Applied Research Associates (ARA) won a United States Army Synthetic Training Environment (STE) contract to support the Secretary of Defense’s Soldier Lethality Initiative. STE is the Army’s vision for the future of soldier simulation training to make it more cohesive, efficient and cost-effective. STE will provide an all-in-one training solution...
The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to provide its Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod’s (ATP) for the QEAF’s Rafale aircraft. Lockheed Martin will provide the QEAF with pods, spares and deployment support for the Rafale – the 10th platform to fly with Sniper ATP. Sniper ATP...
The Swedish Air Force has selected Pitch Technologies’ Intuitech ACES as the synthetic fighter controller service to enhance the training realism and capability in the Gripen Mission Training System. ACES combines voice recognition and synthetic speech with a sophisticated behavioral model to replicate the behavior of a fighter controller. The...
The Royal Norwegian Navy (RNN) confirmed acceptance of the latest iteration of the portable DECKsim Virtual Reality (VR) trainer supplied by Cohort company SEA. The RNN have used a fully integrated Flight Deck Officer (FDO) simulator DECKsim for five years at their training establishment in Haakonsvern Naval Base, Bergen. The...
SCALABLE released new versions of QualNet 8.2 and EXata 6.2. The updated versions of the network modelling and simulation tools offer enhancements to existing libraries, additional cyber-attack models and traffic modelling tools. Users can visualize results in new ways, simulate the latest communications technology, import common traffic capture and network...
The U.S. Navy plans to negotiate a potential 10-year, $1.86 billion contract with Boeing for new and updated P-8A Poseidon training systems. Under the contract, Boeing will test and evaluate P-8A systems, hardware, software, courseware and subsystems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract will include upgrades on aircrew and maintenance training systems...
Quantum3D, a provider of training and simulation solutions for government and commercial applications, released its Next Generation MANTIS (MANTIS NG) Image Generation Software that offers Common Database (CDB) compatibility. CDB is an open standard for scene content and is now an official standard adopted by the Open Geospatial Consortium. Users now...
Matrox® Graphics celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Matrox G200 graphics chip that was developed for 2D, 3D and video acceleration. Matrox says the G200 has powered a number of industry-first graphics and multi-monitor-based product lines that delivered image quality across one or more displays. Today, G200 is an integrated...
Engility Holdings won a $41 million SeaPort-e® task order to provide on-site command and control expertise, training and integrated logistics support for the U.S. Marine Corps' core command and control programs. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic awarded Engility the Global Command and Control System Tactical Combat Operations/Joint Tactical...
Charles River Analytics, a developer of systems solutions, is using its Cyber Adversary Modeling and Simulation toolkit, CyMod, to construct a cyber defense tool that models realistic behavior for the United States Air Force. The company is also using its probabilistic programming language, Figaro™, to build relational models of network...