An Allen-Vanguard-led consortium has delivered Explosive Threat Reduction Team training courses to Somalia security forces personnel.

The ‘G-35’ – SAE International’s new standards committee for Modeling, Simulation and Training (MST) for New Emerging Technologies and Concepts – will meet as a full body 7-8 June at CAE’s training center at the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas airport. The committee was launched last September to develop consensus-based standards for implementing advance technologies such as eVTOL while maintaining and enhancing safety.

CAT Magazine is devoting increasing coverage of the emerging electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft market. Rick Adams, FRAeS, CAT Editor-in-Chief; explains why in this overview of the rapidly expanding sector.

The nascent electric vertical takeoff and landing market was sent into a bit of a spin this week when the FAA suggested they may change the regulations by which eVTOL pilots are trained.

In a direct location challenge to rival FlightSafety International, CAE announced on 11 May that they will locate a new business aviation training centre in Savannah, Georgia, home to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.

Epic Games has released a 40-page information paper on flight simulation trends and best practices, a do-it-yourself tutorial, and free partner plug-ins that will enable developers to create a flight simulator using Unreal Engine.