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Cubic Global Defense has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantitycontract worth more than $99 million to support the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division’s Surface Training Immersive Gaming and Simulations effort and the development, delivery and total life cycle support of a new virtual environment training system. 31 July 2020
Street Smarts VR has announced a contract with US Air Force Global Strike Command Security Forces to support the adoption of innovative commercial technologies for military use. 30 July 2020
Pinnacle Solutions has launched its Virtual X Training product line to address the growing demand for virtual training solutions. 29 July 2020
Centrik has been selected by QinetiQ to provide comprehensive operational management support to the Empire Test Pilots’ School as part of its complex civilian and military flight test training programmes. 29 July 2020
Ultra has won a Joint Interface Control Cell Extended Trainer contract for the delivery of advanced trainers to support National Guard Warfighter objectives. 28 July 2020
PLEXSYS recently participated in the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Virtual Pitch Black (VPB) exercise. 27 July 2020
One of the most significant US Navy training projects in development is Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training Systems. The project is designed to immerse the crews of this sea service’s carriers into next generation learning experiences. Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports. 26 July 2020
Group editor Marty Kauchak provides an update on one successful pilot project which is advancing the business case to invest in AR technologies for US Navy learning audiences. 26 July 2020
Vuzix Corporation has delivered a customized commercial and defense avionics waveguide-based head mounted display system to a global Tier-1 Aerospace firm as part of the work effort associated with the fourth phase of product development for this customer. 24 July 2020
Boeing will provide aircrew training support for the Strategic Airlift Capability’s multinational fleet of C-17 aircraft under a new U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sale contract for a C-17 Weapon System Trainer (WST) that will be stationed at Pápa Air Base, Hungary. 23 July 2020
The DiSTI Corporation was awarded a follow-on Other Transaction Authority production agreement from the U.S. Army for the Family of Maintenance Trainers Diagnostic Troubleshooting Trainers. 22 July 2020
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. will provide simulated communication and aural cueing products and services to the UK Ministry of Defence Typhoon Future Synthetic Training program. 21 July 2020
Team AVT, consisting of the Prime Contractor, AVT Simulation, alongside subcontractors Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, Kratos Defense, and Raytheon Technologies has been selected by the US Army to develop the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Hands-on Trainer (HOT) prototype, which will join the Family of Maintenance Trainers Product Line. 21 July 2020
Defence and training support company, MASS, has been awarded the Joint Command and Staff Training (JCAST) contract for UK Strategic Command, worth in excess of £11 million across a two-year period. 21 July 2020
Basic Engineering Common Core (BECC) at Surface Warfare Engineering School Command (SWESC) Great Lakes is preparing sailors with the basic skills needed to function in a shipboard engineering environment. 20 July 2020
The Finnish Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with Bagira to replace the current Blank Ammunition for combat exercises with the MAGNET-Lite magazine. 20 July 2020
The National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) is hosting Training Transformation in Light of Covid-19, a “Part B” webinar to its series with I/ITSEC Services Leadership on Wednesday, July 22, from 10:30 am – 11:30 am. 17 July 2020
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $64 million contract extension by the U.S. Air Force to continue as the Operations and Integration prime contractor for Mobility Air Force (MAF) Distributed Mission Operations. 17 July 2020
Cubic Defence U.K., which operates within Cubic Global Defense (CGD), was awarded a contract worth more than $16 million to continue the support of British Army training. 16 July 2020
CAE GmbH has been awarded a subcontract from Airbus Defence and Space to support the development of new and upgraded training capabilities for Germany’s Eurofighter program. 16 July 2020