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As Naval personnel play their part in helping the government deal with the coronavirus, one Naval officer has made history at Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) by passing-out of training – on his own. Sub Lieutenance (SLt) Matthew Poxon Royal Navy was unable to take part in the passing-out-parade... 22 April 2020
VT MAK is changing things up this week by adding a new program to its schedule. In addition to the weekly Lunch with MAK live on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 12:00 EDT, the company will also be live on Thursday at 9:00 AM Singapore Time for the first... 22 April 2020
FlightSafety International’s FlightSmart, the company’s new integrated pilot performance evaluation and training tool, has successfully completed acceptance testing at the Columbus Air Force Base (AFB). 21 April 2020
CAE has recalled all remaining temporarily laid-off employees in Canada. 21 April 2020
Being temporarily closed as a public health precaution in relation to COVID-19 has not stopped the National Museum of the United States Air Force from sharing the Air Force story with online visitors from around the world. Photo by Danielle Almeter In addition to continuing its heritage stewardship duties,... 21 April 2020
NTSA Connect, an online community for modeling, simulation and training (MS&T) professionals is ready to use. The platform will help users connect with like-minded individuals from industry, government, and academia in addition to NTSA's staff and membership base; stay up to date on NTSA upcoming events, ongoing whitepapers, new... 21 April 2020
The medium-term impact of Covid19 restrictions on business is becoming clearer by the day. We at Cobra Simulation understand that maintaining our nations’ defence and critical national infrastructure capability remains vital – and a pandemic isn’t a short-term emergency, it’s a rising tide crisis spanning months if not years. 21 April 2020
In March, Lockheed Martin trained the 1,000th pilot and 9,000th maintainer for the F-35 program. Captain Craig Turner, USMC, posing with the F-35 at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina. Photo Credit: United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aidan Parker. “These milestones are a testament to the maturity and capability of the... 21 April 2020
With COVID-19 still sweeping the globe, it’s taken a lot of innovation among the crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) to keep sailors safe as they continue their mission of completing refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) and delivering the ship back to the fleet as... 21 April 2020
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division in Norco, California, recently designed a low-cost, mass-producible portable medical oxygen manifold for Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton for the COVID-19 response. The device – designed in a matter of hours at the request of Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (CLR-15) Marines – features... 21 April 2020
Volunteers from U.S. Naval Air Stations across the world have taken out their sewing machines to craft masks for military personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers at Naval Station Rota, Spain, deliver homemade masks to the installation's commissary. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin A. 21 April 2020
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) began admitting patients from hospitals in New Jersey in an effort to expand its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. Sailors prepare to transport a patient arriving for medical treatment from an ambulance onto the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS... 21 April 2020
U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a $54 million firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of an Undersea Operational Training Facility (UOTC) to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Honolulu, Hawaii. The contract also contains one Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment line item and one unexercised option, which if... 21 April 2020
The use of simulations at colleges and universities worldwide is becoming commonplace in various areas of study. In part 2 of 2, Robert W. Moorman looks at the educational pipeline for the next generation of simulationists. 21 April 2020
The Thales Watchkeeper is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and is the latest, and most capable and sophisticated, unmanned aerial system (UAS) in the British Army. MS&T’s Dim Jones visited the UK’s Watchkeeper Force and 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery. 21 April 2020
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi) a follow-on contract for an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). This latest award marks the third renewal since the contract’s inception. The contract provides licensing and support services for ASTi’s networked voice communications, radio-over-IP bridging to the Warrior Preparation... 20 April 2020
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) launched a scholarship campaign within the modeling, simulation & training (MS&T) industry to help more students with tuition and educational expenses during the recovery phase of COVID-19. M&S Student Day at the University of Central Florida on February 19, 2020. Image credit: NCS. 20 April 2020
Colonel Scott Gilman, Deputy Director of the Army Modeling & Simulation Office (AMSO), was interviewed by Group Editor Marty Kauchak. 20 April 2020
Lockheed Martin is partnering with Varjo for its visual simulation platform Prepar3D. Varjo is working with Lockheed Martin and the Prepar3D team to enable demanding training and simulation scenarios that require high-fidelity immersive displays. Image credit: Varjo Developed by Lockheed Martin, Prepar3D allows users to create training scenarios across... 16 April 2020
FlightSafety International’s FlightSmart, the company’s new integrated pilot performance evaluation and training tool, has successfully completed acceptance testing at the Columbus Air Force Base (AFB). FlightSafety developed FlightSmart in conjunction with IBM. Image credit: FlightSafety International FlightSafety received a contract in November 2019 for FlightSmart from the United States... 16 April 2020