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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Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has been awarded a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) technical project with the Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC), a division of the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Human Research and Engineering (HRED) Directorate. The objective of this five-year program is...   3 March 2020
Hi Air, a new airline based in Ulsan, South Korea, has awarded Avsoft International a long-term contract for a pilot training solution. Image credit: Avsoft Hi Air selected Avsoft’s ATR 72-500 aircraft systems e-learning course for its initial pilot training for the airline’s service introduction in 2020. Avsoft’s ATR systems course...   3 March 2020
The University of South Florida (USF) Institute of Applied Engineering and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have agreed to a new, multi-year contract that paves the way for researchers and students to collaborate with SOCOM to help solve significant challenges facing the nation. The five-year contract is worth a maximum...   3 March 2020
The University of South Florida (USF) Institute of Applied Engineering and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have agreed to a new, multi-year contract that paves the way for researchers and students to collaborate with SOCOM to help solve significant challenges facing the nation. The five-year contract is worth a...   3 March 2020
The U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program recently awarded The DVI Group with a Phase I contract. The contract allows DVI to focus on developing next generation aviation training content for the Air Force. Founder and CEO of The DVI Group, Matthew Lopes. Image credit: DVI...   3 March 2020
Image credit: Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has completed the first pre-production Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) training pod for the U.S. Navy. This comes just months after the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) with the Navy...   3 March 2020
Trideum Corporation will officially open the doors to its new Innovation Center and celebrate its fifteenth anniversary at its Huntsville, Alabama, headquarters on 5 March 2020. The Innovation Center opening marks Trideum’s most recent efforts to enhance the local economy and support the military test and training communities over...   3 March 2020
General Dynamics Mission Systems was awarded a contract for the Army Consolidated Product Line Management Plus (CPM Plus) Program from the Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Florida. CPM Plus is an eight year, single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus fixed-fee/firm-fixed price contract with a ceiling of $883 million. Executing the contract...   3 March 2020
For the first time, two teams tied to as winners of the Spark Tank 2020 competition at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, in February. The Low Cost Threat Emitter Replication, submitted by 1st Lt. Daniel A. Treece, Air Education and Training Command, Luke Air...   2 March 2020
Charles River Analytics Inc. has received funding from the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences to build its Physiological Index of Situation Awareness system with SA Technologies.   27 February 2020