Rockwell Collins has introduced its Coalescence mixed reality system that encapsulates the user in a virtual and augmented environment for air, land or sea missions. Coalescence merges the trainee’s real world view with a synthetic environment providing a seamlessly enhanced, mixed reality – what the company says is a first...
Boeing has received a two-year, $18.7 million contract from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide C-17 Globemaster II logistics support and training simulator maintenance. Boeing, which originally manufactured the C-17, will support the UAE's inventory of realistic, motion-based training devices used to train aircrews and support personnel for the...
Inzpire Limited and Discovery Air Defence Services Inc. (DA Defence) have joined forces to bid for the UK Ministry of Defence's Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) programme. The two companies will combine their capabilities in the live training environment to deliver a training solution for the UK Ministry...
CAE USA, prime contractor for the United States Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Aircrew Training System (ATS) program, has received an Authorization to Operate (ATO) on the USAF's Distributed Training Center Network (DTCN). The first KC-135 operational flight trainer (OFT) to receive the ATO is at Scott Air Force Base (AFB),...
UK-based Inzpire Limited has been awarded a contract to continue their provision of Apache and Wildcat Civilian Qualified Helicopter Instructors (CQHIS) to the UK Joint Helicopter Command. The contract will cover the delivery of Conversion to Type and Conversion to Role training on both Apache and Wildcat, through the provision...
The NATO Modeling & Simulation Coordination Office has started a new activity that focusses on threats deriving from Low, Slow and Small (LSS) aerial platforms. In fact, countering unmanned aerial vehicles commonly referred to as "drones", is a big worry. A recent example of this emerging menace is the use...
Défense Conseil International Group (DCI), the reference operator of the French ministry of defence for the international transfer of French military know-how, has announced the ISO 9001 certification of the Qatar Air Academy by BSI. It becomes the first military training centre to be certified in the Middle East. This...
Leonardo has signed, with the Italian National Directorate of the Italian Defence Ministry, two contracts for an initial batch of five Aermacchi M-345 trainer aircraft and for the first phase of development and delivery programme of the new exploration and escort helicopters (NEES) for the Italian Army. The combined value...
CAE has won defence contracts on a range of customer platforms valued at more than C$175 million to provide new simulation products, simulator upgrades and training support services for global military customers. Key contracts awarded during the third quarter of CAE's fiscal year 2017 include Babcock France to support pilot...
CAE USA has been awarded a United States Army contract to provide rotary-wing flight training instructor support services. Under terms of the contract, which was awarded as a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for over US$50 million for the transition and base one-year period, CAE USA will provide classroom, simulator, and live flying...
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