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Members of the all-volunteer Virginia Defense Force (VDF) conducted training on the communications systems and security capabilities they could use during emergency response operations in support of the Virginia National Guard July 13, 2019, in Lynchburg, Virginia. VDF personnel trained on high-frequency radio employment for voice and data messaging... 15 July 2019
Alongside forces from 18 other Allies and partners, HMS Duncan is contributing to the major multinational maritime training exercise featuring a combined 3,000 troops, 32 ships and 24 aircraft. The ship is participating in the exercise as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 and has received support... 15 July 2019
Thomas Solutions Incorporated (TSI) has secured a potential five-year, $20-million contract to provide Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Level C High Risk training to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. TSI will instruct U.S. military personnel and other Government designees from July... 15 July 2019
Soldiers from the six battalions and headquarters company of the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) coalesced June 15-30 for two weeks of Army National Guard Annual Training (AT) at Camp Roberts on California's Central Coast. It was the first time in more than three years... 15 July 2019
KBR has been awarded a $45.9-million task order (TO) to provide logistics information technology services to the Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) Logistics and Maintenance Information Systems and Technology Division. KBR was awarded this cost-plus-fixed-fee TO under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract (MAC). 11 July 2019
The United States defense and security arm of Thales recently appointed three new members to its board of directors: Gen. James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), Dr. Ray O. Johnson, and Alan Kessler. These board members will support the organizational direction of Thales Defense & Security, Inc. and... 10 July 2019
L3Harris Technologies has completed the all-stock merger between Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, L3Harris' is the sixth largest defense company in the US, and a top 10 defense company worldwide. William M. Brown, Chairman and CEO, L3Harris commented, "We've created an agile technology provider with... 10 July 2019
Thales’ services to the U.K. Royal Air Force, delivered by the ACE Training and Simulation team, have been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The commendation was awarded in ‘recognition of exceptional qualities and personal sacrifices in the service of others,’ after forty years of providing training... 9 July 2019
The U.S. Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron (AS) and moving 11 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of a larger initiative to improve training for fifth generation fighter aircraft. The action came after Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander, recommended... 9 July 2019
Alion Science and Technology announced that Katie Selbe has been named senior Vice President (VP) and general manager of Alion’s Cyber Network Solutions Group. In this role, Selbe will lead a portfolio of programs and capabilities delivering cross-domain network engineering, cyber hardening and operations; modeling and simulation; Live, Virtual... 8 July 2019
The 334th Training Squadron incorporated the first virtual reality (VR) training for Airfield Management students in the U.S. Air Force on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 28, so students could get more of a “hands-on” learning experience. Chief Master Sgt. Paul Portugal, Airfield Management career field manager, Pentagon,... 8 July 2019
A team of three instructors from the U.S. Air Force Senior NCO Academy visited Amman, Jordan, to provide the first-ever Senior NCO mobile education course from June 10-27. The instructors partnered with Royal Jordanian Air Force translators to present the two-week course to 30 RJAF senior enlisted personnel. “This... 8 July 2019
MS&T correspondent Walter Ullrich tests some of CAE’s new technologies. MS&T correspondent Walter Ullrich tests some of CAE's new technologies. Image credit: CAE It's almost a tradition: on the weekend before the ITEC conference, CAE Defence & Security invites specialist journalists to inform about the state of affairs at... 8 July 2019
ManTech has won a three-year $21-million Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) award from the U.S. Department of Defense to further enhance and integrate prototype capabilities of the U.S. Army’s Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE). “ManTech is the only government services contractor chosen to handle DevOps, Installation, and Tech Ops for... 5 July 2019
This summer, Southeastern University (SEU) became one of 11 universities in the U.S. to be awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) Flight Academy program. Conducted at universities across the nation, the Air Force JROTC Flight Academy, Chief of Staff Private Pilot... 4 July 2019
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