FlightSafety International has introduced FlightBag, a newly enhanced courseware delivery and presentation application for iPad as well as a web-based version for Android and Windows based tablets and desktop computers. The FlightBag App offers features that increase the effectiveness of courseware delivery, presentation, and use. Its interaction with FlightSafety's courseware...

Embraer-CAE Training Services (ECTS), a joint venture between Embraer and CAE, will further expand its training programs for Embraer Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 pilots and maintenance technicians through the addition of a new location at CAE's training centre in Amsterdam. The training program will feature a CAE-built full flight...

Micro Nav Limited has won a contract to extend the ATC Simulation system capacity for SMATSA Aviation Academy (SAA) which operates as part of Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services (SMATSA) LLC. The requirement is to double the 2D and 3D tower installation to create a second 180° flat panel...

Airways New Zealand and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to improve capabilities in air traffic management. The MOU will pave the way for enhanced cooperation in a number of areas of air traffic management (ATM) and air navigation services (ANS). These...

Aerosim has installed an A320 virtual maintenance trainer (VMT) at the Prospects College of Advanced Technology (PROCAT). PROCAT is a college located in the UK committed to the advancement of technical skills training. The A320 VMT is a simulation-based training tool designed to reduce training costs and increase operational efficiency...

Indra has won two new contracts to deploy a primary radar at Lima Airport and a 3D tower simulator at the city's air traffic controller training center for the Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial (CORPAC). The new primary radar will be mounted with a mode S secondary radar...

After nearly a decade, the FAA’s rule governing aviation maintenance schools is nearly ready for prime time. Robert Moorman explains. The long-awaited update to the part 147 rule governing aviation maintenance technician schools could become final by the first quarter of 2017, which is good news for the industry, academia and prospective...

Session 3, Training Analysis and Development Dr Bill Johnson, moderator of the maintenance stream, kicked off the first maintenance session, welcoming the attendees. The well attended session was led off by Amrish Pothack, AirBusiness Academy. The aviation management trainer spoke to the results of their research into what makes a...

WATS 2016 – World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow – the world's largest meeting of aviation training professionals, is underway in Orlando, Florida. WATS offers an independent and informative conference along with the sector's biggest tradeshow. The conference theme is “Optimizing Blended Learning and Training Technology” and this year's conference...