Bulgarian military and civil aviation firm Jotov & Son have purchased a H01 FNPT II simulator from Entrol. The simulator replicates a Bell 206. It features a GNS 430, a cylindrical visual with three channels and a vibration system. It will be used to practice Bell 206 normal and...
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) program with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Naval Aviation Training Systems (PMA-205) program office. Completion of the CDR allows the...
The DiSTI Corporation has been selected by Boeing for the development of a solution that allows the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft software to run on desktops and simulations using the GL Studio software. The GL Studio HMI development software will be used for the real cockpit avionics as well...
Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, a Textron Inc. company, announced that its team has been selected as a provider of contracted air services under the U.S. Air Force’s Combat Air Forces Contracted Air Support program. The effort will be led by ATAC and includes the team from Valkyrie Aero LLC,...
On the afternoon of 16 June 2019, 11 historic Douglas DC-3 aircraft appeared in the skies over the German capital, Berlin. The flypast recalled the 70th anniversary of the "Berlin Airlift", probably the largest humanitarian mission ever. MS&T’s Walter Ullrich describes the original mission and the training required. Bureaucratic...
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin visited Fox Valley Technical College in Oshkosh to tour their flight training school and announced her bipartisan American Aviator Act to increase opportunities and expand flight-training services for veterans to become commercial airline pilots, which she is reintroducing with Senator John Hoeven. “America’s veterans have...
Seven ex-military training experts from Inzpire Limited have completed the design and delivery of a major international exercise, COBRA WARRIOR. Working alongside 92 Squadron based at RAF Waddington and operational analysts embedded with the Air Warfare Centre, Inzpire personnel acted as the white force. The exercise took place from...
Australian helicopter simulation outfit Ryan Aerospace has won the Small Business prize at the Queensland Premier's Export Awards. Leveraging VR technology and investing heavily in research and development, Ryan Aerospace has developed a new kind of helicopter simulator that is disrupting traditional helicopter training paths. Ryan Aerospace has won...
In an announcement by the U.S. Department of Defense, Spartan Air Academy Iraq LLC has been awarded a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract for contractor logistics support (CLS) services. The contract provides for CLS services and material support for 15 T-6A aircraft. Work will be performed at Balad Air Base,...
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that Complete Parachute Solutions won a $9.6 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise option year two for the Multi-Mission Parachute Course. The course provides training and technical support for all military free-fall training to ensure compliance with all...