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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Pan Am International Flight Academy and Miami Dade College (MDC) have joined forces to address the critical shortage of commercial pilots expected within the next two decades, by training the future generations of aviation professionals. These institutions have signed an agreement to jointly create solid career paths for aviation students.   2 January 2019
PLEXSYS Interface Products Inc. will demonstrate its latest in Advanced Modeling and Simulation (M&S) solutions at the Combat Air Forces (CAF) Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) at the U.S. Nellis Air Force Base Officer’s Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The annual two-week event brings together hundreds of warfighters from the...   2 January 2019
Remograph announced the release of Remo 3D v2.8. Remo 3D is an effective tool for creating and modifying 3D models intended for real-time visualization. The primary file format is OpenFlight. Remo 3D is currently available for Microsoft Windows 10, 8, or 7 and Linux. This new 2.8 version of Remo...   2 January 2019
The 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard recently took delivery of two reconfigurable flight simulators capable of representing either an F-16C block 30 SCU 9.0 or a block 40 M7.1 actual aircraft. The training devices incorporate a total of 30 channels of VRSG, 3D terrain, and 3D...   21 December 2018
Indra is providing a cyber exercise training and organization service to the Joint Spanish Cyber Defense Command on its Cyber Range platform, a training solution that offers an environment in which real attacks are replicated in a secure manner. The agreement was signed last April and it envisages the organization...   21 December 2018
The Blue & You Foundation awarded a total of $2.7 million in grants to 42 health improvement programs in Arkansas. Arkansas State University-Mountain Home (ASUMH ) was the recipient of one of those grants. The Enhancing Student Success with Simulation Program will provide simulation equipment, including a SimMan 3G and...   21 December 2018
Alsim sold an AL250 FNPT II flight simulator to Aeronautical Web Academy (AWA), a flight training school located near Lisbon Airport. The simulator is due to be delivered in April 2019. The AWA Board of Directors explained why they chose Alsim: “We were looking for a state-of-the-art simulator with excellent...   21 December 2018
L3 Technologies has been selected as the prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP) by the U.S. Air Force. Valued at $350 million, the F-16 STP contract consolidates the previous F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC), F-16 Weapons and Tactics Trainer (WTT) Advanced Sustainment, and F-16 Training System (TS)...   20 December 2018
FTO Padova became the latest Italian flight school to join FlightLoggers’ integrated flight training management platform and digitalize its activities. FTO Padova chose the FlightLogger platform for the value proposition of becoming paperless and having an integrated management of flight programs, ground theory, bookings, safety management, flight registrations, certificates, documents,...   20 December 2018
The Medical Simulation Center at Tripler Army Medical Center earned its reaccreditation from the American College of Surgeons as a comprehensive education institute, as well as, a re-endorsement to serve as a simulation education network site by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. To receive accreditation, the simulation center must meet...   20 December 2018