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The U.S. Army and the General Services Administration awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a task order to provide support to the Maneuver Center of Excellence at the Maneuver Battle Lab in Fort Benning, Georgia. The one-year task order has four one-year options, and is worth approximately $52 million. 21 August 2018
Sponsored Content The British Army will host Medical Innovation 2018 at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham on 2-3 October. The conference, led by The U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defence Medical Services (DMS) will present the latest research on the patient and caregiver’s journey and innovation that seeks to improve the outcome for... 20 August 2018
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), a provider of aerial vehicles and radar solutions, is expanding its Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Business Park near Grand Forks, North Dakota. The company says the growth of the facility from 5.5 to 20... 20 August 2018
Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense (CGD) division won a $27 million task authorization to deliver Urban Operations Training capability into the Canadian Weapon Effects Simulation (CWES) environment. Cubic will equip Urban Operations sites at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Gagetown and the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre (CMTC) Wainwright, to meet the... 20 August 2018
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose TRU Simulation + Training, a provider of flight simulators and training solutions, for training systems support in the $980-million multiple-award Training Systems Contract IV that has a period of performance for up-to-nine years. The contract allows the NAWCTSD in... 17 August 2018
KBRwyle, part of KBR Inc., won a five-year U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) contract to provide annual centrifuge-based training for all U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircrew, including approximately 600 students from the Blue Angels, Chief of Naval Air Training, Naval Strike Air Warfare Center and... 17 August 2018
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base's new training facility in Edinburgh got a P-8A Poseidon simulator and training system to better prepare Australian Defence Force pilots and maintenance crews. The facility, which will be maintained and supported by Boeing Defence Australia, and the P-8A training equipment will deliver close... 17 August 2018
Military programs and other activities using virtual and adjacent technologies for maintenance training are in their formative stages. The military-industry team is accelerating that pace, writes Group Editor Marty Kauchak. 17 August 2018
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, delivered two Bell 429s to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), and a third Bell 429 is scheduled for delivery next year. The three aircraft will be used for a range of missions including search and rescue, medical evacuations, natural disaster relief, national security and... 16 August 2018
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), a provider of flight training devices and services, as one of the small business contractors for the $980-million Training Systems IV multiple award contract. The contract gives ASI the opportunity to bid on small,... 15 August 2018
MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones recently paid a visit to Grob Aircraft and learned more than expected. 15 August 2018
The National Modeling and Simulation Coalition (NM&SC), sponsored by the National Transport and Safety Association (NTSA), will hold its 2018 National Meeting September 25-26 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCEL) in Omaha, Nebraska. This meeting brings together defense and healthcare training and... 14 August 2018
Meggitt Training Systems completed a test and evaluation with the Miami Police Department in Florida for its FATS® 300LE next-generation training system that delivers virtual scenarios to train police officers in split-second, use-of-force evaluations and de-escalation tactics for real-world situations. The FATS 300LE can replicate many real-world situations including domestic... 14 August 2018
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing celebrated the full operational capability of the only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense during a ribbon-cutting ceremony this month at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The centrifuge lets Air Force students experience forces up to nine times the... 14 August 2018
The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) chose the DiSTI Corporation, a provider of 3D virtual training solutions and graphical user interface software, as one of the small business contractors for the $980-million Training Systems IV multiple award contract. The Training Systems IV contract’s objective is to... 13 August 2018
Military units from the U.S., U.K., Germany, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are meeting in Michigan this month for Exercise Northern Strike. The event’s goal is to maximize the full-spectrum combat readiness of National Guard units through realistic joint-fires training with an emphasis on joint and coalition force cooperation... 13 August 2018
The United States Navy chose Xebec, a Pinnacle Solutions and CAE USA joint venture, as one of the small business prime contractors on the Training Systems IV multiple award contract. Xebec will pursue U.S. Department of Defense simulation and training programs and facilitate opportunities to help Pinnacle grow market... 13 August 2018
In the two years since the U.S. Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) was designated as the executive agent for Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet and for the U.S. Fleet Force’s revamped missile exercise (MSLEX) program, Live Fire with a Purpose (LFWAP) took the Navy’s warfighting to a new... 10 August 2018
CAE says it will invest C$1 billion over the next five years in innovation to stay at the forefront of the training industry. One of the main objectives of the investment is to fund Project Digital Intelligence, a digital transformation project to develop the next generation training solutions for... 9 August 2018
Revenues from education and training programs based on hands on, experiential learning or serious games are rapidly climbing and will hit $3.5 billion in 2018, according to industry analyst firm Metaari. In fact, Metaari predicts a 37.1 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for game-based learning products over the... 9 August 2018