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Survitec will introduce two new protective suits for chemical, biological and radioactive (CBR) environments at IDEX, which takes place in Abu Dhabi from 17– 21 February. The DEMRON ICE suit incorporates patented nanotechnology to protect against low-level gamma radiation. Studies carried out by Lawrence Livermore National Defence Laboratory show...   4 February 2019
Barco introduced a new addition to its LCD video wall platform. UniSee Present is a media-focused, content-management offering for Barco’s newest generation of large video walls. It also works with other enterprise video walls, enabling users to manage media content on the wall more easily. UniSee Present complements the...   4 February 2019
The U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, opened a state-of-the-art high-G training and test facility at RAF Cranwell, U.K. The £44 million project is used by fast jet pilots in the U.K. Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to...   4 February 2019
The U.S. Air Force 633rd Medical Group’s new program aims to reduce overdue Individual Medical Readiness statuses throughout the medical group U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathaniel Rasmussen, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron periodic health assessment NCO in charge, shares his idea with fellow Medical Right Start Program working group...   1 February 2019
To access more training opportunities, military surgeons are looking to virtual training platforms. The U.S. Air Force is working with sister services to study a virtual training platform called Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skills, or C-SATS. It provides specialized training for surgeons to further improve their specialized skills. Airmen...   31 January 2019
ACME Worldwide Enterprises Inc. (ACME) has been chosen to provide TrueQ Dynamic Motion Seats for the U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y and AH-1Z simulators under the H-1 Lot VI New Devices and Technical Refresh program. Under a subcontract to FlightSafety International, ACME will provide two motion seat systems each for...   30 January 2019
Bohemia’s VBS Blue IG now integrates with ImmersaView’s SimVisuals. The integration makes it possible to set up dome displays with Bohemia’s VBS Blue IG and ImmersaView’s SimVisuals software. “Whether you’re a VBS user wanting to add a dome display, or you’ve got a dome and want to add stunning...   30 January 2019
The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO), the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) and Fighter Wing Skrydstrup (FW SKP) took delivery of a newly developed combined F-16 simulator and JTAC training capacity at the FW SKP in December 2018. The complete training system consists of two...   29 January 2019
Maritime forces from France, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States participated in the maritime warfare exercise Intrepid Sentinel in the Arabian Gulf in mid January. Participating ships included France’s Marine Nationale F70AA-class air defense destroyer FS Cassard (D 614); United Kingdom’s Royal Navy Daring-class air defense destroyer...   28 January 2019
The KeyW Holding Corporation announced that it has won approximately $53 million in new business awards, contract extensions and increases to ceiling values on prime contracts. The awards have an estimated period of performance of four to five years, and the new business is expected to begin contributing to...   28 January 2019
Cubic Corporation is completing the renovation and upgrade of its San Diego, California, manufacturing facility to accommodate the production and testing of components for pods, ground subsystems and secure components for its live, virtual and constructive (LVC) air combat training systems. Due to Cubic Global Defense’s recent success in...   25 January 2019
Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc., through its subsidiary Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc., has received a $1 million contract through the Build in Canada Innovation Program to deliver an innovative new approach to vehicle-based gunnery mission training for land forces. The vehicle gunnery simulator is an immersive virtual training device...   25 January 2019
Bagira Systems and Van Halteren Defence (VHD) won the Netherlands’ Ministry of Defense tender to supply the simulator for their National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) training center, and to maintain and operate it for a period of 15 years. The center provides education, training and support in...   24 January 2019
CAE has been awarded a contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) to develop a comprehensive synthetic training system for the United Kingdom’s Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) program. The Protector will be operated by the Royal Air Force and is the UK-specific variant of...   24 January 2019
Regional Health Command Europe (RHCE) along with Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) hosted a Virtual Health Presenters Course for service members and civilians from across the European region. Virtual Health (VH) is the use of electronic information, imaging and communication technologies to provide and support healthcare when distance separates...   24 January 2019
Elbit Systems UK Ltd. as the prime contractor, together with QuantaDyn Corporation, recently completed delivery of a mobile Close Air Support (CAS) and joint fires simulator to the British Army. Built as a bespoke solution to satisfy requirement, the Joint Fires Mobile Trainer (JFMT) is now in active service...   24 January 2019
Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports on Vestdavit’s VR training system for shipboard davit operators.   24 January 2019
Sponsored Content AVT Simulation and the University of Central Florida Division of Continued Education are proudly partnering to offer new courses for simulation professionals (and those joining the work force) beginning this April! Enrollment is now open for our 2019 AVT 101 Simulation Overview. This course examines the major components...   23 January 2019
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) works with HaptX, to provide enhanced military medical virtual reality training. ECS has enhanced its Tactical Combat Casualty Care Simulation (TC3Sim) medical trainer to incorporate a sense of touch in training scenarios to improve realism and training by using the HaptX Gloves Development Kit, an...   23 January 2019
Serious Play Events, featuring more than 80 sessions by the global thought leaders driving and expanding the study of games and simulations to improve learning and research, will gather at two separate conferences in 2019: Wednesday - Friday, July 10-12 at University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) Wednesday - Friday,...   23 January 2019