The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association started a new initiative called the Flight Training Experience Project in place of the AOPA Flight Training Experience Awards.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the AOPA Air Safety Institute have created two guides to help operators and pilots safely return to flight and facilitate a strategic return to normal operations, as states modify social distancing restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

CAE signed a contract amendment last February with Cognac Formation Aero, a joint venture of Babcock France and Dassault Aviation, to provide an additional Pilatus PC-21 full-mission ground-based simulator to support pilot training for the French Air Force.

ImmersaView, a PLEXSYS company, was awarded a Defence Global Competitiveness Grant from the Australian Govenment.

The DiSTI Corporation has been selected by the US Army to upgrade the C-RAM LPWS Operator and Maintainer Trainer.

The US Army Program Executive Office - Aviation Project Manager Apache office awarded Engineering & Computer Simulations a contract extension for additional upgrades to its aviation maintenance training and modernization programs.

Design Interactive was recently awarded the Navy Accelerated Technology Small Business Innovation Research for the Refinement and Extension of Mixed Reality Adaptive Scaffolding Tool for Enhancing Readiness.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act passed by the United States Congress in March of 2020 will provide more than $2 trillion in economic relief, including support for medical education and training, equipment and distance learning.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has received federal funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to award Emergency Financial Aid Grants to eligible students.

Trideum Corporation has been selected to support the U.S. Army’s Threat Systems Management Office located at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, by providing towed target data logger mission support to various Department of Defense weapon system developers and testers.