Cubic Global Defense has partnered with Carley Corporation and Northrop Grumman to pursue the US Navy’s potential $93 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for the design, development, testing and delivery of products in support of the FY21 Ready Relevant Learning Content Conversion program.
EURAMEC has announced a new Training & Aviation Services division to provide financial services and a training portfolio to further expand its footprint in the aerospace industry.
With the goal of providing world class aviation safety and emergency procedures training for aircrew, Dynamic Advanced Training, a subsidiary of Khansaheb Investment, has received certification from the General Civil Aviation Authority, making it the only independent and approved Cabin Crew Training Organisation in the United Arab Emirates
A key part of the FAA’s aircraft re-certification is a simulator training evaluation by a Joint Operational Evaluation Board (JOEB) in which pilots from around the world will be asked to validate training requirements. The JOEB is said to be primarily looking at the order and priority of checklists and memory items.
Travel restrictions related to the pandemic add uncertainty to how JOEB sessions can be conducted. The select group may perform its work remotely in flight simulators around the world, rather than transiting to Boeing’s main training center in Miami, Florida, where COVID-19 is raging anew.
Following the sim sessions, the FAA's Flight Standardization Board will propose minimum training requirements, then a public comment period, before final approval of training.
L3Harris Airline Academy has launched its new ATPL Modular training programme, which offers future pilots the opportunity to train at their own pace and pay as they train.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR and Australia’s biggest independent airline Regional Express (REX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in studying optimised solutions for the replacement and modernisation of its fleet.
For three years, Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. has been working on projects awarded under the Computer Based Instructional Design II contract, providing the U.S. Army PEO STRI customers with a range of computer-based training services.
The application of virtual reality technology for flight training is gaining momentum, and training providers are developing new tools that may provide more effective training. Chuck Weirauch investigates.