Airbus delivered the first H135 to the Spanish Air and Space Force in Albacete, Spain. This is the eighth helicopter delivered under the 36-unit contract signed at the end of 2021 to supply the Armed Forces and State Security Forces.
The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges (PMA-205) and the F/A-18 and EA-18G (PMA-265) program offices are fielding a sophisticated Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) training system that has the potential to revolutionize the way the U.S. Navy trains, leading to greater readiness and significant cost savings.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) began training its first cohort of pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence coordinators on operating its new Protector Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) at the Flight Test & Training Center (FTTC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has developed and delivered a spacecraft simulator to the University of Colorado (CU) Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) in support of the Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor- 2 (TSIS-2) spacecraft program.
Swift Aircraft, the company behind the new British aerobatic light aircraft, the Swift, has been awarded a two-year contract, Project MONET, by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to demonstrate technologies that can deliver net zero emissions in flight.
Joby Aviation, a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, has been awarded the third extension of its Agility Prime contract with the United States Air Force.
An excerpt from the forthcoming book: ‘All But Flying is Simulation – The Illustrated History of Flight Simulation’, by former MS&T Editor and Senior Correspondent Walter F. Ullrich.
AERALIS, the transformational British military jet developer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France-based SDTS, exploring light fast jet aviation services in France.
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. recently completed virtual training and remote support providing simulation communications interoperability to the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) headquartered in Amsterdam.