One major development in the US Defense Department’s aviation training enterprise remains the continued delay of Boeing T-7A Red Hawks entering the US Air Force’s aging training force. Group Editor Marty Kauchak updates the impact of this program’s missed acquisition milestones and the Air Force’s challenge to meet its pilot readiness goals – without a purpose-built fifth-generation jet trainer.
Researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California are exploring how passengers may experience an air taxi ride by building a custom virtual reality flight simulator.
The 8th iteration of the Defence Simulation Education & Training (DSET) conference and exhibition took place at the Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol UK between 5-8 June. Representing the event’s Media Partner, Halldale / MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones attended.
The US and other nations continue to provide a broad range of war materiel to Ukraine. Belatedly, the oft-discussed transfer of F-16s to Ukraine is gathering speed. Group Editor Marty Kauchak explores the situation.
This collaboration sees the companies jointly approach decarbonisation for pilot training by introducing electric-powered aircraft for commercial and military pilot formation.
GDIT selected subcontractor FSI Defense, a FlightSafety International company, to deliver services and support to the U.S. Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Novosel, Alabama.
Ryan Aerospace Australia has won yet another major contract with the US Air Force, being tasked with building mixed reality simulators for aviators training on the T-38C jet for the Fighter Bomber Fundamentals course, training the next generation of fast-jet pilots.
This project will transform the common immersive training devices Vertex delivered under the Pilot Training Transformation program into a mixed reality simulator.
The device provides deployed pilots realistic, high-fidelity simulator training in basic flight operations, navigation, emergency procedures, crew resource management and more.