On March 19th, 2019, Pinnacle Solutions Inc. was awarded the $533-million cost-plus-fixed-fee Unmanned Aircraft Systems Instruction and Mission Support (UAS IMS) contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Florida. Under this contract, Pinnacle will provide UAS instruction, maintenance, logistics support, prescribed load list (PLL), flight line operations...
Calytrix (Europe) announced that the Austrian Army has just committed to a substantial upgrade of its legacy virtual first-person training system to the Titan platform, including the delivery of software and upgrade services. Austria has always been a leader in the adoption of LVC simulation solutions and continues to...
Lockheed Martin Australia signed a contract with the Australian Government to deliver Australia’s largest, networked simulation system. In partnership with Calytrix Technologies and NEC Australia, this team will work to transform how the Australian Defence Force (ADF) trains and develops future generations of defence personnel. Lockheed Martin Australia leads...
An Exoskeleton/Physical Augmentation Requirements meeting was held at the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCOE) at U.S. Army Fort Benning, Georgia, on January 15, 2019. Under direction and guidance from Brig. Gen. David M. Hodne, the Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team Lead and Commandant of MCOE, David Audet, and Andrea...
PLEXSYS has been integrated into the Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) to Tactical Data Link (TDL) Modernization (JITM) Quick Reaction Test (QRT), which was directed to develop a procedure for the integration of national ISR data into Link 16 architecture and to update Military Standard (MIL-STD) 6016. The...
Ravenswood Solutions Inc. will be relocating the bulk of its operation from Fremont, California, to Boise, Idaho, in May of 2019. Ravenswood will better serve its largest client, the U.S. Army National Guard, at the nearby Orchard Combat Training Center by moving the products and services operation center to...
Tunisian Navy officers improved their readiness at sea and knowledge on maritime modelling and simulation during a two-week training course held in March 2019 at the naval base La Goulette, Tunisia. The training was sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme to help Tunisia modernise...
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) and Dignitas Technologies recently collaborated to engage, inspire and financially support the future modeling and simulation workforce at Crooms Academy of Information Technology (Crooms AOIT). For the past 13 years, the Crooms AOIT Business Advisory Council (BAC) has organized TechFest, an educational fundraising...
RSi’s Epic-View Visual Display System for Rheinmetall Defence’s Embraer KC-390 Flight Simulator has successfully completed acceptance testing at RSi’s headquarters facility in Coppell, Texas. The Epic-View Visual Display System features a 220-by-60-degree field of view provided by an 11-foot radius collimated optical display system. Seven Norxe P1 IR projectors...
Saab Grintek Defence received the Exporter and Enterprise Development Awards at the sixth annual South African Premier Business Awards. The SA Premier Business Awards acknowledges business excellence in South Africa and is organised by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in partnership with Proudly South Africa and Brand...