. Under a subcontract awarded by CAE, Rockwell Collins will develop two Spectraview Visual Display Systems in Salt Lake City, Utah, support CAE with integrating the systems at the...
Sundog Software has released version 5 of its SilverLining Sky 3D Cloud and Weather Software Development Kit (SDK) for simulation and game developers to enable more immersive flight training in dangerous weather conditions. "SilverLining 5 includes a new library of hand-modeled cumulonimbus thunderheads and towering cumulus clouds," explains Frank Kane,...
L3 Link Simulation & Training (L3 Link) has been awarded a contract modification from CSRA to deliver a fourth CH-47F Chinook Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) in the current aircraft configuration for the U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) program. The contract also includes the upgrade of the three existing CH-47F...
The DiSTI Corporation, a provider of graphical user interface software and customized 3D virtual maintenance training solutions, won the year 2 option of Interim Contractor Support (ICS) from the U.S Army for the UH-72A Lakota Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT). The initial $4.4 million contract on the UH-72A included the development...
Simlat, a provider of training and simulation systems for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), is delivering a new high-fidelity maritime simulation to new and existing customers.