Endoscopy manufacturers KARL STORZ and VirtaMed, the medical training simulation firm, have collaborated on a mixed reality simulator to enhance laparoscopic skills training. The LapTrainer simulator enables medical professionals to acquire key skills with increased efficiency by repetition of short simulation sequences. The simulator features an anatomically correct abdomen...
Oman Aviation Academy (OAA) have awarded a contract to MPS for a B737 MAX FTD. MPS expect delivery in mid 2020. The device will have the latest version of MAX software installed and will also include advanced options such as MPS instructorless training. OAA is based at Sohar Airport.
AirHub Flight School, a new Lithuanian school close to Vilnius Airport, is going digital with FlightLogger. The first students will start at the AirHub Flight School in April. The school will provide advanced training solutions for licensed commercial pilots. They have invested in DIAMOND DA40, DIAMOND DA42, FNPT II...
Professione Volare, an ATO in Forli, Italy, have bought an Alsim ALX simulator. They had been using an Alsim AL200 MCC for over 15 years through Alsim customer I.S.A.E.R.S. "At the end of 2019, for our 25th anniversary, we decided to upgrade our fleet buying our own simulator," said...
Antycip Simulation have designed and installed 'VIRTUAL CORSICA', a new immersive room that will allow the University of Corsica to study society’s relationship with nature. The two-sided L-shaped CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) type room has two Christie Mirage WU14K-M projectors connected to an angled lens with high-tech direct...
Cambridge-based VA Airline Training (VA) are using ‘Graduate Pilot Champions’ to help its Airline Pilot Standards (APS) MCC graduate pilots secure job opportunities. VA’s Managing Director Anthony Petteford and Head of Customer Engagement, Karen Bath - will act as ‘Graduate Pilot Champions’. Anthony and Karen between them have over...
The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) wants the British Government and airlines to implement a pilot apprenticeship scheme to open up the career to a more diverse population. BALPA has already helped establish the first ever apprenticeship standard for commercial airline pilots in the UK. But a year on...
Kongsberg Digital (KDI) has won its first K-Sim Safety simulator contract with the Norwegian Sea Rescue Society (NSRS). KDI will deliver a K-Sim Safety Advanced Fire Fighting Simulator (AFFS) to the NSRS training centre in Horten, Norway. The full-mission K-Sim Safety AFFS is a new simulator which addresses regulation VI/3,...
L3Harris Technologies will provide two new Full Flight Simulators (FFS) for Chinese flight training operator Guangdong Meihua Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. Meihua's new facility in Guangzhou, a major aviation hub that is home to several Chinese airlines, will house the FFS. The A320 and B737NG simulators will feature a...
MASA Group has signed a major contract with the Spanish Army for the use of MASA SWORD. It includes the acquisition and full customization to the Spanish requirements of SWORD, MASA’s flagship constructive simulation software. SWORD is an automated, aggregated, constructive simulation designed to improve training, analysis, and decision...