The US Navy’s Pacific Fleet submarines are playing a larger role to help counter China’s expansionism in the South and West China Seas.

Chuck Weirauch takes an in-depth look at past NASA space program simulators.

With the formation of the United States Space Force and the majority of NASA astronauts still having a military background, MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch reports on the use of simulation in space operations and why it remains key to success.

During the Great Recession a dozen years ago, smaller communities in the US lost aircraft departures at a rate five times greater than losses at larger airports. US Editor Chuck Weirauch outlines the regional airlines status and outlook.

As the tempo of US Navy’s Pacific Fleet operations increases, it is deploying the latest methods and technologies to enhance and accelerate training. MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch reports.

In a normal year the MS&T team would attend conferences in person and report on the proceedings. This year, we have not travelled, but logged in. As well as congratulating the organisers for delivering the conferences in a whole new way, what did we learn from the conferences and the pros and cons of these virtual events?

With the live I/ITSEC 2020 being cancelled and transforming to a virtual event, vIITSEC, MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch looks back at the virtual TSIS held in June and reviews its participation and content and provides a contract opportunities chart for MS&T readers.

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.