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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
At the U.S. Army Materiel Command, soldiers and civilians are being recognized for their contributions to being proactive in preventing accidents. For William Zaharis, safety director, Army Materiel Command, the Safety Awards are a way to recognize the workforce for acts that may otherwise go unnoticed. "What really gets safety... 23 January 2019
Operative Experience Inc. (OEI) announced the launch of TCCS Plus, a military-grade, high-fidelity simulator designed to provide hyper-real, clinically-responsive trauma training for combat medics on the battlefield as well as civilian first responders in active shooter and other mass casualty scenarios. The simulator provides training for forward deployed medical personnel... 22 January 2019
NBC News reports that, “Over the past 12 years, the U.S. government has hired role players and sent them to bases like Fort Irwin to help U.S. soldiers prepare for real-life situations overseas.” The government has paid several companies to provide predominately Afghan and Iraqi immigrants for their participation in... 21 January 2019
Specialists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) tested NATO’s strategic communications during Exercise Trident Juncture. The biggest NATO exercise since 2015, the exercise saw around 50,000 troops deploy to Norway and Iceland for the three-month-long training, with Dstl spending five weeks on the exercise. Dstl worked with NATO’s... 21 January 2019
Ravenswood Solutions has achieved certification to the new International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) 9001:2015 Quality Management System. The certification is valid for three years and is provided by DNV GL – Business Assurance. ISO 9001 is a widely used quality management standard and has recently been updated to better reflect... 18 January 2019
CAE announced that its president and Chief Executive Officer, Marc Parent, was named CEO of the Year in the Large Corporation category by business journal Les Affaires. The jury, composed mainly of members of the business community as well as university professors, was asked to assess the vision, innovation, capacity... 18 January 2019