Amanda Towner
Amanda Towner writes news articles for the Halldale Group’s website as well as CAT and MST Magazines. She studied English and Creative Writing at Stetson University, where she became a Sullivan Scholar for her work. Her writing covers several topics including journalism and storytelling, and is featured in several publications.
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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) launched its new Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program at the ACS Quality and Safety Conference. This new surgical quality improvement program introduces 30 new surgical standards designed to systematically improve surgical care and outcomes for the aging adult population. The GSV Program provides... 22 July 2019
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. was awarded a follow on Task Order by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). Valued at $15.1 million, it was issued against a U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) sole-source, three-year, single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide... 22 July 2019
Cranfield University and Thales have announced plans to work closely in partnership to unlock the potential of new aviation technologies. The Government’s recent Aerospace Sector Deal highlighted the potential for the U.K. in developing future aviation technology, with a previous study by PwC revealing that drone technology has the... 22 July 2019
Construction is about to begin on a new high-tech live-fire range at U.S. Army Fort Knox, Kentucky, that when finished in 2023, will be only the second of its kind anywhere. Called a Digital Air-Ground Integration Range, or DAGIR, the fully computerized range will make it possible for military... 22 July 2019
A new project to develop a novel unmanned combat aircraft has been announced by the RAF Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) concept looks to offer additional capability, deployed alongside fighter jets like the F-35 and... 22 July 2019
Kaman Aerospace (Kaman), the Aerospace segment of Kaman Corporation has opened a new customer service center to support both its K-MAX and SH-2 Super Seasprite customers and has inaugurated a K-MAX Flight Training Device (FTD). The new facility is located on Kaman’s Bloomfield, Connecticut, campus and replaces and consolidates... 22 July 2019
MS&T would like to recognize the 2018 Industry Award winners one final time before the 2019 winners are announced in mid-September. This week, we highlight the achievements of CAE, the 2018 winner of the Outstanding Training System Integration Project award. CAE receives the 2018 MS&T Industry Award for Outstanding Training... 22 July 2019
Czech Aviation Training Center (CATC) launched pilot training of nineteen Malaysian cadets for Malaysian Airlines in Prague. Within two years, cadets will complete Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Course (ATP) for aircraft, at the end of which they will meet the requirements for the commercial pilot of a commercial aircraft. 22 July 2019
The Avion Group has received an injection of €10 million of investment capital from the Kempen European Private Equity Fund and the current shareholders, facilitating the further expansion of the Dutch aviation group to London Gatwick. In collaboration with its partner IAGO, Avion Group will open a new training... 22 July 2019
Leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness gathered on Capitol Hill to announce a new partnership aimed at improving health care value. The two organizations announced a new program to help hospitals and surgical practices improve patient outcomes... 22 July 2019
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