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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Airbus is further accelerating the rollout of digital shopfloor processes which are enabling operators to directly interact in real-time with its Manufacturing Execution System (MES). With the system, more Airbus commercial aircraft shopfloor operators can now visualise the workflow in real-time on smart connected devices, while speeding-up problem solving and... 3 January 2019
Tayside Aviation became the first Scottish ATO to go live with FlightLogger, which increased the number of countries represented on FlightLogger’s customer map to 30. After being presented to the benefits and functionality of FlightLogger’s Flight Training Management software, Tayside chose the program to provide their managers, instructors and students... 3 January 2019
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
