Rick Adams
Rick Adams, FRAeS, is Chair of the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) pilot conference. An Aviation Journalist for 4 decades, he is Co-Founder of AviationVoices.com, former Editor of Halldale's CAT and MS&T magazines, ICAO Journal, and IFALPA Journal; a writer for several leading aviation and defence magazines; and Communications Director for leading Aerospace companies.
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The annual EATS gathering could easily be renamed the European Airline Training Action Symposium. Rick Adams reports on what the industry’s thought leaders focused on in Madrid. 10 December 2018
Everybody does it – train across terrain, that is. MS&T Editor Rick Adams compends significant worldwide training exercises. 19 November 2018
Despite Level D requirements already being well satisfied, visual systems for civil flight simulators continue to improve incrementally, driven by new capabilities developed primarily for consumer markets. Rick Adams looks at trends in projectors and image generators. 6 August 2018
“The goal is to let the commercial providers scoop the data, let the algorithms and industry partners give it the first few passes. Then have our analysts do what they do best – understand the world.” Robert Cardillo, Director of the US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). Rick Adams writes. 2 May 2018
The soldier of the near-future may more resemble a robot than a humanoid. Rick Adams scans a few of the emerging wearable technologies. 2 May 2018
From the Arctic Circle through Eastern Europe to the Arabian Peninsula, heightened tensions are giving rise to fears that war between major powers might be a miscalculation away. Russia and the West continue to ratchet up the rhetoric while escalating war-prep exercises along their borders. Rick Adams analyzes recent developments in what looks to be an indefinite new Cold War. 2 May 2018
MS&T editors reflect on this gathering of the defense training community in Orlando FL in late November. Managing Editor Jeff Loube, with files from Rick Adams, Dim Jones, and Marty Kauchack, writes. 11 December 2017
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Russian Federation have both ramped up the frequency of live military training exercises, especially along shared borders in easternmost Europe. Rick Adams provides a balanced view of the exercise programmes in the context of the times. 2 July 2015
Future wars may not be fought with boots on the ground or missile-firing drones. Rather, they may be waged through eyes on the screen and fingers on the keyboard. Rick Adams reports on some challenges of finding and developing cyberwarriors. 7 April 2015
Negative initial reaction to a person from another culture or race is apparently natural; indeed, it’s built into our brains. Rick Adams explores the challenge of overcoming differences in culture to work across global divides. 12 November 2014
