The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of AH-1Z attack helicopters for an estimated cost of $911.4 million. The Government of Bahrain requested 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters, 26 T-700 GE 401C engines, 14 AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles, 56 Advance Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS-II)...

  Alsim will install an AL250 in Latin America for Colombian flight school Escuela de Aviacion Flying that will be Alsim's first flight simulator to be installed in that region. The AL250 is FAA-AATD (Advanced Aviation Training Device) and EASA-FNPT (Flight Navigation Procedures Trainer) certified. It addresses initial phase training...

  Saab introduced its Gripen E simulator equipped with a Wide Area Display (WAD). The Gripen E WAD is a panoramic, high-resolution screen (19 x 8 in.) that allows a redundant and intelligent presentation of information across its entire length and can receive inputs from multitasking keys, the touchscreen or...

  UFA, a provider of air traffic simulation and voice technologies, delivered its ATTower™ Tower Simulator to the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF). The simulator includes pseudo pilot and instructor positions; an HC/LCD-based visual system with tower, ground and approach controller positions with weather and lighting panels, a simulated voice communications...

The Senegalese Armed Forces will train Mi-35 attack helicopter and Mi-17 transport helicopter aircrews for collective and tactical operations leveraging Thales's expertise in training and simulation. The Thales helicopter mission simulator will enable pilots to acquire and develop the tactical skills and be mission-ready. The Senegalese Armed Forces are involved...

Indra has been awarded contracts to develop two new A400M military transport aircraft simulators, which will be used to train pilots of the German Air Force at Wunstorf airbase and of the French Air Force at the Orleans-Bricy airbase. The simulators will double the training capacity at both centers, which...

QinetiQ Group has entered into an agreement to acquire E.I.S. Aircraft Operations, currently part of E.I.S. Aircraft Group, for €70 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. Aircraft Operations is a provider of airborne training services based in Germany, delivering threat representation and operational readiness for military customers. It generated €20.1m revenue and €5.4m...

  Engineering and Computer Simulations (ECS) was chosen for maintenance training and modernization upgrade programs for the U.S. Army Program Executive Office - Aviation (PEO Aviation), in the Project Manager Cargo (PM Cargo) and Project Manager Apache (PM Apache) offices. ECS will build modernized training solutions to upgrade the CH-47F...

More than 11,600 military personnel from 17 nations are taking part in Exercise Joint Warrior for two weeks this spring, operating out of Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde, Scotland. The bi-annual exercise incorporates all three UK services as well as forces from 16 other nations including Denmark, Estonia, Latvia,...

Pinnacle Solutions won the WLSS-C prime contract supporting the U.S. Army Non-standard Rotary Wing Aircraft Program Management Office (NSRWA PMO), the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, allied countries and partner nations for the next 10 years. There are six awardees on this $25.5 billion hybrid contract that will perform...