Radiology trainees at Imperial College, London, are learning news skills with interactive holograms and augmented reality headsets. A team of experts from Imperial’s Faculty of Medicine and Digital Learning Hub developed the simulation. It is an example of using the Microsoft HoloLens2 for medical training and addresses the challenges...
Inzpire Limited will provide planning and operational management to the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) during its UK flight trials of unmanned aerial systems. The trials will demonstrate the advantages of using long-range unmanned capabilities in civilian airspace. "This is a huge opportunity for Inzpire," said Paul Rolfe, Inzpire’s...
EURAMEC have signed an exclusive agreement with AeroCircular to upcycle Airbus A320 Cockpits and Fuselages for Premier Flight Training solutions. "AeroCircular has a stunning business model," said Bert Buyle, CEO EURAMEC. "Instead of scrapping an aircraft and thrashing state of the art technology and high-value hardware, we upcycle cockpits...
The CESIHEL of the Spanish Army Aviation Academy (ACAVIET) has reached 50,000 flight hours with Indra-developed simulators. The centre has Chinook, Cougar, Tiger and EC135 helicopter simulator models and, since last October, the NH90 helicopter. Indra say the NH90 is the most sophisticated simulator it has developed for a...
QinetiQ Group plc, a military technology company, have purchased England-based sim training specialists Newman & Spurr Consultancy Limited (NSC). The £14m deal will allow NSC to pursue larger contracts and take larger roles within them. Further, NSC can leverage existing functional support and business infrastructure that will be key...
Elbit Systems has launched a new Electronic Warfare (EW) system, the Aircrew Mobile Simulation and Training Field (AMSTF). This system enables efficient EW Training and Simulation (T&S) for pilots against realistic EW threats. Housed in a standard mobile container, the AMSTF system incorporates a range of transmitters, sensors, communications,...
European flight simulation solution providers Euramec have delivered a first Diamond DA-20 flight simulator to Aeroviation Inc in Singapore. EURAMEC’s DA-20 Flight Training Device has an enclosed cockpit with a grand 240 degree horizontal. It also has a 40-degree vertical view to create a realistic flying experience. "Aeroviation is...
RUAG MRO International’s Jan Uebersax will present at MilSim 2020, during Asia Defence Expo & Conference Series (ADECS) 2020. An architect of new simulation & training systems, Uebersax will provide insight into approaches for mission success in today’s evolving urban scenarios. The 30-minute presentation, Case Study 1: “Training for...
University College London (UCL) has gained planning permission to build a laboratory that explores how people interact with their environments. To be completed in 2021, PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory), part of UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering’s (CEGE) Centre for Transport Studies (CTS), will be the only space in...
Farnborough Airport has opened its Flying Scholarship for 2020. Now in its 13th year, the programme engages local schools and colleges to inform and educate about aviation. Under the auspices of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots’ scholarship programme, Farnborough Airport grants one person a scholarship with the aim...