Elbit Systems Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), the Seagull, participated in a joint exercise between the Israeli and British Royal Navies in Haifa Bay along the Mediterranean coast. An exercise in charting safe waters, Elbit’s USV scanned the surroundings for a safe course through the bay. The Seagull was remotely operated...
Two Type 23 frigates, HMS Argyll and HMS Westminster, completed firing trials with the MBDA designed Sea Ceptor missile system. This means the European missile manufacturer’s system can proceed the next stage of the acceptance into service with the Royal Navy. Sea Ceptor is replacing the Sea Wolf weapon system...
The first group of Iraqi Border Guard Force members graduated at the start of the new year from a 12-day program conducted by members of the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in Iraq. This multinational effort has the US allocating more than $300 million to Iraq's border...
Elbit Systems and Metropolitan State University announced a new cyber training and simulation center at the Saint Paul, Minnesota campus. The new facility will be powered by Cyberbit Range, a product from the Elbit Systems subsidiary Cyberbit. This symbiotic relationship will see Elbit Systems provide the hardware, software and technical...
A team from the Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACH), División de Educación is the first class to receive technical certification on VE Studio, DiSTI’s virtual training development platform. The División de Educación is part of the Chilean Air Force, or FACH, and is the organization responsible for developing training for...
FoxGuard Solutions was awarded the Department of Defense and Department of Energy’s ESTCP grant to develop a cybersecurity platform for energy management and control systems. The ESTCP program’s goal is to find the most promising and cost-effective technologies that address the DoD’s high-priority cybersecurity requirements. In this case, that requirement is to...
Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI) was awarded a contract under the CH-53E Baseline Configuration Upgrade (BCU) Program by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). The company will deliver a new CH-53E Containerized Flight Training Device at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Japan, alongside modifying the CH-53E...
The UK and Qatar governments have agreed to an estimated £6 billion deal for 24 Typhoon aircraft, the largest export deal for the plane in a decade. The signing was overseen by UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and Qatar Minister of Foreign affairs Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah. “These formidable...
The US Navy completed a milestone test flight for the B-1B Lancer on December 8 over Point Mugu Sea Test Range in California. During the flight, the crew simultaneously launched two missiles against multiple moving maritime targets for the first time, bringing the US Navy closer to the final version...
The UK Ministry of Defence has approved a two-year extension on its Joint Warfare Support contract with MASS. The £10 million ($13.3m USD) contract begins in April 2018, continuing MASS’s training and exercise support to the MOD’s Joint Forces Command. It includes provisions to develop a comprehensive scenario scripting capability...