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 –...

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...

Boeing and the Canadian government have agreed to an amendment to an existing performance-based logistics (PBL) contract. Under the $313 million fixed-price amendment, Boeing will continue to provide full system logistics, engineering support, supply chain, data analytics and training services to the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) fleet of 15...

FlightSafety International has announced the entry into service of a new Boeing 777-300ER full flight simulator the company built for use by the Japan Air Self Defense Force to train crews for operation of their new VIP transport aircraft. The simulator is installed at the Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido,...

ACME Worldwide recently completed a set of two G-suit Systems for F-16 simulators under a subcontract to Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems. The advanced G-suit systems will provide realistic g-cueing for Jordanian F-16 pilots in Lockheed Martin's new flight simulators. ACME's G-suit systems are now in use with fighter...