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 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
A Boeing Dreamlifter was used to bring personal protective equipment (PPE) from Hong Kong to the United States in a COVID-19 transport mission. Working in partnership with Prisma Health, Atlas Air Worldwide and Discommon Founder Neil Ferrier, Boeing transported 1.5 million medical-grade face masks bound for healthcare professionals in... 28 April 2020
Boom Supersonic partners with The DiSTI Corporation to use GL Studio safety-critical software to develop the avionics in history’s first independently-developed supersonic jet. Image credit: DiSTI Corporation Boom Supersonic has selected DiSTI Corporation’s GL Studio as the Human Machine Interface (HMI) software development tool of choice for its supersonic... 28 April 2020
The U.S. federal government awarded the Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment of Blackboard Learn — Blackboard Inc.’s flagship learning management system (LMS) — FedRAMP Moderate. 28 April 2020
The U.S. federal government awarded the Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment of Blackboard Learn — Blackboard Inc.’s flagship learning management system (LMS) — FedRAMP Moderate. This authorization makes Blackboard one of the only commercial off-the-shelf SaaS providers authorized in AWS GovCloud (US) as an Educational LMS. This newest... 28 April 2020
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