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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FINAA, a Finnish Aviation Academy, went live with FlightLogger’s integrated flight training management platform to digitalize their ATO activities. After assessing the benefits of a paperless and integrated management of flight programs, ground theory, rentals, bookings, safety management, flight registrations, certificates, documents, messages and maintenance – FINAA decided to go...   3 January 2019
U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) recently completed training for maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden during December. Chung-Hoon’s latest round of drills was a combined forces effort. U.S. Coast Guard and Army personnel came aboard as instructors to help teach new techniques...   3 January 2019
The Airbus Cockpit Experience (ACE) Trainer, a virtual and interactive cockpit simulator used in Airbus training centres for flight crew licensing courses, is now available for A330 operators. The trainer has been welcomed by airlines, with agreements signed by several customers in Asia, Africa and Europe. The same approach is...   3 January 2019
Raytheon won a $692.9 million U.S. Army contract to produce Sweden's Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense System including spare parts, support and training. The solution is a missile defense system consisting of radars, command-and-control technology and multiple types of interceptors, all working together to detect, identify and defeat tactical...   2 January 2019
Medical-X launched its latest high-fidelity Advanced Modular Manikin adult patient simulator ADAM-X to support a variety of core medical competencies training. The latest upgrades cover the following features including swelling of the face to simulate allergic reactions; different secretions of fluids such as tears, sweat, saliva and urine; different selectable...   2 January 2019
Medical-X launched its latest high-fidelity Advanced Modular Manikin (AMM) adult patient simulator ADAM-X to support a variety of core medical competencies training. The latest upgrades cover the following features including swelling of the face to simulate allergic reactions; different secretions of fluids such as tears, sweat, saliva and urine; different...   2 January 2019
Airways New Zealand partnered with the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) to establish an air traffic control (ATC) training academy for Kuwaiti students. As part of the joint venture partnership agreement, Airways is providing a one-year training programme at ACK for a group of ATC students, and has installed a...   2 January 2019
SimCentric Technologies released its Fires Basic Skills Trainer (BST) application. The device retains the high fidelity, quality, doctrinal compliance (NATO and Commonwealth) and visual augmentation aides of the company’s flagship products in a workflow tailored for all corps and individual skills in the application of surface fires. “This ensures that...   2 January 2019
STEMPilot Inc. in Waterbury, Conneticut, partnered with King Schools of San Diego, California, to integrate the King Schools flight training system to enable CTE students to train for an FAA Drone Pilot License or FAA Private Pilot License. STEMPilot has created a CTE Career Pathway in aviation covering five semesters...   2 January 2019
Inzpire Limited completed deliveries of its GECO System to U.K. Ministry of Defence Apache, Chinook, Merlin and Bell helicopter forces following its competition for the Cockpit Situational Awareness Tool (CSAT) Programme. Since the contract award in May 2018, Inzpire has delivered GECO Systems and associated operator training for personnel based...   2 January 2019