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...
Quantum3D, a provider of training and simulation solutions for government and commercial applications, won a contract with Advance Vision Company of Saudi Arabia (AVC Defense) to upgrade and modernize a Unit Training Device (UTD) for the Bell 412 helicopters operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). The upgrade is...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is positioning its depot-level maintenance and pilot training facilities in Colombia for use by other Black Hawk helicopter users in Latin America. Originally established to support the Colombia Armed Forces and National Police, the support facilities will allow the region’s other Black Hawk operators –...
Sikorsky is positioning its depot-level maintenance and pilot training facilities in Colombia for use by other Black Hawk helicopter users in Latin America. Established originally to support the Colombia Armed Forces and National Police, the support facilities will allow the region's other Black Hawk operators - Argentina, Brazil, Chile and...
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently provided simulated training at its Distributed Training Center (DTC) to Army Rangers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The virtual training, given to Rangers with Joint Terminal Air Controller (JTAC) certification, simulated actual battle scenarios for deployment locations. The DTC, along...
Reiser Simulation and Training's H145 full flight simulator (FFS), which features a visual display system designed by project: syntropy, has been certified as a Level D training device by EASA. project: syntropy teamed up with domeprojection.com GmbH to use its camera-based auto-calibration, which delivers accuracy in terms of geometry, blending...