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CAE won a contract from Australia's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group to provide comprehensive support and training services for the Royal Australian Air Force's Hawk Mk127 training system. CAE will provide classroom and simulator instructors at RAAF Base Williamtown, and will also provide maintenance and support services on the three... 1 March 2017
Meggitt Training Systems recently completed the joint final inspection and final physical configuration audit for the US Marine Corps' next-generation, small arms trainer. Completion of these tests confirms that Meggitt has met all program-of-record requirements set forth by the Program Manager for Training Systems to deliver the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship... 1 March 2017
CAE has been awarded a contract from Australia's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group to provide comprehensive support and training services for the Royal Australian Air Force's Hawk Mk127 training system. Under terms of the contract, CAE will provide classroom and simulator instructors at RAAF Base Williamtown, in addition to providing... 1 March 2017
Rockwell Collins has introduced its Coalescence mixed reality system that encapsulates the user in a virtual and augmented environment for air, land or sea missions. Coalescence merges the trainee’s real world view with a synthetic environment providing a seamlessly enhanced, mixed reality – what the company says is a first... 28 February 2017
Boeing has received a two-year, $18.7 million contract from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide C-17 Globemaster II logistics support and training simulator maintenance. Boeing, which originally manufactured the C-17, will support the UAE's inventory of realistic, motion-based training devices used to train aircrews and support personnel for the... 22 February 2017
Inzpire Limited and Discovery Air Defence Services Inc. (DA Defence) have joined forces to bid for the UK Ministry of Defence's Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) programme. The two companies will combine their capabilities in the live training environment to deliver a training solution for the UK Ministry... 22 February 2017
CAE USA, prime contractor for the United States Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Aircrew Training System (ATS) program, has received an Authorization to Operate (ATO) on the USAF's Distributed Training Center Network (DTCN). The first KC-135 operational flight trainer (OFT) to receive the ATO is at Scott Air Force Base (AFB),... 22 February 2017
Cohort company SEA has installed an aircraft procedural trainer (APT) at the UK Defence Academy at Shrivenham. The APT, the latest iteration of SEA's DECKsim technology, provides an immersive, high fidelity, 3D virtual environment for training students in flight deck and land-based operations. It is a demonstration system based on... 21 February 2017
UK-based Inzpire Limited has been awarded a contract to continue their provision of Apache and Wildcat Civilian Qualified Helicopter Instructors (CQHIS) to the UK Joint Helicopter Command. The contract will cover the delivery of Conversion to Type and Conversion to Role training on both Apache and Wildcat, through the provision... 14 February 2017
Metova CyberCENTS has announced updates to SLAM-R©, the industry's leading Cyber-Attack emulation and simulation technology. Metova CyberCENTS SLAM-R Cyber Range technology for persistent cyber training environments creates a digital environment that emulates a real world "mission partner" network and Internet (gray) space. SLAM-R provides a risk-free persistent training environment for... 14 February 2017
Cyberbit and Ni Cybersecurity have signed an agreement to launch a unique cybersecurity training and simulation center in Tokyo powered by the Cyberbit Range platform. The training center will provide hands-on training for cybersecurity professionals and will help address the growing shortage of cybersecurity experts. According to the Japanese Ministry... 8 February 2017
The NATO Modeling & Simulation Coordination Office has started a new activity that focusses on threats deriving from Low, Slow and Small (LSS) aerial platforms. In fact, countering unmanned aerial vehicles commonly referred to as "drones", is a big worry. A recent example of this emerging menace is the use... 7 February 2017
Since 2010 NATO scientists have explored Data Farming, a process that has been developed to support decision-makers by answering questions that are not currently addressed. Simply said, Data Farming is a question-based approach, the key words being: What if? "Data Farming provides invaluable aid to the decision makers in light... 7 February 2017
NSC will continue to provide virtual training to the British Army until at least 2020 after being awarded a major contract by the UK Ministry of Defence. Having been competitively selected to deliver the Army's Unit Based Virtual Training (UBVT) capability, the simulation specialist will manage a diverse range of... 31 January 2017
Meggitt Training Systems has announced the Middle East debut of its FATS ® 100e virtual training system will take place February 19-23 at IDEX 2017 in Abu Dhabi. Meggitt representatives will be available for demonstrations of the FATS 100e and other products at the show at both 03-A22. "The Middle... 26 January 2017
In the past quarter, Orlando-based DiSTI Corporation has received three contracts totaling $10.6 million for the development of training devices to teach US Army and other foreign military maintenance personnel using video game technology. The contract awards cover training devices for the Stryker armored vehicle, the M1A2 battle tank, and... 26 January 2017
Défense Conseil International Group (DCI), the reference operator of the French ministry of defence for the international transfer of French military know-how, has announced the ISO 9001 certification of the Qatar Air Academy by BSI. It becomes the first military training centre to be certified in the Middle East. This... 24 January 2017
Thales has won the CERBERE contract to upgrade the instrumentation for the French Army's live combat training centres. The new system will be installed at the Sissonne army base for urban combat training and at Mailly-le-Camp for training in open terrain operations. The CERBERE solution will enable combined-arms task forces... 19 January 2017
Leonardo has signed, with the Italian National Directorate of the Italian Defence Ministry, two contracts for an initial batch of five Aermacchi M-345 trainer aircraft and for the first phase of development and delivery programme of the new exploration and escort helicopters (NEES) for the Italian Army. The combined value... 18 January 2017
CAE has won defence contracts on a range of customer platforms valued at more than C$175 million to provide new simulation products, simulator upgrades and training support services for global military customers. Key contracts awarded during the third quarter of CAE's fiscal year 2017 include Babcock France to support pilot... 18 January 2017