CSRA was awarded a $51 million Training Systems Contract III by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) for a simulator utilizing the company's VirtualShip platform. “We are absolutely committed to delivering the tools the Navy needs to hone the ship handling skills of Surface Warriors, making their vital...
Inzpire’s team successfully delivered their White Force team to Exercise Eastern Zephyr at the Royal Air Force base in Lakenheath, England. The joint training exercise between the UK Royal Air Force and US Air Force seeks to increase partnership and capabilities between the two nations. Specifically, the military branches are...
Poland’s 8th Air Base Krakow-Balice is welcoming a new CAE simulator for the C295 military transport. The Polish Air Force has a fleet of 16 Airbus C295 aircrafts, which are utilized for a variety of transport operations. To develop the full-flight simulator, CAE worked with Airbus Defence and Space. "This...
During a flight trial, Saab’s Gripen E smart fighter flew supersonic for the first time, breaking the sound barrier while flying over the Baltic Sea on October 18. This part of on-going trials for the aircraft as the company collects data as the plane hits and sustains various milestones like...
In further steps to keep the Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) at RAF Benson up to date, Serco was awarded an eight-year extension to its CAE contract. “We are very proud to have been chosen to remain CAE’s trusted partner at RAF Benson in managing and operating this...
Lockheed Martin announced the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) Program Training Systems Critical Design Review (CDR) was successfully conducted. This allows the CRH program to proceed to assemble, test and evaluate the Sikorsky developed HH-60W helicopter's training systems. “The CRH team is working hard to provide our warfighters the capability they...
The UK Ministry of Defence announced a £90 million investment into a helicopter simulation center for Royal Air Force and Royal Navy pilots. The deal will sustain 70 jobs at the Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility based at RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire. “The importance of effective synthetic training...
CAE awarded VSTEP a contract for a suite of custom-built ship bridge simulators for the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Naval Training Centre. "This is a major strategic win for VSTEP and clearly demonstrates our capabilities to provide adaptive and fully integrated simulators in the Defence industry," said Pjotr van Schothorst,...
Boeing and Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced a deal worth up to $13.8 billion for 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 Boeing 787-10s during a ceremony at the White House. The airline has the option for 12 additional aircrafts, six of each type. The ceremony was attended by Singapore Prime Minister Lee...
On October 20, Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps respectively, kicked off an amphibious exercise dubbed Dawn Blitz 2017. This scenario-driven exercise is designed to train and integrate the staffs on global crisis responses between the two military branches.