Singapore's Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, has unveiled a S$100 million Rail Manpower Development Package (RMDP). The RMDP initiative for railway workers is co-developed with the Public Transport Operators (PTOs) and the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU).It aims to expand the rail workforce...
Airways International’s TotalControl simulator will be used by air traffic control trainees at the United Kingdom’s Takeoff Aviation Academy. Airways will provide Takeoff Direct Ltd with a desktop tower simulator and a surveillance simulator. This will be the first installation of a TotalControl simulation solution in the United Kingdom.
Select Aviation College, a Canadian flight training organization located in Québec, has bought two AL250 simulators from ALSIM. This follows Select Aviation’s purchase of an Alsim ALX in late 2017. The AL250s are reconfigurable between several classes of piston aircraft. They will help to grow the Canadian flight school’s...
AVIOMAR Flight Academy will host an open day at the Monterotondo Training centre on the Ryanair Mentored APS MCC Course. The event will take place on Nov. 30th. The event is open to those interested in the Ryanair APS MCC course, such as student pilots attending an ATPL Integrated or Modular...
EUROCONTROL and Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) have used full motion flight simulators to evaluate the feasibility of “Secondary Runway Aiming Point (SRAP)” and “Increased Glide Slope (IGS)”, concepts focused on capacity and environmental benefits. SRAP permits ‘light wake’ category aircraft to fly a final approach above the approach profile of heavier...
In partnership with Thales, Rheinmetall have completed the modernization of the flight simulators for the Tiger combat helicopter. ARGE TATM (consisting of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH and Thales AVS France SAS) were awarded the contract in December 2014 through the Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d'Armement (OCCAR); an organization...
FlightLogger has signed up its 10th customer in the UK, with Aviation South West employing the Danish software company to digitilize its business. Image courtesy of FlightLogger Aviation South West is a family-owned flight school based at Exeter Airport, England. FlightLogger has helped more than 90 ATOs from 36...
Turkish ATO Plus Istanbul Flight Academy, a Zero to ATPL training specialist, has purchased an Alsim AL250 simulator. Image courtesy of Alsim The compact simulator is for single & multi engine piston (SEP/MEP reconfigurable) PPL, CPL & IR training. The device meets all regulatory standards and responds to training...
Medopad and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, have entered into a strategic partnership to validate, scale and potentially commercialise the ReVeRe platform as a novel digital biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Johnson & Johnson Innovation Limited facilitated the deal. The ReVeRe...
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. and EBM Corporation have launched the “SupeR BEAT” surgical training simulator. This simulator can reproduce the beating of the heart with extreme accuracy using e Rubber, an innovative material that moves with electricity. Image courtesy of Toyoda Gosei The two companies have been collaborating since...