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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Valiant Integrated Services, a provider of mission services and supplies, won a three-year, $140-million contract to support the U.S. Army National Guard and provide Mission Command Training Support services, which will aid commanders in achieving Army readiness. Valiant will deliver individual and collective Mission Command system training in Live, Virtual,... 13 September 2018
airBaltic Pilot Academy welcomed 12 cadets into its second group to begin studies at its Pilot Academy in Latvia. The cadets will become airBaltic pilots after completing the two-year program. The airline hopes this pilot-training program it launched last year will help it secure more Baltic pilots, and says it saw... 13 September 2018
FAAC Incorporated, Arotech Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division, received $10.2-million in funding from the U.S. Army Contracting Command for its Army Virtual Clearance Training Suite (VCTS) follow-on program that is managed by the Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). The follow-on effort provides training for... 13 September 2018
TransEnterix Inc., a medical device company that provides a digitized interface between surgeons and patients, filed a FDA 510(k) submission for its Senhance Ultrasonic Instrument System to improve minimally invasive surgery that could help increase patient safety. Advanced energy devices, including ultrasonic devices, are some of the most versatile and critical tools... 12 September 2018
The IFA Aviation Training Center in São Domingos de Rana, Portugal acquired an Alsim ALX simulator as part of its modernization strategy. The Alsim ALX acquired by the IFA is an EASA CS-FSTD A-FNPT II MCC simulator, which allows to replace flight hours per simulated flight hours in the PPL,... 12 September 2018
Capt Dharmadi and Capt Ardy with Pacsim Director of Operations, Russell Hubber in the EuroJet FTD Flybest Flight Academy in Batam, Indonesia purchased two flight simulators from Pacific Simulators to complete their Jet Orientation Courses for pilots, including a EuroJet Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT) and a ProJet PS4.5... 12 September 2018
U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Patla is the new commander for the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 157 on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus in Florida — one of the largest AFROTC programs in the country and a top pilot-producing detachment for the U.S. Air Force. 12 September 2018
Commercial 2 Corporate (C2C), a private aviation service provider that offers specialist training courses, will launch a cabin crew-training program with KURA Aviation in October that will teach cabin crews how to transition to corporate aviation from commercial. The 2-day C2C Essentials training course will give cabin crews the knowledge and... 12 September 2018
Alsim sold an AL250 simulator to Flyschool Air Academy in Madrid, Spain. The AL250 features modern technology advancements and is EASA-FNPT II (Flight Navigation Procedures Trainer) certified. It addresses initial phase training needs for Private Pilot License (PPL), Commercial Pilot License (CPL) and Instrument-Rating on Multi-Engine aircraft, (IR/ME) and is Single-engine... 11 September 2018
Multi Pilot Simulations (MPS), a developer and manufacturer of fixed-base simulators, received EASA Level 1 Flight Training Device (FTD-1) certification for its 737 MAX simulator from the Dutch Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) after its testing in the MPS factory in the Netherlands. The fixed-base simulator is a replica of the... 10 September 2018
