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Rockwell Collins will supply and install eight customized domes and 11 desktop trainer simulation solutions for the Australian Army and Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) and Joint Forward Observer (JFO) communities. The JTAC/JFO simulators were built using Rockwell technologies and by teaming with Australian companies Virtual Simulation Systems... 28 November 2017
MetaVR is at I/ITSEC in Orlando this week, showcasing its terrain and visualization products and technologies that support applications ranging from unmanned air system (UAS) operator and Joint Terminal Attack Control (JTAC) training, to high-speed fixed-wing cockpit simulators, littoral and marine-based operations, and individual/first-person ground-level urban operations. All terrain demos... 28 November 2017
Antycip Simulation – a European provider of COTS simulation software and a virtual reality & 3D immersive solutions integrator – played a major role, alongside Naval Group, a specialist in naval defence, in upgrading the Marine Nationale’s (French Navy) ship defence simulators (SIMDAV) in the naval ports of Toulon and... 28 November 2017
IFAD has released F-INSTR, which is a deployable, effective, flexible and affordable solution that offers functionality for the creation, execution and control of comprehensive mission-critical scenarios. F-INSTR is designed to support training of JTACs and Forward Observers in Close Air Support procedures (TTPs), Artillery Observers (AO) in Call for Fire... 28 November 2017
Thales has delivered upgrades to the full flight and mission simulators (FFMS) AS532 Super-Puma (TH06) transport helicopters and multi-purpose twin-engined EC635 military helicopter of the Swiss Air Force. The standardisation of the full flight and mission simulator AS532 Super-Puma included upgrading the avionics system, radio communications, digital map, foward-looking infrared... 28 November 2017
Saab has launched a new tool for military O/C (Observer/Controller) and exercise leaders. The new application, We:Are, is built on augmented reality for smart phones and tablets, and will be showcased to the training market for the first time at this year's I/ITSEC in Orlando, Florida. With We:Are, Observers/Controllers will... 28 November 2017
GlobalSim, Inc. has recently contracted with the United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) to provide multiple training simulators to be delivered in the first half of 2018. GlobalSim will deliver JLG Atlas II telehandler forklift simulators and Kalmar RT240 rough terrain container handler simulators. These units will be constructed at... 28 November 2017
NMSG Chairman Leigh Yu congratulates Ryan Philip Spicer (University of Southern California) on his award-winning paper. Image credit: NMSG. The 2017 NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) Symposium on M&S Technologies and Standards for Enabling Alliance Interoperability and Pervasive M&S Applications was held on 19 and 20 October 2017 in Lisbon,... 28 November 2017
Northrop Grumman Corporation won the U.S. Army’s Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support contract. The multiple award contract lets Northrop Grumman compete for more than $500 million in task orders to operate Army training centers across the nation. The work will primarily consist of training support – such as creating and... 27 November 2017
Rheinmetall will be showcasing its simulation and training solutions this week at I/ITSEC 2017 in Orlando, Florida. For the first time, Rheinmetall will be presenting its “Osiris” command and staff training system to visitors and the general public alike. The company says Osiris currently numbers among the world’s leading software... 27 November 2017
Quantum3D, a provider of training and simulation solutions for government and commercial applications, is offering a new program to upgrade and modernize existing flight simulator training devices. Simulators as young as 10 years old can become unmaintainable due to hardware obsolescence, or in need of technology upgrades to improve quality... 27 November 2017
The UK Royal Navy Submarine Mechanical Specialists team won the Churchill Medal for its innovative adaptation of freeze seal isolation, which was used for the first time for a submarine nuclear reactor repair. The industry award is given for individual for outstanding achievements and contribution in engineering and technical advancement... 27 November 2017
Esterline Simulation Visual Systems, a business of Esterline Corporation, launched its new high-resolution Treality SEER Dome displays this week at I/ITSEC 2017 in Orlando, Florida. The TREALITY Small Environment Enhanced Reality (SEER®) -Series is a family of compact, front projected dome visual displays specifically developed for the fast jet simulation... 27 November 2017
The Colombian Air Force is now using an Elbit Systems interconnected, multi-cockpit Mission Training Center (MTC) that provides realistic simulated battlefield training using a variety of aircraft systems and mission scenarios. It uses a computer-generated forces (CGF) solution to allow simultaneous participation of friendly and enemy forces. The Colombian Air... 27 November 2017
Presagis is introducing three new products to the training and simulation market at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) this week in Orlando, Florida. A provider of modeling and simulation software, Presagis is bolstering its line of sensor simulators with the introduction of Panorama – an image generation... 27 November 2017
CAE and Rockwell Collins entered a collaborative agreement to develop integrated Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) training solutions. CAE (Booth #1734) and Rockwell Collins (Booth #2201) will conduct several demonstrations of an integrated mission training exercise using fully connected, LVC training elements this week during I/ITSEC 2017 in Orlando, Florida. A... 27 November 2017
Lockheed Martin has selected Rockwell Collins to provide display systems for two international F-16 training program customers. The solutions include customized configurations of Rockwell Collins’ Griffin rear-projection dome and SpectraView™ display systems. “With only slight modifications to existing products, international customers will be able to provide pilots with modern, high-fidelity... 27 November 2017
In the face of greying demographics, it is only reasonable to ask that question. Chuck Weirauch did just that. Some firms and organizations in the simulation and training industry are reporting a shortage of employee talent to replace retiring engineers and other key support personnel. MS&T has solicited input... 22 November 2017
On October 18, Ravenswood Solutions and Lockheed Martin U.K. demonstrated how augmented reality can enhance training for forward observers. The demonstration, which took place at Defence Training Estate Salisbury Plain, U.K., connected Ravenswood’s Mobile Ground Truth System (MGTS) with Lockheed’s Joint Fire Training Simulator to combine virtual entities with reality... 21 November 2017
The U.S. Navy selected Rockwell Collins to develop E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Tactics Trainers to support of the Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems (HITS) III program. The initial contract is valued at $34.5 million with a total of $85.9 million on other E-2D training systems in service. The plane is a Northrop... 21 November 2017