Indra and iAltitude have successfully completed the development of a hypoxia flight trainer that is already installed in the Aviation Medicine Training Center of the Spanish Air Force (AF) in Madrid and is currently being used to train and provide greater endurance capacity in extreme scenarios to Spanish military...
Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. and its subsidiary, Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc. (Bluedrop), secured an investment from Boeing to develop a next-generation Special Mission Aviator Ramp Trainer (SMART) for the V-22 Osprey. The program was funded under the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Investment Framework Transaction program...
Bluedrop Performance Learning (Bluedrop) and its subsidiary Bluedrop Training & Simulation will deliver another Hoist Mission Training System (HMTS) to the Royal Canadian Air Force 19 Wing Comox in addition to a similar CH-148 Cyclone simulator delivered to 12 Wing Shearwater in July 2018. The immersive virtual reality simulator...
A NATO member since 1999, the Hungarian Air Force needs to train its Mi-24 attack helicopter and Mi-17 transport helicopter aircrews for NATO-led collective and tactical mission. The Hungarian Defence Forces also need to train helicopter crews for homeland defence operations. In 2018, Hungary acquired a helicopter mission trainer...
After rigorous testing, the Australia Defence Force’s (ADF) new Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) reached Initial Operating Capability in March, delivering a training environment for Australia’s future helicopter pilots, aircrew and aviation warfare officers. Thales in Australia was subcontracted to Boeing to provide the synthetic and classroom training environment...
This year Leonardo will be a major exhibitor at ITEC 2019, the annual forum dedicated to simulation, education and training in the military and civil domains. Training and simulation is a rapidly expanding market and Leonardo will provide visitors at ITEC, which takes place in Stockholm, Sweden, with an...
On the eve of the International Training and Education Conference (ITEC), Europe’s largest show for military training and simulation, CAE announced that Boeing has ordered simulator hardware for an additional P-8A operational flight trainer (OFT) for the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF). This follows a contract award last...
After providing over four years of Close Air Support and Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) support to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the US Navy, Draken International has been awarded the follow-on Terminal Attack Controller Trainer (TACT) services contract. The TACT contract, issued by the Naval Air...
SimiGon has commenced an Augmented Reality (AR) research programme (the Programme) with the Israel Air Force (IAF). The Programme will utilise SimiGon's R&D investments in the Virtual Reality (VR) and AR domains with respect to aircraft maintenance training by providing the invaluable ability to test and refine technologies in...