The office of the Naval Aviation Training Systems is developing new virtual reality trainers for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopter and T-45 Goshawk jet trainer, said office lead Chris Foster during a mixed reality panel at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2017. This...
After four years of training command staff through COMBATER, a MASA SWORD powered simulation system, the Brazilian Army renewed its software maintenance contract with MASA. The army is also extending the deployment of licenses it is using to improve its simulation training offering for its officers. The Brazilian Army first...
The Colombian Air Force welcomes a multi-cockpit Mission Training Center (MTC) from Elbit Systems into their training repertoire. The MTC simulates battlefield training for a variety of aircrafts and systems. The Colombian Air Force mission training system draws on Elbit Systems’ experience with the SkyBreaker Mission Training Center, implementing the...
On October 18, Ravenswood Solutions and Lockheed Martin U.K. demonstrated how augmented reality can enhance training for forward observers. The demonstration, which took place at Defence Training Estate Salisbury Plain, U.K., connected Ravenswood’s Mobile Ground Truth System (MGTS) with Lockheed’s Joint Fire Training Simulator to combine virtual entities with reality...
The U.S. Navy selected Rockwell Collins to develop E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Tactics Trainers to support of the Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems (HITS) III program. The initial contract is valued at $34.5 million with a total of $85.9 million on other E-2D training systems in service. The plane is a Northrop...
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) selected Dedicated Computing to receive its RMS Small Business Award at a ceremony in Orlando, FL. Lockheed Martin contracts for goods and services with thousands of suppliers each year, but honors only a select few for their outstanding quality and performance. Dedicated Computing...
Cybernet Systems Corporation has appointed Donald Lawson as director of cybersecurity and training systems. Prior to the appointment, Lawson managed multiple Department of Defense cybersecurity contracts, helping to develop an automated cybersecurity vulnerability scanning and remediation tool called Security Advisor, and a centralized compliance monitoring solution called Security Manager. "Donald has...
Esterline Defense Technologies won a contract to supply critical sub-components for training ammunition on the U.S. Army’s new Day/Night/Thermal (DNT) 40mm grenade program. The multi-year contract was awarded by American Ordnance and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. The contract is the culmination of a five-year development program. Esterline Defense...
Aptima will showcase technologies that measure, analyze, understand, and optimize Warfighter performance during Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) training exercises at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2017 in Orlando, Florida from November 27-30. The company will be part of demonstrations across four separate booths at the show:...
CSRA was awarded a $38.5 million contract, tasked with upgrading various models of U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales H-60 Seahawk helicopters. The company will design, fabricate, assemble and support rapid prototyping and system installation modifications to the H-60 aircraft. “Naval H-60 aircraft are undergoing critical modifications to meet the warfighters’...