Amanda

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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Due to the urgent need to reduce the risks related to the COVID -19 pandemic by air transport and as a result of social distancing practices, closure of workspaces and other public health intervention measures, a number of States are taking various actions to enable service providers and personnel...   4 May 2020
The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award, honoring a leader in global aviation safety. The Award is scheduled to be presented during the 73nd Annual International Air Safety Summit, taking place October 19-21 in Paris, France.   4 May 2020
The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award, honoring a leader in global aviation safety. The Award is scheduled to be presented during the 73nd Annual International Air Safety Summit, taking place October 19-21 in Paris, France.   4 May 2020
Special Tactics Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron conducted interoperability training with the 14th Weapons Squadron assigned to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School detachment at Hurlburt Field, Florida, for a special operations force exercise. U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators spread out on a berm to provide...   30 April 2020
The first 10 startups to participate in the U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge, a two-year pilot project designed to increase non-traditional participation in Small Business Innovative Research program opportunities, were selected April 24. Christian Melton, center, senior partnerships manager for MassChallenge Boston, discusses the U.S. Air Force Lab...   30 April 2020
The Joint Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) has ordered 171 new MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses for the MALET-JSIL Aircrew Trainer (MJAT) training capability. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper RPAS flies over virtual geopsecific 3D terrain in MetaVR’s Virtual Reality Scene Generator (MetaVR image). The MetaVR real-time 3D...   30 April 2020
Meggitt Training Systems has been awarded a $78-million contract for the design and equipage of a sophisticated, multi-mission, indoor and outdoor training facility in a Middle Eastern country incorporating the latest virtual and live-fire equipment. Image credit: Meggitt Training Systems The training facility will include multiple indoor and outdoor...   30 April 2020
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, is partnering with commercial tech companies Red Hat and VMware to pursue Cyber TRIDENT, a critical training platform for the U.S. Military’s Cyber Mission Force. The contract, valued at up to $957 million, is expected to be awarded in early 2021.   30 April 2020
To combat COVID-19, the U.S. Army Future Command's Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team (CFT) repurposed a prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). The system is being employed now to rapidly assess the temperature of hundreds of soldiers each day as they prepare for training on an installation...   29 April 2020
Based on Avion’s own flight training center experience, they can support companies with setting up their own training center. The Avion Full Flight Simulators have a unique self-contained design and do not require an access bridge or separate server or air conditioning rooms. This results in simplified building requirements...   29 April 2020