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Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) announced significant growth as it heads into the last quarter of 2019. The new contract awards and partnership agreements represent a combination of new customers and expansion of existing relationships. BISim also hired over 40 new staff globally over the past 12 months in software... 17 October 2019
Seven ex-military training experts from Inzpire Limited have completed the design and delivery of a major international exercise, COBRA WARRIOR. Working alongside 92 Squadron based at RAF Waddington and operational analysts embedded with the Air Warfare Centre, Inzpire personnel acted as the white force. The exercise took place from... 16 October 2019
VirTra Inc. will debut its Ultra High Definition 300-degree immersive training simulator, which combines five state-of-the-art laser-based 4K projectors, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference from October 26-29, 2019. VirTra began preparing to utilize future 4K high-resolution displays approximately six years ago with the goal of... 15 October 2019
The Abrams engine maintenance trainer will support diagnostic and troubleshooting maintenance training tasks. At the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exhibition, CAE announced it will be delivering the first Abrams M1A2 engine maintenance trainer to the U.S. Army’s Armor School at Fort Benning, Georgia. 15 October 2019
Ravenswood Solutions opened the new location of its products and services operations center in Boise, Idaho. State legislators, Idaho Guardsmen, and Boise Mayor David Bieter attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which followed a Ravenswood technology demonstration. By moving its products and services operations center to from Fremont, California, to Boise,... 15 October 2019
Cirrus have won a A$3 million contract to expand the Tactical Electronic Warfare training systems (TACEW) for the Australian Navy. Under the newly awarded contract, Australian Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems will supply additional TACEW workstations to HMAS Watson. It will also supply a new TACEW system to HMAS... 14 October 2019
CACI International Inc has been awarded a four-year and eight-month task order, with a ceiling value of $385 million, by the U.S. Navy’s Sea Warrior Program to support MyNavy Human Resources (HR) Transformation, the Navy’s Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E) human resources modernization campaign. Under the task order,... 14 October 2019
Australian helicopter simulation outfit Ryan Aerospace has won the Small Business prize at the Queensland Premier's Export Awards. Leveraging VR technology and investing heavily in research and development, Ryan Aerospace has developed a new kind of helicopter simulator that is disrupting traditional helicopter training paths. Ryan Aerospace has won... 13 October 2019
Antycip Simulation has teamed up with Agueris, a subsidiary of John Cockerill, to deliver new ground terrain and turret simulation solutions used by John Cockerill to train its customers. The systems have been rolled out in France and the Middle East. Agueris became a fully owned subsidiary of John... 13 October 2019
Can a video game help the U.S. Navy find future operators for its remotely operated, unmanned vehicles (UxV), popularly called drones? To find out, the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute and Adaptive Immersion Technologies are developing a computer game to identify individuals with the right skills to be UxV operators. 11 October 2019
In an announcement by the U.S. Department of Defense, Spartan Air Academy Iraq LLC has been awarded a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract for contractor logistics support (CLS) services. The contract provides for CLS services and material support for 15 T-6A aircraft. Work will be performed at Balad Air Base,... 11 October 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that Complete Parachute Solutions won a $9.6 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise option year two for the Multi-Mission Parachute Course. The course provides training and technical support for all military free-fall training to ensure compliance with all... 11 October 2019
Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc. announced the opening of its brand-new simulator production facility, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Bluedrop Simulation Center can hold a combination of up to four Rear Crew Mission Simulators (RCMT) and Hoist Mission Training Simulators (HMTS). The opening ceremony took place on September... 10 October 2019
Meggitt PLC has secured an IDIQ contract valued at $48 million for the supply of Aerial Weapons Scoring Systems (AWSS) to the US Army. This full-service contract will be supplied by Meggitt’s specialist defence division in Irvine, California, and includes product development, training, installation, field and cyber support, maintenance... 10 October 2019
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi), a supplier of simulation and training solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense, announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract through the U.S. Air Force's technology acceleration initiative, AFWERX. This contract award allows the Air Force's Defense Language... 10 October 2019
VirTra Inc., a provider of training simulators for the law enforcement, military, educational, and commercial markets, announced the 12 peace officers who have received scholarship awards from VirTra and Force Science Institute to attend a five-day Force Science Analyst Certification course, which is designed to better educate officers and... 10 October 2019
European flight simulation solution providers EURAMEC has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with GeoSim Technologies for the worldwide distribution of GeoSim’s rotary wing simulators and specialty flight simulators. GeoSim, based in Ipswich, Australia, signed a reciprocal arrangement to market EURAMEC’s Flight Training Devices in Australia and New Zealand. Under... 10 October 2019
The VR/AR Association and ETSA have signed an MOU to strengthen ties between the two organisations. The agreement will foster the relationship between the two pertaining to VR/AR capabilities and associated technology within the modelling, simulation and training community. It will also enable a closer working arrangement in supporting... 9 October 2019
Cadet 1st Class Cade Cavanagh uses an immersive training device during a Pilot Training Next course this summer at the U.S. Air Force Academy airfield. Image credit: U.S. Air Force Academy photo/Jennifer Spradlin. The Air Force Academy recently redesigned its Airmanship program to give cadets more opportunities to experience... 8 October 2019
U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and the Department of the Army announced the largest deployment of U.S.-based forces to Europe for an exercise in the last 25 years. DEFENDER-Europe 20, and linked activities, will increase strategic readiness and interoperability by exercising the U.S. military’s ability to rapidly deploy a large... 8 October 2019