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Over 2,000 sailors and Royal Marines will spearhead the UK’s biggest military exercise in the Arctic for nearly a decade. Ships, helicopters, armoured vehicles, commando units, medics, and specialist raiding craft are all committed to the Norwegian-led Exercise Cold Response. In all 15,000 military personnel from ten countries will... 26 February 2020
MASS have opened a new training academy in Lincoln, England, to deliver electronic warfare and defence training and simulation programmes. The New Horizons building at Teal Park has several training simulators. This allows MASS to carry out all of its leading programmes and host hundreds of delegates from around... 26 February 2020
Attracting over 250 military and industry attendees from over 40 nations, Defence iQ’s Military Flight Training 2020 arrives at a time where guaranteeing air superiority and strike capability has never been tougher. The 19th Annual Military Flight Training Conference takes place from 31st March - 2nd April 2020, in... 25 February 2020
RAF Personnel, under the command of No.8 RAF Force Protection Wing, have arrived at Hindan Air Force base to take part in Exercise INDRADHANUSH. The exercise will see the Force Protection Force (RAF Police and RAF Regiment) working alongside Garud Regiment and Indian Air Force Police and Security personnel. INDRADHANUSH is part of an... 25 February 2020
MS&T Editor Andy Fawkes and the MS&T Editorial Team deep dive into key technologies which are driving the transformation of training. 24 February 2020
Alion Science and Technology has been selected to demonstrate its “Virtual Sandbox” technology at the United States Air Force Future of Wargaming Showcase in Las Vegas, Nevada, from February 25 – 26, 2020. Alion was one of 24 companies selected to participate from 78 submissions. Demonstrations will be presented... 21 February 2020
Design Interactive Inc. (DI) recently promoted Luke DeVore to Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to joining DI in 2010, DeVore worked as the Lead Analyst for the Deployable Virtual Training Environment at Camp Lejeune. Luke DeVore, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Design Interactive. Image credit: Design... 21 February 2020
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) will be providing training coursework for the Profession of Arms Center of Excellence (PACE). Awarded by the USAF as a one-year contract, the PACE project supports organic learning and innovation within United States Air Force (USAF) squadrons and develops newly appointed command team members... 20 February 2020
Design Interactive Inc. (DI) will be exhibiting at the U.S. Air Force Association (AFA)’s Air Warfare Symposium taking place in Orlando Florida, from February 26th – 28th at the Rosen Shingle Creek. Image credit: Design Interactive DI will be showcasing AUGMENTOR, an augmented reality (AR) maintenance tool originally developed... 20 February 2020
As the Air Force continues to evolve to meet the challenges of a constantly evolving global security environment, the 82nd Training Wing is working to transform maintenance and logistics technical training. About 44% of the Air Force’s technical training is accomplished at the 82nd Training Wing, said Kenyon Bell, 82nd... 20 February 2020
As the Air Force continues to evolve to meet the challenges of a constantly evolving global security environment, the 82nd Training Wing is working to transform maintenance and logistics technical training. Airman 1st Class Christine Smith and Airman 1st Class Kaylie Cunningham, 364th Training Squadron electrical and environmental apprentice... 19 February 2020
The Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Leadership Summit is an event sponsored by the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) in support of the Modeling and Simulation Congressional Caucus. The purpose of the event is to bring the M&S Community of Practice together to discuss important issues related to modeling... 19 February 2020
Columbus Air Force Base’s Innovation Flight has continued its efforts to integrate virtual reality (VR) technology into pilot training, creating pilots for the U.S. Air Force faster. The Innovation Flight’s ambitions are to cultivate skills such as situational awareness, risk management, decision making and to augment the training student... 18 February 2020
As Britain finalises Brexit and leaves the European union, Cobra Simulation is busy building new partnerships across northern, central and eastern Europe. At the end of January its business development team, alongside several other SME exporters and staff from Scottish Development International, travelled to Warsaw, Poland, on a Scottish... 18 February 2020
Brad Thress, FlightSafety International President and CEO. Image credit: FlightSafety International. Brad Thress has joined the FlightSafety International company as President and CEO. He assumes this responsibility from David Davenport who has left FlightSafety. “I am honored to join FlightSafety International and look forward to leading this exceptional company,”... 17 February 2020
Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a $248 million contract for the U.S. Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE), Integrating Architecture Development. This contract has a 48-month period of performance. Alion will provide research, development, test and engineering to develop and integrate new and enhanced training architecture and systems... 14 February 2020
CAE USA recently achieved the AS9100 certification for its quality management system. AS9100 is the International Quality Management System standard specifically for the aerospace and defense industry. Steve Baigrie, Vice President, Operations holds the formal AS9100 certificate recently awarded to CAE USA. Image credit: CAE USA. The AS9100 quality standard... 13 February 2020
Gen. John M. Murray, Army Futures Command commanding general, visited the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center (CCDC SC) at the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts. Staff. Sgt. Christian Lincoln-King (pictured here center) uses a Soldier Born Sensor System that enables Soldiers to gain improved situational... 13 February 2020
Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. (Pinnacle) was awarded the U.S. Air Force Simulator Lateral Axis Motion (SLAM) Engineering Change Proposal under the KC-10 Training Systems contract. The company has also been tasked with relocating multiple KC-10 simulators. Image credit: Pinnacle Solutions. The Pinnacle Team comprised of Pinnacle as the prime with... 13 February 2020
ITPS Canada has launched a division dedicated to tactical training with a major contract to train fighter pilots from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). The first course of students began training in January 2020 at the International Tactical Training Center. The second course of 10 students will begin... 13 February 2020