Ryan Aerospace Australia has been awarded a contract to supply more than 30 HELIMOD Mark III helicopter simulators for the US Army at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The contract is part of the Army’s “Aviator Training Next” or “ATN” Program, an experimental new way to provide helicopter pilot training during...
After three years of resounding support from commanders, senior instructor pilots, and master gunners, the Apache Gunnery Trainer (AGT) is heading to the flight line at Fort Rucker. Developed from previous AH-64 collective trainers sold internationally, refined to support the Air Cavalry Leader’s course and prototyped for the Synthetic...
The Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Committee (FSEMC) has announced the 2019 award winners for its Edwin A. Link Award and the Roger S. Goldberg Award. The FSEMC provides cost effective solutions to simulator operational and maintenance problems through international conferences and establishes technical standards that increase simulator readiness...
A major US defence aviation company has taken delivery of the first four of Cobra Simulation’s new Cobra180 immersive displays. The customer saw the product in its final prototype stage and placed an order for the entire first production run. The units are already in service ahead of the...
Madrid-based Indra has delivered its most advanced helicopter flight simulator to the Spanish Army. The NH90 training system, which contributes to the training of pilots of the three army corps, has been installed at the Héroes del Revellín base in Agoncillo (La Rioja, Spain) as part of the Helicopter...
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...