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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infoWERK announced the closure of an agreement with Aruba Airlines for the implementation of its eLearning program, FOO training. The training is delivered through a customized learning portal that includes both initial and recurrent training and aims to offer high quality state-of-the-art online training as well as operational flexibility and... 11 December 2018
infoWERK will release its new Route Competence Training eLearning course in early 2019. Due to the increasing requests received from infoWERK’s clients, particularly from corporate jet operators outlining the need and the possible benefits of having an eLearning course for route competency, infoWERK decided on a cooperative development together with... 11 December 2018
Indra will equip the second series of K130 corvette class ships of the German Navy with its latest generation Rigel electronic defense system, which will enhance the capacity of these vessels in complex environments. The company signed a contract with the naval systems company Atlas Elektronik and will deliver five... 11 December 2018
Three years after the first prototype for the UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew trainer (BAT) was set up and implemented as a training aid at Fort Bliss, Texas, that technology has been enhanced. A team from System Simulation, Software and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Aviation &... 10 December 2018
Alsim sold an AL42 VI simulator to Atlantic Flight Training Academy, a flight school located in Cork, Ireland. This will be the first Alsim simulator in the country. The device, an exact replica of the Diamond DA42, will be delivered during the first trimester of 2019. Capt. Mark Casey, Atlantic... 10 December 2018
Rheinmetall transferred a new nautical training facility to the German Navy School in Mürwik on the Baltic. The facility will be used by the German Navy for training its bridge personnel, and the German Federal Police will also use the facility. The system–known as the “Ausbildungsausstattung Nautische Schiffsführung,” or AANS–will... 10 December 2018
Peak Pacific won the Brandon Hall Group Silver Award for Technology Excellence in the Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Compliance Training category for its next-generation flight simulator training management system, Electronic Training Objects (eTo). A panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts and Brandon Hall Group senior analysts... 10 December 2018
BAA Training received the second of the two additional full flight simulators it acquired in 2018. The Airbus A320 FFS has been assembled and is ready for training at the company’s headquarters in Vilnius. The first, a B737 NG FFS, was added in September. “Since the requirements for recurrent and... 10 December 2018
In November, the official kick-off event for the Smart Controller Training Tool (SCOTT) project was held at the School of Air Control in Nieuw-Milligen, part of the Air Operations Control Station Nieuw-Milligen (AOCS NM) of the Ministry of Defence. AOCS NM is the command centre of the Royal Netherlands Air... 10 December 2018
Lockheed Martin presented a $300,000 check to Valencia College to support a second advanced manufacturing training program that will help cultivate the talent pipeline in the community. This 3-year grant to the school will start in 2018. The first program hired about 60 people and currently employs about 400 Valencia... 7 December 2018
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