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Indra will provide the French Air Force under contract with Airbus D&S with a state-of-the-art flight simulator that will offer training for the pilots of the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) refueling aircraft. The simulator has a level D certification, the highest category for a system of this... 21 June 2019
The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Orlando awarded Vricon a contract for the One World Terrain capability of the Common Synthetic Environment. The total value of the prototype project, if all phases and options are exercised, is $94.8 million. The Common Synthetic Environment is the platform enabler of the... 20 June 2019
Collins Aerospace Systems has been selected by Saab to provide key power and controls systems for the Boeing T-X trainer, including the aircraft’s Power Take Off (PTO) shaft, Auxiliary Power Engine Control Unit (APECU), engine start system and Main Electric Power Generation System (MEPGS). Collins Aerospace announced in January... 20 June 2019
Safran Electrical & Power and Saab signed an agreement to supply the Auxiliary Power System for the Boeing T-X military training aircraft – developed jointly by Boeing and Saab – for the US Air Force. The Auxiliary Power System is the system used to provide electrical and hydraulic power... 20 June 2019
Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has been awarded several contracts totaling approximately $150 million from various customers in the Indo-Pacific (IPAC) region to provide Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI), training support for Combat Training Centers and deliver upgrades and maintenance services for the region's live fire ranges. The total value... 19 June 2019
CAE USA has been awarded a contract to provide classroom and simulator training for United States Navy UC-12 aircrews. Training will be delivered at the CAE Dothan Training Center in Dothan, Alabama, in addition to CAE training centers in Dallas, Texas, and Morristown, New Jersey. The UC-12 is a... 19 June 2019
VT MAK has been awarded a Prototype Other Transaction Agreement worth $95 million from the U.S. Army to meet demands for next generation collective training. Working through the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TREX), VT MAK will develop and deliver the Training Simulation Software (TSS) and Training Management Tool (TMT)... 18 June 2019
Leonardo unveiled its new unmanned platform – the latest entry in the Falco family – during the Paris Air Show on 17th June in the Leonardo static area. Paris will also be the first opportunity for guests to see the AWHERO unmanned rotorcraft in its pre-production configuration with the... 18 June 2019
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a prime contractor spot on the $245 million U.S. Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Systems Support multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. The company will compete for task orders to support pre-deployment training programs for Marine Corps’ operating forces within the context of Joint and... 18 June 2019
The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), forward deployed from U.S. Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, and the California Air National Guard’s 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Fresno, California, provided training support to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during exercise Diamond Storm May 6 to 26, 2019. Exercise... 18 June 2019
On the occasion of the German Armed Forces day, June 15, 2019, the new maintenance training rig NTH90 MTR FC of the German Navy Air Wing 5 in Nordholz, Lower Saxony, built by REISER SIMULATION AND TRAINING GmbH, was handed over to the unit in a formal ceremony. The... 18 June 2019
A strong commercial aviation industry, stable defense spending and the need to service all platforms throughout their lifecycle are driving a growing aerospace and defense market, according to the Boeing Market Outlook. Released at the Paris Air Show, the outlook values the aerospace and defense market at $8.7 trillion... 18 June 2019
Cubic Corporation announced its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division received certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) for Engage, its Air Combat Training System Miniature Encryptor (AME). Designated by the NSA as the KOV-135, Engage was previously granted an Interim Approval to Operate (IATO) and was used to... 17 June 2019
"As a lapsed wargamer and Napoleonic enthusiast I was interested to see this piece in the UK London Times newspaper on a recreation of the battle of Waterloo using 22,000 miniatures as a way of not only raising money for soldiers’ charities but also to raise awareness of the... 17 June 2019
Leonardo has signed a contract with the Armaments and Airworthiness Department of the Italian Ministry of Defence for the supply of 13 M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer) aircraft, for a total value of €300 million. This follows an initial contract for five aircraft, bringing the number of M-345 trainers... 17 June 2019
The U.S. Army Joint Technology Center and Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) recently purchased 86 new MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses for the continued rollout of the U.S. Air Force MQ-9 remote piloted air vehicle simulator. The simulator, also known as the MALET-JSIL Aircrew Trainer or MJAT, is... 17 June 2019
The 372d Training Squadron, Detachment 11 (Det. 11), is a unit specifically dedicated to improving maintenance airmen skills surrounding the many lethal aircraft assigned to the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Their main focus is to deliver major command-directed and unit-requested training throughout the Air Force... 14 June 2019
The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft, airmen and associated equipment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings (FW), at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to participate in exercises and conduct training with other Europe-based aircraft as... 13 June 2019
The U.S. Air Force Security Forces (SF) Academy has added an innovative technology into its apprentice course to help with force training. The 343rd Training Squadron schoolhouse recently acquired eight Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives simulators from the security forces career field team, as well as a VR-based (virtual reality)... 13 June 2019
Maritime forces from 18 nations commenced the in-port operations for the 47th annual multinational exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) in the Baltic Sea, June 9-21. Nations participating in BALTOPS 2019 include Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United... 12 June 2019