The pilot on board campaign was led by Joby Chief Test Pilot James Denham and was designed to gather data on the aircraft’s handling qualities and pilot control interfaces, supporting the development of the aircraft and laying the groundwork for future credit testing as part of the certification program with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The global pilot shortage promises to be a recurring, spirited topic at next month’s EATS 2023, into next Spring’s WATS 2024 – and beyond. While credible, authoritative forecasts from CAE and other community stakeholders point to the differences between pilot supply and demand curves slowly and incrementally narrowing, there is still much work left to meet the insatiable demand for aircrews around the globe.
The participating crews received expert academics and training on hypersonic fundamentals and participated in tactical discussion on hypersonic operations to increase operational readiness and prepare multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft communities for hypersonics.
The completion of deliveries occurs as a Full Crew Simulation Training Centre is established and opened at the Maristaeli Luni Base, featuring a dedicated Level D Full Flight Simulator all fully developed by Leonardo and tailored to the Italian Navy’s needs.
The annual Yudh Abhyas (war practise in Hindi) bilateral training exercises jointly held by the US Army and the Indian Army is underway in and around Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Three converging forces are compelling the US Air Force to modernize its basic military training construct. At the strategic level, the Air Force and the other US services are pivoting to Asia, with major implications for individuals, units and staffs who heretofore have operated in set-in-stone assignments on paper: airmen and Space Force guardians in the 2023-era have the potential to take on new, emergent tasks during a conflict in that region.
The AI-based training capabilities will increase the quality and consistency of student performance and training production and will reduce the cost of aviation training for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and foreign military services.
The new simulator complements Patria’s previously delivered simulators to the Finnish Air Force, but will now have significantly higher accuracy and realism of the system modeling than in the previous simulators.