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18 March 2026 Amanda Towner As UAS technology rapidly evolves, Embry-Riddle and the U.S. Army are rethinking how operators are trained
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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
PLEXSYS Interface Products Inc. will demonstrate its latest in Advanced Modeling and Simulation (M&S) solutions at the Combat Air Forces (CAF) Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) at the U.S. Nellis Air Force Base Officer’s Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The annual two-week event brings together hundreds of warfighters from the... 2 January 2019
The first Aero Vodochody Aerospace pre-serial L-39NG trainer and light attack aircraft made its first flight in December at Aero Vodochody Airport. The aircraft took off, climbed to 5,000 ft. and after 26 minutes successfully landed at Aero Vodochody. The maturity of the platform allowed the execution of some... 2 January 2019
The first M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer), a new basic-advanced jet trainer aircraft by Leonardo successfully performed its maiden flight at Venegono Superiore airport in Varese, Italy. Lucio Valerio Cioffi, Leonardo Aircraft Division Managing Director, said: “Thanks to its performance and the integrated training system the M-345, which has... 2 January 2019
Remograph announced the release of Remo 3D v2.8. Remo 3D is an effective tool for creating and modifying 3D models intended for real-time visualization. The primary file format is OpenFlight. Remo 3D is currently available for Microsoft Windows 10, 8, or 7 and Linux. This new 2.8 version of Remo... 2 January 2019
The 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard recently took delivery of two reconfigurable flight simulators capable of representing either an F-16C block 30 SCU 9.0 or a block 40 M7.1 actual aircraft. The training devices incorporate a total of 30 channels of VRSG, 3D terrain, and 3D... 21 December 2018
Indra is providing a cyber exercise training and organization service to the Joint Spanish Cyber Defense Command on its Cyber Range platform, a training solution that offers an environment in which real attacks are replicated in a secure manner. The agreement was signed last April and it envisages the organization... 21 December 2018
L3 Technologies has been selected as the prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP) by the U.S. Air Force. Valued at $350 million, the F-16 STP contract consolidates the previous F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC), F-16 Weapons and Tactics Trainer (WTT) Advanced Sustainment, and F-16 Training System (TS)... 20 December 2018
The Medical Simulation Center at Tripler Army Medical Center earned its reaccreditation from the American College of Surgeons as a comprehensive education institute, as well as, a re-endorsement to serve as a simulation education network site by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. To receive accreditation, the simulation center must meet... 20 December 2018
As part for the Pilot Training Next (PTN) initiative, the U.S. Air Force took delivery of two F-16C simulators at Kelly Field, Lackland Air Force Base that use MetaVR 3D real-time graphics, terrain and 3D models that comprise an immersive virtual cockpit for training student pilots. Housed in a relocatable... 20 December 2018