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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Women in Aviation International’s (WAI) October 5 Girls in Aviation Day 2019 reached approximately 20,000 attendees. An international event, Girls in Aviation Day was celebrated not just in the United States but in 17 other countries in Canada and Australia as well as countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. 11 October 2019
Christina Montgomery, L3Harris and SkyWest Pilot Pathway Women Aviators Scholarship recipient, flying with her grandfather. L3Harris Technologies has partnered with SkyWest Airlines to award scholarships totalling more than $100,000 to six women aviators to help foster diversity on the flight deck. The L3Harris Pilot Pathways Women Aviators scholarships helps... 11 October 2019
Can a video game help the U.S. Navy find future operators for its remotely operated, unmanned vehicles (UxV), popularly called drones? To find out, the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute and Adaptive Immersion Technologies are developing a computer game to identify individuals with the right skills to be UxV operators. 11 October 2019
In an announcement by the U.S. Department of Defense, Spartan Air Academy Iraq LLC has been awarded a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract for contractor logistics support (CLS) services. The contract provides for CLS services and material support for 15 T-6A aircraft. Work will be performed at Balad Air Base,... 11 October 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that Complete Parachute Solutions won a $9.6 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise option year two for the Multi-Mission Parachute Course. The course provides training and technical support for all military free-fall training to ensure compliance with all... 11 October 2019
Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc. announced the opening of its brand-new simulator production facility, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Bluedrop Simulation Center can hold a combination of up to four Rear Crew Mission Simulators (RCMT) and Hoist Mission Training Simulators (HMTS). The opening ceremony took place on September... 10 October 2019
Meggitt PLC has secured an IDIQ contract valued at $48 million for the supply of Aerial Weapons Scoring Systems (AWSS) to the US Army. This full-service contract will be supplied by Meggitt’s specialist defence division in Irvine, California, and includes product development, training, installation, field and cyber support, maintenance... 10 October 2019
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi), a supplier of simulation and training solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense, announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract through the U.S. Air Force's technology acceleration initiative, AFWERX. This contract award allows the Air Force's Defense Language... 10 October 2019
VirTra Inc., a provider of training simulators for the law enforcement, military, educational, and commercial markets, announced the 12 peace officers who have received scholarship awards from VirTra and Force Science Institute to attend a five-day Force Science Analyst Certification course, which is designed to better educate officers and... 10 October 2019
Ocutrx Vision Technologies LLC revealed the company’s most significant technology milestone — a next generation AR (augmented reality) headset technology for Surgery Visualization called the ORLenz, a second medical device related to their flagship Oculenz ARWear headset for Macular Degeneration. A prototype of this technology is being formally introduced... 10 October 2019
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