Defence
29 April 2025 The Military Metaverse, a new book written by MS&T's Andy Fawkes and David Burden will be published by Routledge on 1st May.
Search channel
Refine Search
All Defence News & Articles
Airbus Helicopters has achieved Factory Acceptance of the last six of the EC135T2+ for the Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), completing on-time deliveries of the full fleet of 15 helicopters. Under the JP9000 Phase 7 HATS project, a new joint helicopter training program for... 24 November 2016
Micro Nav Limited has won a competitive award for the Maritime Air Systems Control Simulator (MASCS), and the Queen Elizabeth Class (QE Class) aircraft carrier's Air Traffic Management (ATM) Synthetic Training Facility. Awarded by Babcock International Group, the contract is for an undisclosed sum, and is due for delivery via... 24 November 2016
Elbit Systems has announced that its joint venture with KBR - Affinity Flying Training Services - has reached a significant project milestone with the delivery of its first training aircraft. The two Grob G129TP 'Prefect's' that will deliver elementary flying training were the first of the fleet of aircraft to... 23 November 2016
At I/ITSEC 2016, TerraSim Inc. will be demonstrating new distributed processing technology in TerraTools 5.3, the upcoming release of its automated terrain generation software for the modeling, simulation and training community. TerraSim will also showcase the latest releases from its source data preparation product lineup: Building Designer and MaterialMAP. TerraSim... 23 November 2016
Looking forward to ITEC 2016, MS&T's Chris Richman spoke with BAE Systems’ Neil Stewart, Chair of the Conference Committee. 5 May 2016
ITEC leadership reported on their initiatives to shape ITEC 2015 and beyond to meet the S&T community’s needs. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones attended the I/ITSEC briefing. 10 February 2016
Fidelity Technologies Corporation has been awarded a contract from the United States Army valued at $9 million to provide training devices for the PC-12NG Knight Ryder Light Lift Utility Aircraft used by the Afghan Special Mission Wing. Under this contract, Fidelity will produce a PC-12NG flight training device (FTD) along... 28 November 2015
L-3 Communications has successfully implemented AQT Solutions' ATMS (Advanced Training Management System) to manage the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) training program. L-3's ATMS implementation was preceded by one week of onsite training held at their facilities in Waco and Arlington, Texas. ATMS will be used by L-3 to build... 26 November 2015
Saab has extended its support and maintenance agreement with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the SK60 trainer aircraft of the Swedish Armed Forces. The SEK400 million ($48,069,680) contract will be in place for three years starting July 2017. The extended support agreement means Saab will continue to provide training aircraft flight... 25 November 2015
IFAD has provided an IRAS delivery to QinetiQ. After going through a down selection process, the IFAD Radio Simulation Solution (IRAS) was chosen to be used in a communication suite for the conduct of distributed training exercises. Distributed Synthetic Air Land Training (DSALT), conducted at the Air Battlespace Training Centre... 24 November 2015
Défense Conseil International (DCI) has acquired three helicopters for its Helicopter International Training Centre (H-ITC), located in the French Army bases of Dax and Luc-en-Provence. This acquisition is meeting the very high demand of France friendly countries in pilot training, from initial stage to operational mission conduct. The H-ITC needs... 23 November 2015
UFA, Inc. has enhanced US Air Force T-1A operational flight trainers (OFTs) with the company's ATWorld Interactive Air Traffic Environment solution. Working with L-3 Link Simulation & Training, the T-1A Ground-Based Training System prime contractor, UFA integrated ATWorld on T-1A Ground-Based Training System simulators and the program's Pilot Instructor Training... 20 November 2015
Cubic Global Defense has been awarded new contract orders worth nearly $20 million for its Instrumentable-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems (I-MILES IWS) from the US Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). I-MILES IWS is integral to the quality of home-station training as... 19 November 2015
XVR Simulation has opened the headquarters of its new subsidiary XVR Simulation Asia in Singapore. Mr. Jacques Werner, the Dutch Ambassador for Singapore and Brunei, performed the opening ceremony. The establishment of XVR Simulation Asia was triggered by an ambitious project with Coventry Enterprises/SGI Singapore to design and implement a... 16 November 2015
Lockheed Martin is meeting the increasing global demand for C-130J military and LM-100J commercial flight training with a new International Training Center (ITC) to be located at the corporation's Marietta, Georgia facility. Featuring academic classroom space and simulator facilities to support the full spectrum of aircrew training, the center will... 15 November 2015
Cubic Global Defense (CGD) has delivered its specialized training systems to the Ukrainian Army worth $1.7 million. The equipment is interoperable with their existing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation (MILES) and Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) training systems allowing the Ukrainian Army to train at the brigade level. The delivery... 14 November 2015
Group Editor Marty Kauchak examines the evolving concept of return on investment for the defense-industry simulation and training community. 14 November 2015
Arotech Corporation's Training and Simulation Division (ATSD) has announced that $10.6 million of support options for its US Army Virtual Clearance Training Suite (VCTS) and US Air National Guard Boom Operator Simulation System (BOSS) programs have been exercised. These options for FY2016 support are currently funded to $3.4 million, with... 13 November 2015
Alion Science and Technology has won a $634 million contract from the Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). Alion will provide research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) services to include: test planning, systems engineering and integration, modeling and simulation, technology development, design for survivability engineering and human factors engineering. Work... 12 November 2015
Parsons has been selected to serve as the prime contractor for the Army National Guard Mission Command Training Support Program through a contract administered by the Department of the Interior. Under a one-year contract (with two one-year options), Parsons will provide mission command training support in digital and analog environments... 12 November 2015