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4C Strategies has become a strategically selected partner within the Swedish Armed Forces partner program for personnel cooperation. The partnership covers organizational long-term staffing; where employees' experiences, both military and civil, have clear merit. The Swedish Armed Forces will facilitate 4C Strategies recruitment of military personnel, whilst 4C Strategies will... 6 July 2017
Défense Conseil International (DCI), the reference operator of the French Ministry of Defence for the transfer of military know-how to international partners, is currently preparing 16 Saudi cadets - two classes of eight trainees - at its International Academic and Aeronautical Training Centre (CIF-AA). They will subsequently attend French military... 6 July 2017
Embraer has delivered the first Phenom 100 business jet to Affinity Flight Training Services. The aircraft has been selected to provide multi-engine pilot training to UK Armed Forces as part of the UK Ministry of Defence's Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) programme. The contract with Affinity comprises a firm order... 5 July 2017
The German aerospace company Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (Leonardo/Thales) has been awarded a contract by Airbus Helicopters to develop a cockpit procedure trainer (CPT) for the CH-53GS and CH-53GE helicopter. The GS and GE variants of the helicopter, used by the German Air Force, are currently being... 4 July 2017
Orbital ATK has received a contract from the US government to repair trainer aircraft for the Iraqi Air Force to continue their security mission. The trainer aircraft include 12 Cessna 172 Skyhawks and five Cessna Caravans. Since 2007, Orbital ATK has supplied the Iraqi Air Force with three armed aircraft... 3 July 2017
UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has announced a six-year £48 million Apache helicopter training contract at the annual Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Land Warfare Conference. This investment in Apache air and ground crew will support around 70 jobs in Dorset, Hampshire and Suffolk with Aviation Training International Ltd. 30 June 2017
4C Strategies hosted the annual Exonaut Defence User Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, on the 8th and 9th May. More than 60 military professionals and decision makers from seven nations were invited, all currently using Exonaut as their software solution for military capability development and tracking training task. During the two-day... 29 June 2017
First responders of all disciplines will now be able to train together for active shooter and other critical incidents thanks to a new virtual training platform made available by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) and the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The Enhanced Dynamic... 29 June 2017
Textron Aviation Defense’s Beechcraft T-6C military trainer has received basic certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), supporting future configuration certification and delivery of 10 previously ordered T-6C aircraft for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) program. The T-6C aircraft, on schedule to begin deliveries... 27 June 2017
BAE Systems has opened its new £2.3M Training and Simulation Integration Facility (TSIF) in Warton, Lancashire that the company says is set to transform the future of cockpit development and military training. The facility developed in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering sports some of the latest gaming technologies, including commercially... 26 June 2017
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $104 million contract to develop, produce and field a threat simulator to train combat aircrews to recognize and deal with rapidly evolving threats, such as surface-to-air missiles. The contract calls for the development and delivery of a Production Ready Assembly (PRA)... 22 June 2017
MS&T, the International Defence Training Journal, is hosting the 16th Annual Industry Simulation & Training Awards for industry recognition of companies that have made a significant impact in the military training industry during the current calendar year. Formerly known as Military Training International’s “Top Companies” list, MS&T will carry on... 22 June 2017
Thales has been selected by Airbus Helicopters to provide the Kuwait forces with flight and mission training solutions for the pilots and crews of its Caracal helicopters. The Kuwait forces has signed a contract for the purchase of 30 multirole Caracal H225M helicopters (24 for the Kuwait Air Force and... 21 June 2017
Défense Conseil International, the reference operator for the transfer of the French armed forces' know-how, has invested in a DA42 aircraft to expand its offer in airborne ISR. This aircraft also has an aeronautical training role: it has been utilised for close air support training of foreign trainees and will... 21 June 2017
LIG Nex1 of South Korea and Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Paris Air Show to explore possibilities to work together in future business opportunities. The scope of this MoU contains civil and military operations, products and services. LIG Nex1 is a leading defence company... 20 June 2017
Leonardo has made the official debut of the new M-345 trainer at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The M=345, which has already raised the interest of many Air forces, is a training jet aircraft with costs comparable to those of a turboprop aircraft but that delivers superior performances. The first... 20 June 2017
Following a competitive tender process, Lincoln, UK-based Inzpire has been awarded a contract by Capita Learning Services to support Capita's client, the Joint Intelligence Training Group (JITG) at Joint Forces Command Chicksands through the provision of an eight-person team within the Training Services Division. Inzpire's team will work with Capita... 19 June 2017
The Austrian CBRN Defence Command based in Korneuburg have enhanced their CBRN training capability as a result of an investment in PlumeSIM, Argon's Live instrumented CBRN field and virtual tabletop CBRN/HazMat training system. Supported by a number of RDS200 radiological simulators and LCD3.3 Chemical Warfare simulators, this new capability will... 19 June 2017
Pinnacle Solutions won the Computer Based Instructional Design II (CBID II) contract from the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). The five-year contract is worth approximately $60 million – and Pinnacle will work with subcontractors CSRA, SimiGon and SDI. The purpose of the CBID II... 15 June 2017
Diamond Visionics improved its GenesisRTX software to facilitate the loading of NAVAIR Portable Source Initiative (NPSI) airfields. This software enhancement will be used by the U.S. Navy with the Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainer (DMRT) Program and U.S. Marine Corps as part of Diamond Visionics’ KC-130T contracts. Many airfields in the... 14 June 2017