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Health Scholars and CareerCert Team Up for Virtual Reality Training

July 3, 2020

Health Scholars is partnering with CareerCert, which will expand Health Scholar’s online training to include VR to help emergency and healthcare departments receive consistent, accessible, experience-based ACLS training that can save lives in their community.

ECS Celebrates 23rd Anniversary by Giving Back to Local Communities

June 29, 2020

Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) observed its 23rd anniversary on May 12th quietly in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

K-Sim Fast Craft Simulators for Singapore Police Coast Guard

June 17, 2020

Fiona Greenyer

Kongsberg Digital has delivered its first K-Sim Fast Craft simulators to the Singapore Police Coast Guard Training Centre in Singapore.

Emerging and Future Themes

June 15, 2020

Andy Fawkes

The current pace of innovation and change in the SCT community is unprecedented with technologies and ways of working that were hitherto slow to embrace becoming the norm. SCT's Andy Fawkes reports.

ATS Wins Grant to Enhance Training Suite

June 11, 2020

Epic Games MegaGrants awarded ATS $100,000 to further develop ATSsim Suite with Unreal Engine technology, making the web-based training solution a more immersive experience in an augmented reality ecosystem.

VirTra Releases Autism Awareness Training Curriculum

May 4, 2020

Amanda Towner

VirTra, Inc. has released a new V-VICTA (VirTra Virtual Interactive Coursework Training Academy) training curriculum designed to help law enforcement professionals bridge the communication gap and interact more effectively, and positively, with individuals with autism.

Houston Airport System completes most of its training with a hands-on approach.

Dealing with Black Swan Events

April 27, 2020

Marty Kauchak

Much like first-responder training in other safety-critical sectors, individuals and teams in the aviation ecosystem use simulation to learn and rehearse roles and responses for anticipated crises. Group editor Marty Kauchak highlights some strategies to train stakeholders.

VirTra Releases the New V-DTS Driver Simulator

April 9, 2020

Amanda Towner

VirTra recently debuted a driver simulator at IACP 2019, which received great feedback and acceptance.

Neptune Aviation BAe146 firefighting aircraft.

Confronting the Blaze

March 16, 2020

Robert Moorman

Robert W. Moorman explores how experienced pilots of fixed-wing and rotorcraft prepare to become aerial firefighters.

Health Scholars Launches First Responder VR ACLS Training Sim

January 16, 2020

Amanda Towner

Health Scholars announced the availability of the first Virtual Reality (VR) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training designed specifically for first responders.