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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
U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) recently completed training for maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden during December. Chung-Hoon’s latest round of drills was a combined forces effort. U.S. Coast Guard and Army personnel came aboard as instructors to help teach new techniques... 3 January 2019
Raytheon won a $692.9 million U.S. Army contract to produce Sweden's Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense System including spare parts, support and training. The solution is a missile defense system consisting of radars, command-and-control technology and multiple types of interceptors, all working together to detect, identify and defeat tactical... 2 January 2019
Medical-X launched its latest high-fidelity Advanced Modular Manikin (AMM) adult patient simulator ADAM-X to support a variety of core medical competencies training. The latest upgrades cover the following features including swelling of the face to simulate allergic reactions; different secretions of fluids such as tears, sweat, saliva and urine; different... 2 January 2019
SimCentric Technologies released its Fires Basic Skills Trainer (BST) application. The device retains the high fidelity, quality, doctrinal compliance (NATO and Commonwealth) and visual augmentation aides of the company’s flagship products in a workflow tailored for all corps and individual skills in the application of surface fires. “This ensures that... 2 January 2019
Inzpire Limited completed deliveries of its GECO System to U.K. Ministry of Defence Apache, Chinook, Merlin and Bell helicopter forces following its competition for the Cockpit Situational Awareness Tool (CSAT) Programme. Since the contract award in May 2018, Inzpire has delivered GECO Systems and associated operator training for personnel based... 2 January 2019
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $450 million, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract award to deliver Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) systems to the United States Air Force (USAF). The JTE offers realistic electronic warfighter training and provides a modern, reactive battlespace environment that trains military personnel to identify and... 2 January 2019