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NATO's community met at the new NCI Academy to attend the fourth Education and Training (E&T) Conference last month. Over 185 people from 26 countries attended the conference, which was held at the Academy's new facilities in Oeiras, Portugal. The Oct 29-30 conference brought together participants from various NATO... 6 November 2019
Red Lotus Technologies Incorporated (RLT) has received a contract for 11 Visualization and Signature Technology (VAST) Training Systems plus spares from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. The VAST training system provides automated assessment of handheld detection skill for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and mines. Under this award, RLT will... 5 November 2019
The VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver is called “one of the year’s most anticipated conferences” by Forbes magazine. Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak ventured to the Canadian coastal city to mingle with the international cross-section of thought leaders and developers. 5 November 2019
Rotorsim, the joint venture owned equally by CAE and Leonardo, announced the successful start of training on the NH90 Full Mission Flight Trainer (FMFT) following its relocation from the Rotorsim training centre in Sesto Calende, Italy, to a new training facility at Maritime Air Base de Kooy in Den... 4 November 2019
Ravenswood Solutions was awarded a $62.9 million hybrid (cost-no-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for a fully instrumented, highly realistic, and immersive training environment. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Orlando, Florida, received three bids for the contract. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion... 4 November 2019
Charles River Analytics Inc. is working alongside The DiSTI Corporation to develop its Evaluation-Driven Active Guide for Learning Procedural Events (EAGLE). EAGLE is Charles River Analytics' just-in-time intelligent virtual trainer that helps US Air Force satellite communications students learn and remember complex procedures on the Hawkeye III Lite. The... 1 November 2019
PLEXSYS announced the availability of Direct Link Interface (DLI) 6.7, a new version of it’s Tactical Data Link (TDL) gateway, specializing in support of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training environments. DLI 6.7 introduces several new features that allow users to quickly configure multiple gateway connections to translate between... 1 November 2019
Ryan Aerospace Australia has been awarded a contract to supply more than 30 HELIMOD Mark III helicopter simulators for the US Army at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The contract is part of the Army’s “Aviator Training Next” or “ATN” Program, an experimental new way to provide helicopter pilot training during... 31 October 2019
After three years of resounding support from commanders, senior instructor pilots, and master gunners, the Apache Gunnery Trainer (AGT) is heading to the flight line at Fort Rucker. Developed from previous AH-64 collective trainers sold internationally, refined to support the Air Cavalry Leader’s course and prototyped for the Synthetic... 29 October 2019
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to develop a Virtual Prototyping Holodeck (VPH) to simulate real-world equipment and battle conditions for Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD). Using cross reality (XR) technologies, NVESD’s objective is to better understand how soldiers react to... 29 October 2019
Microsoft Corporation has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $10 billion over a period of 10 years, if all options are exercised. The JEDI Cloud contract will provide enterprise level, commercial Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) to support the... 28 October 2019
The Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Committee (FSEMC) has announced the 2019 award winners for its Edwin A. Link Award and the Roger S. Goldberg Award. The FSEMC provides cost effective solutions to simulator operational and maintenance problems through international conferences and establishes technical standards that increase simulator readiness... 28 October 2019
The U.S. Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, Maui County Emergency Medical Services, American Medical Response, and Maui County Police Department conducted a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Kapalua, Maui. This year's SAREX took place over two days and including a planning, safety... 28 October 2019
Enduvo has been awarded a $1.2-million contract from the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. This contract follows Enduvo’s SBIR Phase I win in November 2018. The SBIR Phase II contract will be used to accelerate the development and deployment of Enduvo’s augmented reality/virtual... 28 October 2019
A major US defence aviation company has taken delivery of the first four of Cobra Simulation’s new Cobra180 immersive displays. The customer saw the product in its final prototype stage and placed an order for the entire first production run. The units are already in service ahead of the... 28 October 2019
Madrid-based Indra has delivered its most advanced helicopter flight simulator to the Spanish Army. The NH90 training system, which contributes to the training of pilots of the three army corps, has been installed at the Héroes del Revellín base in Agoncillo (La Rioja, Spain) as part of the Helicopter... 25 October 2019
VR/AR Association (VRARA) Orlando Chapter has announced the appointment of Dr. Irwin Hudson of the U.S. Army to its Advisory Board. Dr. Irwin Hudson is currently the Human Performance Lead for Simulation and Training for the U.S. Army Futures Command, Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Soldier Center located in... 25 October 2019
Bulgarian military and civil aviation firm Jotov & Son have purchased a H01 FNPT II simulator from Entrol. The simulator replicates a Bell 206. It features a GNS 430, a cylindrical visual with three channels and a vibration system. It will be used to practice Bell 206 normal and... 25 October 2019
Peruvian service members practice patient movement techniques, during a subject matter expert exchange between the U.S. Navy Medical Engagement Team and Peruvian military medical personnel, as part of Southern Partnership Station 2019. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Lewis/Released. The Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2019... 24 October 2019
Trideum Corporation was awarded the Distance Learning Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) Production Services contract for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). Under the contract, Trideum produces distance learning courseware for non-resident Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) students. The Trideum courseware will parallel residential instruction... 24 October 2019