Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) invested €6-million in new Diamond Aircraft planes and simulators including four DA42-VI aircraft, four DA40-NG aircraft and three DA-42 FNPT II simulators to expand its training program by the end of 2018, when it will have more than 300 student pilots. PFA’s CEO Frode Granlund says...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), a provider of aerial vehicles and radar solutions, is expanding its Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Business Park near Grand Forks, North Dakota. The company says the growth of the facility from 5.5 to 20...
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose TRU Simulation + Training, a provider of flight simulators and training solutions, for training systems support in the $980-million multiple-award Training Systems Contract IV that has a period of performance for up-to-nine years. The contract allows the NAWCTSD in...
KBRwyle, part of KBR Inc., won a five-year U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) contract to provide annual centrifuge-based training for all U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircrew, including approximately 600 students from the Blue Angels, Chief of Naval Air Training, Naval Strike Air Warfare Center and...
CAE and the Abu Dhabi Aviation Training Centre (ADATC) received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Part 142 training on a new Embraer ERJ 145 full-flight simulator (FFS). The certification allows the ADATC to conduct FAA-approved training, testing and certification for type-ratings on the simulator. CAE and ADATC...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, delivered two Bell 429s to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), and a third Bell 429 is scheduled for delivery next year. The three aircraft will be used for a range of missions including search and rescue, medical evacuations, natural disaster relief, national security and...
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), a provider of flight training devices and services, as one of the small business contractors for the $980-million Training Systems IV multiple award contract. The contract gives ASI the opportunity to bid on small,...
Meggitt Training Systems completed a test and evaluation with the Miami Police Department in Florida for its FATS® 300LE next-generation training system that delivers virtual scenarios to train police officers in split-second, use-of-force evaluations and de-escalation tactics for real-world situations. The FATS 300LE can replicate many real-world situations including domestic...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing celebrated the full operational capability of the only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense during a ribbon-cutting ceremony this month at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The centrifuge lets Air Force students experience forces up to nine times the...
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose the DiSTI Corporation, a provider of 3D virtual training solutions and graphical user interface software, as one of the small business contractors for the $980-million Training Systems IV multiple award contract. The Training Systems IV contract’s objective is to...