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Leonardo has announced the official opening of its AW101 Norway Training Centre at Stavanger Sola Airport by Per-Willy Amudsen, Minister of Justice & Public Security. The training centre includes a new AW101 full flight simulator (FFS) which will support the training of Norwegian aircrew and will also be available to... 14 June 2017
Simlat has delivered a full crew solution for UAS training and simulation to Drexel University. As part of Drexel's membership in the FAA UAS Center of Excellence, the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE), the University has been utilizing Simlat's C-STAR system to study human factors... 14 June 2017
ASTi has partnered with QuantaDyn on two Air National Guard programs: the Joint Terminal Control Training and Rehearsal System (JTC-TRS) and Air National Guard Advanced Joint Terminal Attack Controller Training System (AAJTS). The JTC-TRS is a communication and aural cue product designed for Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), Close-Air-Support, Call-for-Fire... 14 June 2017
UFA delivered the 39th ATTower Tower Simulation System (TSS) to the United States Navy as part of the USN TSS Project. This latest TSS was installed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. The ATTower system integrates ATView 3D airport visualization; full ATVoice Voice Recognition and Response... 13 June 2017
CAE recently supported the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) participation in the Diamond Thunder distributed mission training exercise, which saw the RAAF network various simulation assets across the country as part of its inaugural Air Warfare Instructor Course. The Diamond Thunder Exercise involved the networking of F/A-18 simulators at both... 13 June 2017
Environmental Tectonics Corporation’s (ETC) Simulation business unit, won a contract to deliver and support an Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS tm) training suite for St. John’s University (SJU) in Queens, New York that will be integrated into the school’s Homeland Security curriculum. The simulator will help bridge the gap between... 12 June 2017
Boeing will deliver the US Navy's first deployable P-8A Poseidon trainers, allowing aircrew and operators to improve their mission readiness even while serving away from home. Under a recently signed contract, Boeing will provide seven deployable mission readiness trainers (DMRTs) to the Navy, starting in 2019. "Training ensures the Maritime... 8 June 2017
MS&T, the International Defence Training Journal, will host the 16th Annual Simulation & Training Awards for industry recognition of companies that have made a significant impact within the defence sector throughout the current calendar year. Formerly known as Military Training International's "Top Companies" list, MS&T will carry on the tradition... 8 June 2017
General Dynamics Information Technology business unit won the Training Services for the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. The single-award contract has a potential value of approximately $244 million, with a one-year base period with four option years. U.S. Navy... 1 June 2017
Lockheed Martin released Version 4 of its Prepar3D® simulation and training software solution. Lockheed says the Prepar3D v4 relies on 64-bit architecture to deliver unparalleled realism. This new version features major visual upgrades including enhanced virtual reality support, a new lighting system, 3D weather capabilities, 40 high-detail cities and more... 1 June 2017
Tapestry Solutions, a Boeing Company, won a contract worth up to $58 million to provide mission command training support services for the 7th Army Training Command – the U.S. Army’s largest overseas training command that provides realistic, tailor-made training solutions to the U.S., NATO and partner nations. The contract award... 24 May 2017
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and NLR are to support the Dutch Ministry of Defence in investigating the possibilities for setting up a simulation network. Such a network would allow the Ministry to save on training and education costs, and to prepare military personnel more effectively for the execution... 24 May 2017
Cementing an already strong partnership in EMEA, Antycip Simulation has announced its achievement as the first and only partner of Scalable Display Technologies, Inc. in Europe to complete the company's Advanced Comprehensive Training (ACT) programme. This enables Scalable Display Technologies and Antycip Simulation to fully support a growing number of... 24 May 2017
CAE has completed a major upgrade on the German Navy's Sea King MK41 helicopter simulator ahead of schedule and it has re-entered service at the Nordholz Naval Airbase in Germany. Previously, Sea King training was conducted on a basic instrument flight rules (IFR) training device originally built by CAE in... 17 May 2017
The strategic relationship between MASA Group and Bohemia Interactive will be reinforced this month following the signing of a reseller agreement. This agreement will confirm BISim as the official reseller of MASA SWORD in North America. With many global military powers already using both SWORD and BISim's Virtual Battlespace 3... 17 May 2017
Cubic Global Defense has announced the expansion of recruitment efforts for its Orlando, Florida operations to support the development of advanced learning products and solutions for the US Navy. During the past few months, Cubic has been awarded more than $12 million for the creation and delivery of immersive game-based... 17 May 2017
Bartragh Services, LLC, a Tampa-based company has acquired C4i Consultants, Inc. of Calgary, Canada, and established a new company, C4i Training and Technology, Inc. The new company will still be based in Calgary. Bartragh has announced that Harry H. Thompson, III has been selected as the new company chief executive... 17 May 2017
CAE has announced that the C-130 Aeromedical Evacuation Training System for the United States Air Force at Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB) is now on-motion, fully operational and ready-for-training. The addition of a motion platform for an aeromedical fuselage trainer is believed to be the first of its kind in... 17 May 2017
After more than five years of successful operations in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, MASA Group has opened a subsidiary company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, consolidating its position in South America and increasing its customer outreach. The new company, MASA do Brasil, which is fully operational, will employ local resources... 17 May 2017
Saab has launched BattleTek 5, an immersed command and staff training system, at ITEC in Rotterdam Ahoy, Netherlands. BattleTek 5 is a constructive simulation system designed to make the work of military commanders and civil security leaders more efficient and effective. It combines constructive simulation and virtual-view technology to train... 16 May 2017