The US Air Force’s Agility Prime program is deliberately and cautiously advancing to inform the Service’s decisions on acquisition decisions for eVTOL aircraft. As these platforms are evaluated, important early training lessons-learned are emerging for the pilots who will operate this new generation of aircraft.
Indra Australia has delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) three Defence Deployable Air Traffic Management and Control Systems (DDATMCS) that will strengthen its capacity for rapid deployment and airspace management anywhere in the world.
CAE has awarded a contract to Aechelon Technology to provide Image Generators for two Multi Crew Simulator (MCS) Trainers and one Off-Line Development System/Virtual Simulator (OLDS/VS).
Simthetiq has successfully completed the first deliveries of visual content solutions based on their 3D simulation entity model library in support of a new fifth generation fighter aircraft program for a NATO member nation.
General Dynamics Information Technology will upgrade virtual flight simulators and provide training services for thousands of aviators over the next decade.
Group Editor Marty Kauchak monitored the recent webinar ‘SpaceVerse, a Grounded Approach to Reaching for the Stars,’ organized by the National Training & Simulation Association.
In April 2023, IT²EC returns to the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands for its 32nd edition. With the strong support of Dutch Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces, around 2,000 visitors and more than 75 exhibitors are expected to convene for the three-day exhibition and conference to discuss the future of military training and explore the technologies that will shape it.
Since 1984, Space Symposium, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has brought together leaders from around the world to discuss the future of space. This year’s event is 17-20 April, Group Editor Marty Kauchak examines how Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM)’s portfolio supports training and educating space professionals.
The commercial sector is developing key technologies and applications that have the potential for cost-effective adaptation for defence use and use in modelling and simulation (M&S) applications such as defence planning, training, operations, and capability development.