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VIPER Transitions has launched its first aircraft maintenance workforce program in partnership with AAR. 20 April 2021
There has recently been a significant push from the gaming world into military simulation with the rise of game engines such as Unity and Unreal into the training domain. MS&T Special Correspondent Andy Fawkes reports. 20 April 2021
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been conducting intensive tactical training exercises at its Garrison in Macao. 19 April 2021
Ten businesses have been selected to participate in Raytheon Australia’s recently launched industry engagement program designed to help small businesses win defence work at home and abroad. 19 April 2021
The University of Central Florida has named Grace Bochenek as the new director of the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training, who will officially begin in June. 16 April 2021
Frasca International, Inc. has been named as a subcontractor for the US Navy TH-73A Aircrew Training Services Contract. 15 April 2021
CATI Training Systems (CATI) have completed a major visual system upgrade of the NUH-60FS Black Hawk Flight Simulator for the United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) at Fort Rucker, AL. 14 April 2021
BRUNNER has been awarded a contract to provide its first NOVASIM Virtual Reality full motion simulator in a Eurofighter Typhoon configuration to AIRBUS Defence and Space. 14 April 2021
The UK and Qatar have been working together with combined delivery of Hawk and Typhoon flight training activity in support of the two countries close defence ties. 14 April 2021
Pitch Technologies has released a plug-in and development software called Pitch Unreal Engine Connector, which connects the Unreal Engine with High Level Architecture and Distributed Interactive Simulation simulation interoperability standards. 13 April 2021
eXtended reality technologies are transforming how many organizations train and operate. These technologies span the gamut from fully immersive virtual worlds to augmentation holograms overlaid onto the real-world to mixed-reality solutions that fuse digital and physical entities. 13 April 2021
The Ukrainian Navy has completed training courses for naval personnel in the operation of Island-Class patrol boats in Baltimore, USA. 13 April 2021
Synthetic environment technology company Improbable is partnering with Microsoft’s Defence and Intelligence business to support governments in improving national security. 13 April 2021
The 4th edition of ‘ACES MEET 2021-1’, a multi-national air exercise organised by the Pakistan Air Force is underway with participation from the Royal Saudi Air Force and the United States Air Force. 12 April 2021
Additional details have been revealed by Russia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the ongoing Umka-21 integrated Arctic expedition. 9 April 2021
XR and other training technologies are lowering the barriers to entry, but how do enterprises ensure wheels are not being reinvented and innovation can be accessible to all? MS&T Special Correspondent Andy Fawkes spoke to Dynepic to learn about their DX platform, their work with the USAF, and how barriers to innovation in training can be broken down. 8 April 2021
The Australian Army’s 3rd Brigade based in Townsville’s has concluded Exercise Brolga Crawl conducted at troop and platoon level. 8 April 2021
Hatalom Corporation was awarded the Equipment Related Services Contractor Operator and Maintenance Services-Systems Support Multiple Award Task Order Contract. 8 April 2021
The US Army and Microsoft are working together on the production phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System program, which is moving from rapid prototyping to production and rapid fielding. 7 April 2021
New and more capable training devices below the full-flight simulator level are shaking the foundations of defense departments’ training enterprises. Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides insights from four randomly selected companies on developments in the military aviation training market space. 6 April 2021