Due to customer demand, Avsoft has created an Embraer 195 aircraft systems online pilot course. The course includes 24 modules and covers all major aircraft systems, including components, operations, controls, and indications associated with each system. Each module concludes with a test, and when all the modular tests are...
American Airlines distributed more than 81,000 pounds of food to food banks across the country through its partnership with Feeding America to help restock their dwindling supplies. Volunteers helped sort food items for families in Fort Worth. All image credits: American Airlines Food banks have seen an uptick in...
FlightSafety International has applied its manufacturing resources to produce medical safety products and introduced a new online learning approach to support pilot currency requirements and maintenance training during the COVID-19 crisis. All image credits: FlightSafety International “Our teammates at FlightSafety Simulation in Broken Arrow are proud to contribute to...
Boeing has selected Calytrix Technologies’ Calytrix Comms Net Radio (CNR) family of products as the underpinning communications framework for its Defence Operational Training Capability (Air) (DOTC(A)) Core System and Services (DCS&S) contract. Image credit: Calytrix Working to the UK Ministry of Defence’s requirements, CNR will provide advanced simulated radio...
Arlington Capital Partners’ portfolio company, AEgis Technologies, has acquired mission-enabling technology provider Excivity, Inc. This investment deepens AEgis’ cyber and intelligence mission area through differentiated products and solutions, an expanded customer base, and a consistent commitment to innovation, excellence, and creativity. Excivity creates and deploys mission-enabling technologies, including specialized...
VT MAK has been hosting a virtual Lunch with MAK three times a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at noon EDT and is now in its fourth week. Attendees of the virtual meetings can talk with the MAK team and others in the simulation community to learn about...
The VR/AR Association (VRARA) Orlando Chapter released a webcast on the impact of COVID-19 on U.S. military simulation and training needs. The webinar discussed what has been learned a month into the coronavirus pandemic as training is delivered remotely to the warfighter through various technologies and how this has...
FlyRight, a FAA Part-142 Pilot Training Center based in North Carolina, is trying to help pilots and aircraft operators mitigate some of the negative COVID-19 impacts by offering it’s Landing Currency and Flight Review programs at no charge. While the FAA has relaxed certain regulations for pilots, that may...
Designed to replicate ITEC for Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) customers, BISim’s VBS Technology Conference is a 3-day series of presentations and live demonstrations highlighting the latest developments in VBS4, VBS Blue IG and its suite of developer tools. In these one-hour presentations, BISim will give live demos of its...
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, many U.S. National Guard units throughout the country have turned to online and virtual training methods to maintain readiness while meeting social distancing protocols. “Right now, our priority remains protecting the force and the family [and] making sure our team’s health and safety is...