Lake Region State College (LRSC) has signed an official agreement with CAE which will see the company provide internships for students studying to be simulator technicians. CAE has become one of LRSC’s Platinum partners, which collaborate with the college to optimise student learning, working closely with faculty and college...
Pictured (left to right): John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.; and Rob Matthews, Strategic Advisor for Modeling and Simulation at Coe and Naylor Group. The National Center for Simulation (NCS) has welcomed John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.; and Rob Matthews, Strategic Advisor for Modeling...
CAE has concluded the acquisition of AirAsia's share of the Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence (AACE) for US$100 million (including earn-out). The acquisition will allow CAE to expand its footprint in the fast-growing Asia Pacific aviation market, but the company will remain AirAsia Group's exclusive training partner of choice.
After six years of research and development, Virtuasim launched new training products to support its Pilot Integrated Training (PIT) concept at the 2017 European Aviation Training Symposium in Berlin. The solutions consist of fully virtual (Vsim_PIT) or hybrid (Vsim_HYB) training offerings using Oculus Rift hardware. To reduce complexity, Virtuasim...
L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) has been awarded a major relocation and upgrade contract by Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA). Under the new contract, L3 CTS will relocate 12 full flight simulators and eight lower-level devices from ANA’s current training facility in Tokyo to its newly built 22-bay...
Together with its partner ‘The Little Engineer’, the Airbus Foundation has launched the Airbus Little Engineer (ALE) robotics programme in India. Contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of ‘Quality Education’, the initiative aims to encourage students between 10 and 16 years old to understand technology and develop...
Pictured (left to right): Priti Bhowmick, Head of Safety Training and Craig D’Souza, Assistant Manager – Projects at Jet Airways with Robin Pijnaker, Managing director of Flame Aviation. Last week, India’s Jet Airways accepted its V9000 Commander Cabin Fire + Smoke Trainer at Flame Aviation’s factory in The Netherlands.
Simhawk Inc. has added a chat functionality to its global flight simulator marketplace and extended the deadline for its Annual Simulator Training Survey. The new chat functionality allows buyers and sellers to communicate directly via Simhawk to seek additional details regarding requests and proposals that are submitted using its...
Textron Aviation has selected five universities to be part of its 2018 Top Hawk programme, which provides students with access to a Cessna Skyhawk 172 aircraft and unique internship opportunities. Middle Tennessee State University, University of Dubuque, Lewis University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott and California Aeronautical University will...
TRU Simulation + Training Inc. has signed a letter of commitment to provide six Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTDs), to Emirates Flight Training Academy in Dubai. The FSTDs will be based upon TRU’s new ODYSSEY 7 hybrid full flight simulator technology. Using a state-of-the-art mini-motion system, pilots can experience...