ELITE Simulation Solutions released a new version of its ELITE XTS Home flight-training software program for pilots and several new hardware products. The ELITE XTS software features a variety of single and multi-engine aircraft, a 4K instrument panel resolution in widescreen format, Global Positioning System (GPS) options for GNS and...
Field Aerospace began the flight deck modernization of the first of 178 U.S. Air Force (USAF) T-1A trainer aircraft that will bring the USAF’s fleet into compliance with Federal Aviation Administration Airspace System mandates and address increasing obsolescence problems. Field Aerospace’s $155.7-million contract with the USAF includes upgrading the turnkey...
Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense business division won a contract from Lockheed Martin to deliver its latest-generation Air Combat Training System (ACTS) for the F-35 Lightning II. Cubic is scheduled to deliver more than 500 F-35 Training Subsystems over the next four years as part of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production...
The U.S. Army Central Readiness Training Center at Camp Buehring, Kuwait held an event using an Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer (IEWTPT) to teach its soldiers about suicide prevention techniques. The training used a virtual-reality scenario in which participants communicated with a virtual avatar of a soldier who...
Ryanair launched a training partnership with Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA) to deliver a 16-month Ryanair-AFTA Mentored Pilot Program that will ensure Ryanair continues to attract highly trained professional pilots to support its continued growth across Europe, and create 50 new jobs. AFTA instructors will train students using Ryanair procedures,...
Sikorsky’s first HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Weapons System and Operational Flight Trainers are in the final stages of assembly for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. The trainers will train U.S. Air Force pilots to fly the new HH-60W aircraft that will replace the H-60G Pave Hawk fleet that performs...
Stratos Jet Charters, a private jet charter located in Orlando, Florida, launched a $2,000 Stratos scholarship program for up-and-coming student-pilots to help with the pilot shortage and lessen students’ financial burdens. Students must be on track to an aviation career, enrolled or in transition to a college or university within...
Spatial, a provider of cabin crew training simulators, will upgrade Qantas airlines’ narrow-body and wide-body Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainers (CEETs) to solve obsolescence issues. The upgrades will include the installation of Spatial’s PLC-based (Programmable Logic Controller) operating system, paired visual technologies and a wireless Instructor Operator Station.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., a national security solutions provider, completed an operations, maintenance and flight navigation training of its Firejet unmanned aerial target system for an international customer. The series of training flights enabled the user to independently maintain and operate the target drone system for its own...
Western Connecticut Health Network Emergency Medical Services will offer a Basic Emergency Medical Technician Course (EMT-B) at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut that begins on October 1, 2018 to teach the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities for participants to become valuable members of the emergency healthcare system. The course will...