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Following the developments at the end of 2014 with Enact's significant investment in Stirling Dynamics, the purchase of Stirling by Assystem Technologies has been announced. They will launch both organisations in their next stages of growth and development. While Stirling will come under the full ownership of Assystem Technologies, it... 11 April 2018
Sikorsky is positioning its depot-level maintenance and pilot training facilities in Colombia for use by other Black Hawk helicopter users in Latin America. Established originally to support the Colombia Armed Forces and National Police, the support facilities will allow the region's other Black Hawk operators - Argentina, Brazil, Chile and... 9 April 2018
The US Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command - Fort Eustis has awarded Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) the Training Support Systems - Enterprise (TSS-E) contract to provide networked, integrated, and interoperable training support capabilities to active duty, reserve, and national guard soldiers, units, commands and installations located throughout the... 9 April 2018
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently provided simulated training at its Distributed Training Center (DTC) to Army Rangers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The virtual training, given to Rangers with Joint Terminal Air Controller (JTAC) certification, simulated actual battle scenarios for deployment locations. The DTC, along... 9 April 2018
A team of cyber security experts from Inzpire Limited has completed the delivery of a week-long Cyber Security and Resilience course, delivered on behalf of the UK MoD to 15 delegates from eight nations across Europe and Asia. Participants on the course included both senior military and civilian personnel from... 5 April 2018
Orlando-based medical simulation company, SIMETRI, was recently awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to design and develop, and eventually commercialize a medical training device for shoulder dislocation and treatment. The Joint Articulation and Reduction Simulator (JAARS) Phase I contract was awarded March 19, 2018. When complete, the JAARS... 5 April 2018
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) has announced a partnership with VT MAK. The companies will work together to accelerate adoption of advanced distributed training environments by providing interoperability between the disparate standards currently used in the underlying simulators and operational systems. These standards include the Data Distribution Service (DDS), which is widely... 5 April 2018
General Dynamics has completed its acquisition of CSRA Inc. The transaction is valued at approximately $9.7 billion. CSRA is now part of General Dynamics Information Technology. This combination creates a premier provider of high-tech IT solutions to the government IT market. "The combined CSRA and GDIT offers innovative, competitive and... 5 April 2018
Reiser Simulation and Training's H145 full flight simulator (FFS), which features a visual display system designed by project: syntropy, has been certified as a Level D training device by EASA. project: syntropy teamed up with domeprojection.com GmbH to use its camera-based auto-calibration, which delivers accuracy in terms of geometry, blending... 5 April 2018
A Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) and U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) partnership chose Information Visualization and Innovation Research (IVIR) and SimQuest International to develop operational architectures supporting military medical training simulations. MTEC awarded project funding in the amount of $1,975,737 to IVIR and $1,997,385 to SimQuest. 5 April 2018
Diamond Visionics (DVC) utilized funding from the Navy's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to turn their vision of making the pilot training experience as close to real-life as possible and providing it for the lowest cost, into a reality. The technology, which eventually evolved into its patented GenesisRTX product... 5 April 2018
Boeing and the Canadian government have agreed to an amendment to an existing performance-based logistics (PBL) contract. Under the $313 million fixed-price amendment, Boeing will continue to provide full system logistics, engineering support, supply chain, data analytics and training services to the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) fleet of 15... 4 April 2018
VT MAK has announced the release of VR-Link 5.4. Used for HLA & DIS Simulation Networking, VR-Link provides an easy way to network simulators and other virtual reality applications using industry standard protocols. Version 5.4 is a major feature release which adds several important new features. Some of the important... 4 April 2018
Training is taking place at BAE Systems using simulators to rehearse the process of getting the F-35 aircraft safely on and off Britain's new aircraft carriers. The two new mammoth warships, equipped with a fleet of F-35s, will form the backbone of the UK's defence in the upcoming years. HMS... 29 March 2018
4C Strategies will support Exercise VIKING 18 with its expert consultants and proprietary software Exonaut®. The exercise will take place from 16th to 26th April centred in Sweden and during which some 50 countries, 35 organizations and 2,500 individuals will participate in the planning and execution of complex multinational and... 29 March 2018
FlightSafety International has announced the entry into service of a new Boeing 777-300ER full flight simulator the company built for use by the Japan Air Self Defense Force to train crews for operation of their new VIP transport aircraft. The simulator is installed at the Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido,... 29 March 2018
The AEgis Technologies Group, as part of Team ACLC, has been awarded one of six prime positions on the 5-year, $294 million Army Virtual Learning Environment (A-VLE) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Under A-VLE, Team ACLC will support analysis, design, development,... 29 March 2018
Quantum3D Government Systems has announced a key addition to its leadership team. Mark Matthews has been appointed as president for the company. Mark brings with him over 35 years of experience and background in US government military aerospace programs. Prior to joining Quantum3D Government Systems, Mark was the Program Manager... 28 March 2018
ACME Worldwide recently completed a set of two G-suit Systems for F-16 simulators under a subcontract to Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems. The advanced G-suit systems will provide realistic g-cueing for Jordanian F-16 pilots in Lockheed Martin's new flight simulators. ACME's G-suit systems are now in use with fighter... 27 March 2018
Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. was awarded Veteran Technology Services 2 (VETS2), a multiple award IDIQ contract designed to meet a variety of diverse agency IT requirements, including new and emerging technologies. The Best-in-Class VETS 2 Government-wide Acquisition contract (GWAC) will have a five-year base period and one five-year option period, with... 27 March 2018