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Crew Training International (CTI) won a potential five-year, $241.4 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force train aircrew of MQ-9 multimission remotely piloted aircraft and associated courseware. The Air Force’s Acquisition Management and Integration Center received eight offers for the firm-fixed-price contract via a competitive acquisition process, the Defense... 10 January 2019
Photo Credit: Thomas Balfour, Uniformed Services University The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) underwent a major technology upgrade in their wide area virtual environment (WAVE). The WAVE is a virtual reality (VR) environment in which medical and armed forces personnel train for combat situations in a... 10 January 2019
MASA Group and Deev Interaction have been awarded a patent by the National Institute of Industrial Property for their invention, which is a process for selecting a user's mode of interaction with images and videos. This new process, called the ink stain, allows users to easily switch from a direct... 10 January 2019
Photo credit: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach campus installed eight VRSG desktop systems last fall to upgrade and expand the simulation capabilities of its UAS training lab. A key feature of these new simulators is that VRSG can be driven by the Piccolo Command Center... 9 January 2019
The U.S. Air National Guard (ANG) renewed software maintenance for 143 VRSG real-time licenses used in the KC-135R Boom Operator Simulator System (BOSS) at ANG sites across the U.S. The BOSS includes a high-fidelity replica of a KC-135R Block 40 boom pod, and has been certified by the U.S. Air... 9 January 2019
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) recently renewed 384 VRSG licenses and five Terrain Tools licenses for the A-10 Full Mission Trainer (FMT) program. Since 2001, MetaVR has been the primary supplier of 3D real-time visuals for the A-10 Full Mission Trainer (FMT) used in the A-10 Aircrew Training System. The... 9 January 2019
Photo Credit: Battlespace Simulations Battlespace Simulations (BSI) won an order by GB International to deliver two JTAC portable COTS simulators to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Special Warfare School that includes eight VRSG licenses, terrain and models. 3D terrain of the entire Korean peninsula in MetaVR's round-earth Metadesic... 9 January 2019
The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) extended its long-term cooperation with IFAD TS A/S through a new 11-year framework agreement. With this agreement, IFAD will be a main supplier to DALO regarding the development and sustainment of simulation environments for training operational skills within all divisions of the... 9 January 2019
Luke Air Force Base (AFB) in Glendale, Arizona, recently renewed software maintenance for 62 VRSG licenses and one MetaVR Terrain Tools for Esri ArcGIS license for their F-16C Block 30/40 full-mission training simulators at the base's Network Training Center facility. Each dome-based multi-channel simulator contains a full cockpit replica of... 9 January 2019
Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force The Secure Live Virtual Constructive, Advanced Training Environment (SLATE) program of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Warfighter Readiness Research Division 711th Human Performance Wing (711HPW/RHA) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is using some of its 24 newly acquired MetaVR Virtual... 9 January 2019
Matrox Graphics Inc.’s Matrox Maevex 6120 dual 4K enterprise encoder appliance is the recipient of Systems Contractor News’ Product of the Year Award and Sound & Video Contractor’s Innovative Product Award. The product features encoding capabilities that can deliver content to on-premises end points, to cloud and internet services and... 9 January 2019
Matrox Graphics Inc.’s Matrox Mura IPX 4K DisplayPort capture and IP encode/decode cards are now shipping. These video wall capture cards feature 4Kp60 with full 4:4:4 color sampling support alongside an onboard network interface controller (NIC), offering advanced capture, encode, stream, record and decode capabilities. The product can be used... 9 January 2019
VSTEP’s most recent development within its NAUTIS product line is the new portable simulator product, which was developed in cooperation with 360-Control. Simone Cherchi, one of VSTEP’s Master Mariners said: “The design of the setup was quite a challenge. It is crucial for us that the customer feels as though... 8 January 2019
VSTEP released its new control box for NAUTIS maritime simulators. The hardware solution includes high-quality ship-board control levers, an adaptive touch panel and a single cable connection. The new control box will assist VSTEP in providing training simulators that enhance customers’ overall training effectiveness. Continuous research and development and extensive... 8 January 2019
VSTEP partnered with Captain AI to be a part of the future of autonomous shipping. Captain AI co-founder and CEO Vincent Wegener explained the urge of this new technology: “Autonomous shipping will revolutionize the shipping and port related industries. Currently more than 75 percent of marine casualties are due to... 8 January 2019
Rapid technological advancements and a shift back to great power competition has created a higher demand for well-trained warfighters. The undergraduate combat systems officer schoolhouse at U.S. Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida is changing to meet that demand. The new training plan is based on a mix of historic... 7 January 2019
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. won a follow on task order by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). Valued at $17 million, it was issued against a U.S. Foreign Military Sales sole-source, three-year, single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide training-related products... 7 January 2019
A joint surgical team comprised of three separate branches assembled at U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley in December to perform an operation. Consisting of a U.S. Navy surgeon, an Air Force nurse and an Army technician, the team was organized to perform a Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to restore a... 4 January 2019
BAE Systems has announced plans to recruit nearly 700 apprentices across its UK business in 2019, a 30 percent increase on the previous year. 4 January 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Pinnacle Solutions Inc. has been awarded a $20-million modification of a previously awarded contract for KC-10 training system. This modification provides for the exercise of the fourth year option and incorporates within scope changes to contractual requirements that result from a mutual agreement... 4 January 2019