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Naval Group has signed a contract with DCI to assist the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) to implement a comprehensive e-learning system in order to train its naval forces all over the country. During a three-year program, DCI will transfer the French Navy know-how to the RMN. DCI will help set... 24 April 2018
Saab signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, for training systems for the Swedish Army. The order is worth SEK 51 million and deliveries will take place at the end of 2018. Saab will deliver Manpack 300 training systems to most of the regiments in Sweden and several... 23 April 2018
More than 11,600 military personnel from 17 nations are taking part in Exercise Joint Warrior for two weeks this spring, operating out of Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde, Scotland. The bi-annual exercise incorporates all three UK services as well as forces from 16 other nations including Denmark, Estonia, Latvia,... 23 April 2018
Cubic Corporation entered an agreement to sell its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) Services business to Valiant Integrated Services for $135 million, plus $3 million of contingent consideration tied to contract wins expected over the next 12 to 24 months. The transaction is expected to be completed within 60 days, subject... 23 April 2018
Pinnacle Solutions won the WLSS-C prime contract supporting the U.S. Army Non-standard Rotary Wing Aircraft Program Management Office (NSRWA PMO), the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, allied countries and partner nations for the next 10 years. There are six awardees on this $25.5 billion hybrid contract that will perform... 23 April 2018
Meggitt Training Systems, a provider of integrated live-fire and virtual weapons training products and services for armed forces and law enforcement, is one of five companies qualified to fulfill a U.S. Army combat skills training program for allied warfighters. The Army Targetry Systems program is worth $125 million and individual... 23 April 2018
Quantum3D, a provider of training and simulation solutions for government and commercial applications, won a contract with Advance Vision Company of Saudi Arabia (AVC Defense) to upgrade and modernize a Unit Training Device (UTD) for the Bell 412 helicopters operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). The upgrade is... 18 April 2018
The U.S. Army opened a first-of-its-kind interactive training system developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation that supports the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Satellite Communications program. The WGS constellation of military satellites delivers secure, reliable, resilient communications worldwide for the United States and partner nations. Soldiers training to manage and monitor WGS... 17 April 2018
Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) developed a training program for the Indian pilots and technical specialists within the framework of a Russian and Indian project for the supply and localization of Ka-226T helicopter production in India. The company plans to put five simulators for Ka-226T pilot... 16 April 2018
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is positioning its depot-level maintenance and pilot training facilities in Colombia for use by other Black Hawk helicopter users in Latin America. Originally established to support the Colombia Armed Forces and National Police, the support facilities will allow the region’s other Black Hawk operators –... 16 April 2018
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has released VBS Blue IG, its high-performance, CIGI-compliant, 3D whole-earth image generator. With the release of VBS Blue IG, the company's second major product, BISim aims to use game-based technology and its knowledge of military customers' needs to disrupt the image generator market. VBS Blue IG... 11 April 2018
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