Defence 

25 June 2025   Marco Santana   US Navy urges industry to innovate directly as TSIS 2025 showcases immersive tech, AI, and personalized military training solutions.

Search channel

Reset all filters
Refine Search


All Defence News & Articles

Epic Games has awarded TrianGraphics as one of the final recipients of the Unreal Dev Grants, a $5-million fund supporting developers working with Unreal Engine 4 (UE4). This last round of grants spans well over a dozen projects, totaling $500,000 in no-strings-attached financial assistance. TrianGraphics is developing an export...   1 April 2019
On March 19th, 2019, Pinnacle Solutions Inc. was awarded the $533-million cost-plus-fixed-fee Unmanned Aircraft Systems Instruction and Mission Support (UAS IMS) contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Florida. Under this contract, Pinnacle will provide UAS instruction, maintenance, logistics support, prescribed load list (PLL), flight line operations...   29 March 2019
Calytrix (Europe) announced that the Austrian Army has just committed to a substantial upgrade of its legacy virtual first-person training system to the Titan platform, including the delivery of software and upgrade services. Austria has always been a leader in the adoption of LVC simulation solutions and continues to...   29 March 2019
Lockheed Martin Australia signed a contract with the Australian Government to deliver Australia’s largest, networked simulation system. In partnership with Calytrix Technologies and NEC Australia, this team will work to transform how the Australian Defence Force (ADF) trains and develops future generations of defence personnel. Lockheed Martin Australia leads...   28 March 2019
An Exoskeleton/Physical Augmentation Requirements meeting was held at the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCOE) at U.S. Army Fort Benning, Georgia, on January 15, 2019. Under direction and guidance from Brig. Gen. David M. Hodne, the Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team Lead and Commandant of MCOE, David Audet, and Andrea...   28 March 2019
Three months of intensive training for Britain’s winter warfare specialists reached its climax as Royal Marines ‘fought’ Swedes and Finns in the Arctic snow for Exercise Northern Wind. Some 350 Royal Marines from 40 Commando in Taunton joined Norwegian troops and U.S. Marines in a week-long mock battle trying...   27 March 2019
PLEXSYS has been integrated into the Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) to Tactical Data Link (TDL) Modernization (JITM) Quick Reaction Test (QRT), which was directed to develop a procedure for the integration of national ISR data into Link 16 architecture and to update Military Standard (MIL-STD) 6016. The...   27 March 2019
48th Fighter Wing and Royal Air Force personnel participated in the latest iteration of exercise Point Blank in Yorkshire, England, March 22, 2019. Point Blank is a recurring, low-cost exercise initiative designed to increase tactical proficiency of U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa and Ministry of...   26 March 2019
The Colombian Air Force supported the U.S. Navy during the U.S. Air Force-led air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag 19-2 from March 11-22. The Colombian Air Force brought their Multi-Mission Transport Tanker Jupiter 767 to refuel the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growlers for the duration of the exercise. The Colombian MMTT...   25 March 2019
The U.S. Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute (NEMTI) on Camp Pendleton, California, hosted Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) training as part of Pacific Blitz 2019 (PacBlitz19). One of the key objectives in establishing the EMF as part of PacBlitz19 is to integrate various capabilities across several expeditionary stakeholders to include...   25 March 2019
Ravenswood Solutions Inc. will be relocating the bulk of its operation from Fremont, California, to Boise, Idaho, in May of 2019. Ravenswood will better serve its largest client, the U.S. Army National Guard, at the nearby Orchard Combat Training Center by moving the products and services operation center to...   25 March 2019
Tunisian Navy officers improved their readiness at sea and knowledge on maritime modelling and simulation during a two-week training course held in March 2019 at the naval base La Goulette, Tunisia. The training was sponsored by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme to help Tunisia modernise...   25 March 2019
The National Center for Simulation (NCS) and Dignitas Technologies recently collaborated to engage, inspire and financially support the future modeling and simulation workforce at Crooms Academy of Information Technology (Crooms AOIT). For the past 13 years, the Crooms AOIT Business Advisory Council (BAC) has organized TechFest, an educational fundraising...   25 March 2019
RSi’s Epic-View Visual Display System for Rheinmetall Defence’s Embraer KC-390 Flight Simulator has successfully completed acceptance testing at RSi’s headquarters facility in Coppell, Texas. The Epic-View Visual Display System features a 220-by-60-degree field of view provided by an 11-foot radius collimated optical display system. Seven Norxe P1 IR projectors...   22 March 2019
Military Simulation & Training Magazine is happy to host the Joint-MMAST bi-monthly newsletter for March 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.   22 March 2019
Saab Grintek Defence received the Exporter and Enterprise Development Awards at the sixth annual South African Premier Business Awards. The SA Premier Business Awards acknowledges business excellence in South Africa and is organised by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in partnership with Proudly South Africa and Brand...   21 March 2019
Exonicus Inc. and Kitware have collaborated to develop a trauma simulator using the Pulse Physiology Engine. Exonicus Inc. has been creating a virtual reality emergency medicine training simulator for military medical personnel using the Unity game engine. This work is led by Dr. Kyle Couperus at Madigan Army Medical...   20 March 2019
L3 Link Training & Simulation has been selected by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide F-16 pilot training system support for the U.S. Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve Command to ensure mission readiness. The initial award has four additional option years. As part of the...   19 March 2019
This 11 March, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison, III, Surgeon General, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery responded to a wide range of questions from Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak. The Navy medical community leader’s insights are provided below.  US Navy Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison, III,...   19 March 2019
Katie Salen, founder of both The Institute of Play and Connected Camps, an online learning platform powered by youth gaming experts, will keynote Serious Play Conference’s Montreal conference on game-based learning July 10-12, 2019. Salen will discuss the role of Minecraft, a sandbox video game created by Swedish game...   18 March 2019