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Saab will be showcasing its new high fidelity training system BT 46 Mk III, at the I/ITSEC 2017 exhibition in Orlando, Florida. At the beginning of 1990 Saab developed the first laser simulator system that accurately represented ballistics and time of flight, BT 46. After years of experience and listening... 30 November 2017
Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has been awarded a contract worth more than $61 million from the US Army Contracting Command to support rotational and pre-deployment training exercises at the US Army's Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC). The awarded amount is for the combined one-year phase-in and base period with four... 30 November 2017
3D perception Inc. (3DP) is proud to announce its 20 year anniversary. Since 1997 3DP has steadily innovated and grown into a global leader in visual display technology, with offices in Norway, the United States and China. The company began when Knut Krogstad, co-founder and CEO, led the development... 30 November 2017
Presagis™ has introduced VELOCITY, a next-generation software solution that automates the production of large synthetic training environments. By adopting and integrating the best of breed tools from the 3D visual effects, gaming, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and architectural design fields, VELOCITY is able to analyze and transform massive amounts... 30 November 2017
Pictured (left to right): John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc.; and Rob Matthews, Strategic Advisor for Modeling and Simulation at Coe and Naylor Group. The National Center for Simulation (NCS) has announced its 2018 board of directors. Joining the board are two new members: John Givens, president... 30 November 2017
Lockheed Martin has received six contracts, with awards totaling $198.4 million, to improve training for C-130 airmen and operators around the world. The C-130J Super Hercules Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (JMATS) program has trained more than 10,000 airmen for missions including cargo transport, special missions and aerial refueling. The... 29 November 2017
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a developer of advanced simulation and training software, has developed an augmented reality visual system for TRU Simulation + Training Inc., a Textron company, that provides a synthetically generated visual scene and supports a trainee’s interactions with the real world. Leveraging emerging augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR)... 29 November 2017
Doron Precision systems, Inc. a company well known in the commercial trucking industry, will soon be applying its extensive experience in truck driving simulators to help train US Army Reserves (USAR) execute their missions inside and outside of the United States. The company was recently awarded its largest military contract... 29 November 2017
The DiSTI Corporation will showcase the industry's first multi-platform Team-based Virtual Maintenance Trainer™ that is able to develop and publish training content across multiple device platforms simultaneously. Powered by VE Studio®, the UH-72 Lakota/Eurocopter EC145 helicopter virtual maintenance trainer on display will allow visitors to move and interact seamlessly between... 29 November 2017
Cohort company SEA is conducting research for the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) on Information Management (IM) techniques that could have a significant impact on the way data is presented as a service for activities such as simulation and training, trials and evaluation and simulation-based acquisition. SEA, the... 29 November 2017
Following the recent launch of its first Regional Demo Centre in Saronno (near Milan, Italy), Antycip Simulation has announced the opening of a new dedicated Regional Demo Centre in its Adderbury office (Oxfordshire, UK). With the capability to demonstrate a full range of simulation, visualisation, training and virtual reality solutions,... 29 November 2017
3D perception AS (3DP) has announced the delivery of a Northstar™ immersive visual display system (VDS) to the Swedis Defence Material Administration's (FMV) simulator facility at Malmslätt, under contract with Saab. The newly delivered display system - an upgrade of an older generation system - is a turn-key solution comprised... 29 November 2017
Presagis™ has teamed up with j2 Aircraft Dynamics to offer a new turnkey aircraft simulation model development service. Responding to an increased demand from customers developing aircraft simulation systems based on Presagis' FlightSIM, HeliSIM or CRAFT simulators, Presagis is pleased to join forces with the UK-based company known for its... 29 November 2017
The U.S. Army selected a new version of Rockwell Collins’ SimEye™ Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) to be used within Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) systems – and will upgrade 332 HMDs in the next two years. The contract, issued by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training,... 28 November 2017
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