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Charles River Analytics, a developer of systems solutions, will design, develop and evaluate swarm tactics, primitives and algorithms that support warfighters in urban operations for DARPA’s (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. A swarm is a conflict based on simultaneous attacks from numerous directions. Under its... 28 June 2018
VirTra, a provider of training simulators for the law enforcement, military, educational and commercial markets, won $1.15 million in new contracts from three United States law enforcement agencies. The Dallas, Texas Police Department, the San Francisco, California Police Department and the Southern Desert Regional Police Academy (SDRPA) in Las Vegas,... 27 June 2018
Salient CRGT, Inc. won a subcontract by Alpha Omega Change Engineering (AOCE) to support the U.S. Army Directorate of Training and Development (DOTD) Task Order under the Space and Missile Defense Advisory and Assistance Services (SMDA2S) contract. The 3-year $43 million task order mission is to provide institutional and leader... 27 June 2018
AEgis Technologies won the U.S. Army’s Synthetic Environment Core (SE Core) program contract as a subcontractor to Leidos. This five-year, $210,000,000 program enables an interoperable Synthetic Environment (SE) for simulation and training programs. The SE Core program focuses on delivering software to enable a common correlated SE for Warfighters to... 26 June 2018
The Norwegian Defence Material Agency’s (NDMA) Norwegian Air Ground Operations School (AGOS) began training with Fidelity’s Joint Fires Advanced Training System (JFATS) simulator for its Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) and Joint Fires Observer (JFO) training programs. Fidelity says this makes Norwegian AGOS the most technically sophisticated Joint Fires Center... 25 June 2018
Fidelity Technologies Corporation won the U.S. Air Force E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Maintenance Training System (MTS) contract under the Training Systems Acquisition (TSA) III multiple award contract. Fidelity will provide Program Management support, Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) and a Training System Support Center (TSSC) for the E-3... 25 June 2018
Lockheed Martin won a $1.2 billion U.S. government contract to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force; this is the first F-16 Block 70 sale, according to Lockheed. The Kingdom of Bahrain is the first customer to procure the F-16 Block 70, the newest... 25 June 2018
4C Strategies launched Exonaut Simulation Extension (ESE)®, that lets Exonaut exercise management tools control connected simulators and C2 systems, resulting in a step change in exercise management and a reduction of the manpower required in the exercise control (EXCON) organization. The Exonaut® software suite is used to build, verify, track... 22 June 2018
Esterline Belgium (formerly Barco Defense & Aerospace) signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin as part of the F-16 Replacement Program’s Essential Security Interests. Through this agreement, both companies will seek to develop further long-term partnerships if the Belgian government decides to choose the F-35 as successor for its F-16s. This... 22 June 2018
Leonardo will supply Black Shark Advanced (BSA) torpedoes and associated logistic support services to equip the Italian Navy’s U212A 2nd Series submarines. The new equipment will increase the Anti-Submarine Warfare capability of the Navy. The BSA is an evolution of the Black Shark heavy torpedo, which is already used by... 22 June 2018
Rockwell Collins completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) program with the U.S. Navy and was approved to begin detailed design work. The PDR was performed with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Naval Aviation Training Systems (PMA-205) program office,... 22 June 2018
Eight companies won the right to compete for individual orders of a $2.4 billion Enterprise Training Service Contract (ETSC) by the U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando (ACC-ORL), in concert with the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). The orders will be to provide and manage... 21 June 2018
Raytheon Company was one of eight companies to win competitive rights for options on a $2.4 billion U.S. Army Contracting Command contract for training services. Raytheon will compete for up to $161 million in options for mission support services, as part of the parent contract. The work will be performed... 21 June 2018
AVT Simulation (Applied Visual Technology) won a U.S. Army Contracting Command contract for Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) Post Deployment, Software Support (PDSS) through 2023. The CCTT PDSS contract supports the world’s largest ground combat simulation training platform for the Abrams Main Battle Tank, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, High Mobility Multi-Wheeled... 21 June 2018
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a developer of simulation and training software, won a U.S. Navy contract to provide air crew training using augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) technologies. BISim will provide an AR visual system for the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) via PMA-205 and the Naval... 19 June 2018
Hong Kong-based Government Flying Service (GFS) received its first three Airbus H175s in a public services configuration – a new variant that enlarges the H175 mission capacity to search and rescue (SAR), emergency medical services, law enforcement, firefighting as well as land and maritime border control operations. GFS became the... 19 June 2018
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring BAE Systems to develop software called Causal Modeling for Knowledge Transfer, Exploration and Temporal Simulation (CONTEXTS) that will aid military planners in understanding and addressing the dynamics that drive conflicts around the world. The goal of the $4.2 million Phase... 18 June 2018
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) accepted into service a new C-130J Fuselage Trainer (FuT), designed, built and delivered by CAE and tailored to meet the RAAF’s training requirements. CAE also provided desktop trainers and instructor tools, and will provide maintenance and support services on the C-130J FuT. Airbus Australia... 15 June 2018
General Dynamics won a United States Navy contract to restore and maintain a satellite system simulator at the Naval Postgraduate School, Spacecraft Research and Design Center / Adaptive Optics Center of Excellence in Monterey, California. The simulator is a model of a Navy Fleet Satellite (FLTSAT) communications satellite that will... 14 June 2018
Adacel Systems, a developer of air traffic control training systems, completed installation and site acceptance testing of an Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation system and Intelligent Communications Environment (ICE) training system in Blida, Algeria. These systems will be integrated into the Algerian Air Force’s ATC training program and will give... 14 June 2018