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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ViaTech’s Active Reader – utilized by CAE to train thousands of civil and defense crew members every year – now supports video and interactive file types. CAE began its implementation of Active Reader in spring 2018, and the platform has since been integrated with its existing enterprise systems. Active... 30 April 2019
Exhibiting at the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) in booth 411, AXIS Flight Training Systems is speaking up on the importance of continuous innovation in simulator technology to support the pilot training industry through the current flight instructor shortage. According to Boeing’s most recent pilot outlook, the industry will... 30 April 2019
Avion Group has appointed Erik Varwijk as the new CEO. Varwijk will focus on bringing global growth to the company. Erik Varwijk brings many years of airline experience, having worked as managing director and member of the Managing Board of KLM, member of the Air France KLM Group Executive... 30 April 2019
A researcher, innovator and prolific contributor to scholarly journals, Rachel Ellaway, PhD, is this year’s winner of the Duncan Graham Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education. Dr. Rachel Ellaway is a professor of medical education in community health sciences and co-director of the Office of Health and Medical... 30 April 2019
Avkin released its newest hybrid, a wearable anterior thorax simulator with a removable triple lumen central venous catheter, retractable implanted port (port-a-cath), and heart sounds. The device is designed for both assessment and care of a right subclavian triple lumen catheter or implanted central venous access port. This wearable product... 30 April 2019
Blackboard is expanding its partnership with the United States Army, leveraging the company’s teaching and learning edtech platform. Through the expanded partnership, the U.S. Army will utilize core components of Blackboard’s edtech platform, including Blackboard Learn, Blackboard Collaborate and mobile solutions, to support educating over 350,000 service members. Blackboard... 30 April 2019
The ITEC 2019 exhibition floor will feature a special area dedicated to the Swedish Armed Forces’ Exercise Viking. Organised by the Swedish Armed Forces in cooperation with Sweden’s Folke Bernadotte Academy, Exercise Viking is the world’s largest multinational collective training event. It brings together military forces, police and representatives... 30 April 2019
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) has selected three individuals who will be inducted into the NCS Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame at a formal ceremony this summer. University of Central Florida’s Dr. Peter Adrian Hancock, UCF Provost Distinguished Research Professor, University Pegasus Professor and University Trustee Chair;... 30 April 2019
Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division has appointed three new leaders to its executive team: Mark Schmaltz, vice president and general manager of synthetic/digital solutions; Michael Maughan, vice president of business development and strategy as well as Kenneth Lowe, vice president of financial operations and controller. All three... 30 April 2019
FTD.aero delivered a B738 Fixed Base Trainer (FBT) Flight Simulator to Solaseed Air. The device was successfully installed at the airline's offices at Tokyo Haneda Intl. Airport in early April. The FBT is fully-enclosed and includes a realistic and fully functional flight deck with tactile control panels and coupled... 30 April 2019
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