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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The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. has been awarded an $84-million firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of the basic training command for Naval Special Warfare Command at Naval Base Coronado. The contract also contains two unexercised options and six planned modifications, which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to... 1 October 2019
Participation in Girls in Aviation Day has spread far beyond the vision of the event five years ago as airports, FBOs, museums, universities and corporate members have joined Women in Aviation International (WAI) Chapters and Corporate Members to help spread the word that aviation and aerospace offer a rich... 1 October 2019
Diligent Robotics, the artificial intelligence company building socially intelligent robots that help people with their jobs, is launching its first product, a hospital robot assistant named Moxi, out of beta and into the market, beginning with the roll-out of Moxi into a Texas hospital starting October 2, 2019. Along... 1 October 2019
Pocket Nurse recognized local colleges and universities during Healthcare Simulation Week from September 16-20, 2019, by delivering cookies to healthcare simulation labs in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. According to the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), “Healthcare Simulation Week celebrates global professionals…who use simulation to improve the safety,... 30 September 2019
Miller Fabrication Solutions will offer free plant tours to the general public as part of its involvement in the national Manufacturing Day celebration on Friday, October 4. Tours will run every 30 minutes from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT at its two Brookville, Pennsylvania locations, Sandy Lick and Maplevale. 30 September 2019
Jazz Aviation LP, a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc. announced the launch of a new program which provides a direct career path to flight attendant positions at Jazz for qualified candidates. The new program, called the Jazz Aviation Pathways Program for Flight Attendants, follows in the footsteps of Jazz's... 30 September 2019
The latest L3Harris Full Flight Simulator (FFS) at Airbus’ Miami Training Center has just received certification and is ready for training. The A320 RealitySeven simulator has the capability to cover A320 Current Engine Option (CEO) and New Engine Option (NEO) versions with four engine types. It also comes complete... 30 September 2019
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) announced that Dr. Neal Finkelstein, former Army Research Lab Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC) chief scientist and 30-year Department of Defense veteran, is the new NCS chief operating officer. Finkelstein, best known in the modeling, simulation and training industry for his passion... 30 September 2019
ACME Worldwide Enterprises Inc. recently signed an agreement with Collins Aerospace to produce replica ACES 5 next-generation ejection seats for military aircraft simulators. Under a licensing agreement with Collins Aerospace, ACME will produce True Q Dynamic Motion Seats featuring ACME’s patented motion cueing technology, adding this new design to... 30 September 2019
Example of 3D simulation entity models provided to Royal Canadian Navy (Chinese Type 039G Song Class Submarine). Simthetiq is supporting the development of critical new virtual training capabilities for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). As the first Naval customer for Simthetiq’s 3D content Library, the RCN is drawing on... 30 September 2019
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