ATPG Chair Andy Mitchell sat down with EATS 2022 Conference Chair Jacques Drappier to discuss what went on at our exclusive Heads of Training discussion in Berlin. The duo go through instructor standardisation, sustainability and pilot well being.   

Residents who graduated from the National Capital Consortium Pediatrics Residency Program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center received a 100 percent passing rate for their certifications from the American Board of Pediatrics for a third year in a row.

The goal of this partnership is to ease the financial burden of students interested in entering a career in aviation, developing a promising pipeline, and cultivating a strong workforce to support the growth of the industry.

Airline Pilot Club (APC) and Airline Flight Academy have launched a partnership that is aimed at providing aspirant airline pilots with professional guidance and training as they move along their route to an airline pilot career. 

Representatives from Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc), the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and Story Contracting have marked the start of a project to create a new Urban Fighting Skills Facility at Whinny Hill on Catterick Training Area in Yorkshire, with an informal ground breaking ceremony. 

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded AERALIS a £9 million contract for digital engineering support services. 

The Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic has entered into an agreement with the CAA International (CAAi) to review and update the country’s State Safety Programme (SSP) per ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices. 

Engineering & Computer Simulations has been awarded a follow-on order to continue its work with the U.S. Air Force to modernize and advance the use of innovation and emerging educational technologies for its training programs at the Expeditionary Operations School at the Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst in New Jersey.

Elbit Systems UK’s Interim Combined Arms Virtual Simulation (Deployable) (ICAVS(D)) has proved its agility and highly deployable capabilities on British Army exercises in Germany and Estonia after 8 months in service.

The Swiss Army mobilised 5,000 soldiers this week in exercise “PILUM 22”, which took two years to prepare. The exercise ranges across the cantons of Bern, Solothurn, Aargau, Lucerne and Zurich.