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The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named James J. Frey, Ph.D., PLEXSYS Interface Products Inc in Camas, Washington, to the Board of Examiners for the 2019 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance... 3 July 2019
Military Simulation & Training Magazine is happy to host the Joint-MMAST bi-monthly newsletter for July 2019. The goal of this publication is to share information about DoD Medical Modeling & Simulation entities, initiatives, research, products, services, best practices, lessons learned and so much more. 3 July 2019
Photo credit: Melissa Culp The Army Medical Department School of Health Readiness and the University of Tampa PA Medicine program (UTPAM) collaborated on a training for combat medics. Known in the military as “68 Whiskeys” (68W), the combat medic specialists are primarily responsible for providing emergency medical treatment at... 2 July 2019
The current Managing Director of Micro Nav, Stephen Williams, has been appointed to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Quadrant Group, the parent company of Micro Nav. Williams has been managing director of Micro Nav since 2014, and will step up to his new role after a short handover period... 2 July 2019
QinetiQ has signed a new five-year contract with the Royal Navy that will see the introduction of a dedicated training variant of QinetiQ’s Pointer system to optimise the effectiveness of Anti-Surface Warfare training on a wide range of weapon systems. Developed in partnership with the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s... 2 July 2019
Advanced IT Concepts (AITC) was recently awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) in Orlando, Florida, to support the Global Peace Operations Initiatives (GPOI)/Building Partnership Capability (BPC) efforts. The GPOI/BPC program will support building the framework to furnish... 28 June 2019
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Joint Project Manager for Medical Modeling and Simulation (JPM MMS) has awarded Advanced IT Concepts (AITC) with a contract to support the relocation and outfitting of the ACME Training Facility at NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers... 28 June 2019
F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft from the United States, United Kingdom and Israel participated in Exercise Tri-Lightning over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Tri-Lightning was a one-day defensive counter air exercise involving friendly and adversary aircraft from the three participating countries, and consisted of active and passive air defense operations. 28 June 2019
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory (GRILL) celebrated not only its new location, but also a new partnership with the Dayton Regional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) School (DRSS) in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The GRILL’s new space is part of the local STEM... 27 June 2019
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Academy, Colorado, has ordered four new simulators for its teaching facility from Merlin Flight Simulation Group in the U.K. As the lead undergraduate aeronautical engineering program in the U.S., the Air Force Academy (USAFA) will be the launch customer for Merlin’s new two-seat motion... 27 June 2019
Q4 has recently received an order from Quantum 3D for five DirectVue dome display systems. The Q4 DirectVue line is a direct display dome solution that complements Q4’s visual display capabilities. The 6-foot radius display was designed, and is ideally suited, for small classrooms and standard office ceiling-height training... 27 June 2019
In late April 2019, Pinnacle Solutions Inc. (Pinnacle) was awarded a new task order under the Computer Based Instructional Design (CBID) II Contract. The new task order, Games for Training, was officially kicked-off during the last week of May 2019. Over the next 30 months, Pinnacle’s CBID II Team... 27 June 2019
A primer on the visual, motion, audible and haptic cues necessary for immersive environments by David Hambling.
The Link “Blue Box”, the first effective flight trainer, was created in the late 1920s when aircraft had been flying for more than 20 years. This is a strong hint that an effective simulacrum may be harder to build than the real thing.
Our senses, sharpened by millions of years of evolution, cannot be fooled easily, making it difficult to give a realistic impression of flying high while still rooted firmly to the ground. Effective simulation requires visual, motion and audible cues, all fully integrated. Even minor flaws may result in simulator sickness, rendering the simulation useless. Other errors risk mis-training and making the simulation worse than useless. Standards for simulation are therefore necessarily high.
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Europe Editor Dim Jones visits RNAS Yeovilton and the Royal Navy School of Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract and Underwater Escape Training Unit – aka “The Dunker”. 27 June 2019
The US Navy’s surface warfare community’s training continues to evolve since two major collisions in 2017. Group Editor Marty Kauchak explains. 27 June 2019
After 70 years as a Canadian success story, CAE is ubiquitous in the Canadian defence and security scene, providing training solutions, services, and operational services. Jeff Loube took in their pre-CANSEC presser. 27 June 2019
Industry suppliers in the US and Europe are helping their customers increase mission readiness through urban training. Group Editor Marty Kauchak highlights some innovations. 27 June 2019
Tens of thousands of sorties are flown in Israeli Air Force simulators. Arie Egozi was granted special access to the training airbase, including a conversation with BGen Amnon Ein-Dar, Head of the Training and Doctrine Division.
Early this year, the canopy of an Israeli Air Force (IAF) F15 flew off when the aircraft was at 30,000 feet. The pilot and weapon systems operator managed to bring the damaged aircraft to a safe landing in a base in southern Israel. This after being exposed to extreme temperatures.
LtCol ‘R’, commander of the IAF’s connected simulators squadron, remarked: “They knew exactly what to do because they have been trained again and again in our advanced simulators.”
During a rare visit to the IAF’s connected simulators facility in the Hazor airbase (also known as Hatzor), I was able to briefly observe the uniqueness of this special squadron that has a major role in making IAF combat pilots among the best in the world.
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Team Orlando has taken the lead to create a Launch Pad forum where industry, academia and government participants can display their latest and greatest technologies to conference attendees, to include key government acquisition stakeholders, with focused presentations during I/ITSEC 2019. The objective is to showcase innovative and disruptive initiatives... 26 June 2019
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), the Defense Health Agency’s traumatic brain injury (TBI) center of excellence, recently released the “Cognitive Rehabilitation for Service Members and Veterans Following Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Recommendations.” These recommendations build on the 2016 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs... 26 June 2019