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The U.S. Army made Austin, Texas, headquarters for the Army Futures Command (AFC). The command began operations on July 1, and will lead the Army's future force modernization efforts. It is expected to assess the future operational environment, emerging threats and new technologies to develop and deliver concepts, requirements, future... 16 July 2018
CAE launched the CAE 700MR Series flight training device (FTD), a next-generation FTD designed for military helicopter flight and mission training. The company designed and developed the flight training device based on customer requests for a device that addresses the highest priorities for military helicopter mission training, such as a... 16 July 2018
Rockwell Collins and DRS are working together to bid on the Joint Secure Air Combat Training System (JSAS) for the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) program, and for the Future Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation System (FACMIS) requirement. JSAS is the next generation Air... 16 July 2018
Inzpire’s GECO System will equip the Cockpit Situational Tool (CSAT) used in the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) Apache, Chinook, Merlin and Bell helicopters. GECO will support the mitigation of safety risks such as wire strikes, and improve the processing and display of mission data and aeronautical information. For Merlin... 16 July 2018
CAE Elektronik GmbH signed an agreement with Boeing to support the H-47 Chinook helicopter being offered for the German Air Force’s STH (Schwerer Transporthubschrauber) heavy-lift helicopter competition. Under the agreement, CAE Elektronik GmbH, based in Stolberg, Germany, would have responsibility for developing and supporting a range of aircrew training systems... 13 July 2018
ACME earned a new patent for the all-electric Gun Active Recoil (GAR) system, used by the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines; Canadian Ministry of Defense and the U.K. Royal Navy. The new patent highlights ACME’s realistic, full-force recoil at any rate of fire for actual or fully-weighted replica... 13 July 2018
KBR’s global government services business, KBRwyle, won a $41.7 million task order to assist the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering and Management (AFIT/EN) in providing defense-focused graduate and professional, continuing education and research. KBRwyle will study, analyze, provide advice and develop materials to advance scientific... 13 July 2018
Trideum won a $93 million U.S. Army Contracting Command Aerial Target Systems 2 (ATS-2) contract to provide high-performance unmanned aerial target system support for five years. ATS-2 tasks will include research, development, test and evaluation, and commercial-off-the-shelf and non-commercial materials, technical flight, engineering field support, and logistical and technical support... 12 July 2018
Dignitas Technologies, Systems and Software Engineering was appraised at level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) by JCCPI Consulting. CMMI is a set of process guidelines that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes that ultimately improve their performance. At maturity level 3, Dignitas... 11 July 2018
Northrop Grumman won a $128 million U.S. Army contract to continue providing support for the Army’s Mission Command Training Center (MCTC). The MCTC’s new program, Mission Training Complex Contractor Support (MTCCS - III Corps), provides mission command training for a range of unified land operations in an operating environment. The contract... 10 July 2018
Kratos will unveil the first aircraft under a $34.5 million contract with the U.S. Navy to supply high-performance subsonic aerial target drones to deliver realistic anti-ship missile threat emulation on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at the McClellan Conference Center in McClellan. California. Kratos says the BQM-177A is one of the... 10 July 2018
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved the construction of 17 baffle firing ranges at military facilities throughout the country. The $34.6 million worth of baffle ranges will be developed in Indian Army military stations, cantonments and training establishments. Baffle firing ranges are covered shooting training areas that prevent possible... 6 July 2018
The KeyW Holding Corporation won a six-year, multi-million-dollar Task Order as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin on the U.S. Army Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations Maintenance Program (ATMP) contract out of the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI). KeyW will support the Army's "Soldier Systems Constructive... 5 July 2018
MS&T’s Robert Moorman interviews the President of CAE’s Defence and Security Group, Gene Colabatistto. 4 July 2018
Group Editor Marty Kauchak examines the learning technologies and other forces that are changing the requirement and purpose of two US military services’ classrooms. 4 July 2018
The increasing cost of using front-line aircraft to support operational training is becoming progressively more untenable, in terms of cost, availability and wear-and-tear on operational aircraft fleets. MS&T’s Dim Jones delved into the world of contracted adversary air support during a visit to Draken International. 4 July 2018
The US Navy intends to move nearly all of the applications currently hosted in its data centers to the “cloud” by 2021. Learning content and training applications are included. MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch highlights an example. 4 July 2018
Inzpire Limited won a contract to continue providing airmanship and human factors training to ab-initio students in the UK Military Flying Training System. Inzpire’s Human Factors and Safety Division has provided this training to the UK military for almost 10 years and this new phase will include an introductory course... 4 July 2018
Paul A. Bross reports from the Future Military Pilot Training Conference (FMPT). 4 July 2018
Virtalis delivered a Rear-Cabin Virtual Reality Trainer and Helicopter Crew Reality (HCR) product to Thales Australia for delivery to the Australian Navy. These devices are part of the Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) that will train the future generations of Royal Australian Navy and Army helicopter pilots at the Joint... 4 July 2018