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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
ACME’s Tactile Technologies delivered replica weapons, a rescue hoist simulator and Dynamic Motion Seats to CAE for the AW101 helicopter trainers CAE is under contract to design and manufacture for the Royal Navy’s Mk4 variant of the AW101 helicopter. ACME’s True Q® AW101 Dynamic Motion Seats in the cockpit provide... 3 July 2018
Leonardo won a post-design support contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide in-service support for its pre-flight threat simulation equipment being used on the Typhoon, Tornado, Merlin, Wildcat, Chinook and C130J platforms. The five-year contract builds on Leonardo’s previous 10 years of support. Leonardo’s threat simulation equipment... 3 July 2018
Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (ETC) Simulation business unit won a contract to deliver an Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS(TM)) system to Northern College of Applied Arts & Technology’s Emergency Services Complex in Ontario, Canada. The ADMS-COMMAND virtual reality training system will be incorporated into the Health Sciences and Emergency Services programs... 29 June 2018
Leonardo’s U.S. subsidiary, Leonardo DRS, won a $193 million contract to provide active protection systems for U.S. Army tanks. Leonardo DRS will deliver TROPHY active protection systems, countermeasures and maintenance kits to the Army for its new Abrams tanks. TROPHY proactively detects, locates and neutralizes anti-armor threats by increasing platform... 29 June 2018
The Hungarian Ministry of Defence ordered 20 Airbus H145M military helicopters equipped with Airbus’ HForce weapon management for its military modernization program, Zrinyi 2026. Airbus will also provide an extensive training and support package. The H145M can be used for a range of tasks including troop transport, utility, surveillance, air... 29 June 2018
The ‘conscripted militia’ model presents the Swiss Army with unique problems in training organisation and logistic support. Dim Jones reports. 28 June 2018