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Cobham, the UK Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) partner for operational readiness training for the last 30 years, announced that QinetiQ will join Draken International and 3SDL as a member of the Cobham team to develop solutions for the delivery of operational readiness training under the UK MoD’s Air Support...   27 November 2018
Airbus has unveiled the new full flight and mission simulator (FFS) of the Airbus A330 MRTT Multirole Tanker Transport aircraft at its International Training Centre (ITC) in Seville, Spain. The simulator, developed by Airbus and Spanish company Indra, joins the A400M, C295 and CN235 programs, as part of  the...   27 November 2018
Presagis, a provider of modeling, simulation and visualization solutions for the defense and aerospace markets, announced a strategic collaboration with Epic Games, the maker of Unreal Engine and Fortnite, to help the simulation industry achieve unprecedented realism and quality for virtual environments created from geospatial data. Presagis plans to...   27 November 2018
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-147F Chinook, CH-146 Griffon, and CC-130J Hercules aircrews currently supporting the United Nations Task Force Mali mission experienced the West African country virtually before embarking on the actual operational mission. RCAF CH-147F aircrews from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at Petawawa, CH-146 aircrews from 408...   27 November 2018
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) announced the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins and the company’s intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities. The separation will result in three global companies: United Technologies, comprised of Collins Aerospace Systems and Pratt & Whitney,...   27 November 2018
A new, purpose-built Chinook Mk 6 synthetic training facility replicating real-life operations for Chinook helicopter crews with the latest technology has been officially opened for the UK Royal Air Force. The Chinook Mk 6 synthetic training facility was built following a £53 million contract with Lockheed Martin UK, Rotary...   26 November 2018
ITEC 2018, which took place in May in Stuttgart, Germany, brought together the world’s military simulation, training and education community to showcase the latest technologies on offer and discuss the latest developments in the market. As the world’s leading dedicated military training and simulation event, the ITEC 2018 conference gave...   26 November 2018
Matrox® Graphics Inc. will demonstrate a variety of ground-breaking, IP-based innovations at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2018. Featuring high-quality capture and encoding technology at the lowest bitrates, Matrox Maevex enterprise encoders, Extio 3 IP KVM extenders, and Mura IPX video wall and multiviewer cards will...   26 November 2018
SimCentric are targeting the reduction of fratricide risk in live field firing by launching SAF-Foresight at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2018 in Orlando, Florida, 26 – 30 November 2018. SimCentric Vice President Strategy, Mr Gareth Collier commented “Complex live fire military training incorporating combined arms,...   26 November 2018
Engineering & Computer Simulations’ (ECS) Chief Operating Officer, Mick Golson, announced that retired Col. William P. (Bill) Canaley will serve as the firm’s Enterprise Training Services Contract (ETSC) project manager. A retired U.S. Army officer with over 32 years of active federal service, Canaley is a government-certified Program Management professional...   26 November 2018
Today at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2018, the world’s largest military training and simulation event, CAE announced the launch of CAE Rise™ for the defense market. CAE Rise™ is a data-driven training system designed to enable defense and security organizations to deliver standardized training and...   26 November 2018
Rockwell Collins has been selected by Aero Simulation, Inc. to provide modifications to the B-1 Lancer training system for the U.S. Air Force. Rockwell Collins will execute concurrency, obsolescence, and cybersecurity upgrades to the five current training systems including the Weapon Systems Trainer, Mission Trainer, Cockpit Procedures Trainer and...   26 November 2018
Immersive Display Solutions Inc. (IDSI) selected the Barco F70 for its latest advanced dome display project. Using 13 F70-4K6 projectors per dome and featuring the Barco Pulse electronics processing platform and Single Step Processing (SSP) pixel-shifting technology, the integrated solution from IDSI will support high-performance fast jet pilot training. This...   26 November 2018
Kongsberg Digital launched the new K-Sim Tactical Boat Handling and Firing Simulator solution at its UC 2018 Maritime Simulation User Conference in Tromsø, Norway. While delivering a realistic and immersive simulated environment to effectively train crews on boat handling and fast interception operations, together with weapon engagements, the simulator is...   26 November 2018
JVC Visual Systems, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, will introduce three new Visualization Series projectors designed for simulation environments at Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference and Trade Show (I/ITSEC) in Booth 1712, which runs Nov. 26-30 in Orlando, Florida. The DLA-VS4600 offers 4000 ANSI lumens, while the...   26 November 2018
Esterline Simulation Visual Systems, an Esterline Avionics Systems business of Esterline Corporation, announced the market introduction of its new rear-projection dome displays for fast-jet training at I/ITSEC. Esterline is expanding its product offerings of TREALITY® rear-projection domes to a new family of displays designated as TREALITY RP-X. The TREALITY RP-X...   26 November 2018
CAE will use the True Q® Dynamic Motion Seats built by ACME Worldwide Enterprises (ACME) in the Brazilian S-70 simulator it is making. ACME is providing high-fidelity motion seats to CAE for its helicopter and fighter simulators that feature ACME’s patented multi-channel cueing. With this contract, Brazil becomes the 15th...   26 November 2018
Kongsberg Digital Maritime Simulation has landed its largest ever simulator contract in a SGD 21.2-million deal with the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs. The contract, executed by Kongsberg Digital, will see the delivery in quarter one of 2020 for four advanced K-Sim Tactical Boat Handling and Firing Simulators with a...   23 November 2018
Trideum, a Huntsville, Alabama-based small business, was selected for four major Army contracts with a combined earning potential of more than $3.6-billion in less than a year. Since November 2017, Trideum Corporation earned prime contractor spots on the Enterprise Training Services Contract (ETSC), Aerial Target Systems II (ATS-2), Mission Training...   21 November 2018
Trideum’s SimChEC program is a game-changing innovation enabling live, virtual and constructive (LVC) event managers to identify and resolve configuration or architectural compliance issues before training activities begin; identify systems requiring critical software updates and schedule updates so that they do not impact the readiness of training missions. Mission readiness...   21 November 2018