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FlightSafety International is receiving outstanding reviews from US Army personnel who are using the UH-72A Lakota simulators being delivered to Flight School XXI. FlightSafety is teamed with CSRA and L-3 to provide equipment and services for US Army aviation training at Flight School XXI. Training began in November using the... 7 December 2016
GlobalSim, Inc. unveiled their new Virtual Reality (VR) platform at the I/ITSEC conference in Orlando, Florida. The new platform features some of the latest innovations in VR. The VR platform compliments GlobalSim's large product lineup of simulators which range from desktop units to multi-display full mission platforms and massive projector-based... 7 December 2016
The UK Ministry of Defence has agreed a £1 billion contract amendment to modernise and run some of its UK test and training sites that will deliver £300m of efficiencies over the next 11 years. The considerable efficiencies have been made possible through an amendment to the existing Long Term... 6 December 2016
Virtalis has been awarded the contract to provide two Virtual Reality (VR) simulators to Lockheed Martin in support of the Ascent Joint Venture charged with delivering the UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS). The Ascent commercial partnership comprising Lockheed Martin and Babcock, won the UKMFTS contract from the UK’s Ministry... 6 December 2016
CAE has completed construction and received the occupancy certificate for its new Dothan Training Center. Over the next two months, CAE and subcontractor personnel will transition from interim facilities to the Dothan Training Center located at the Dothan Regional Airport in Alabama. CAE also announced that the first training device... 6 December 2016
UK-based Inzpire Limited has been selected to continue its assurance work on the Wildcat helicopter simulators that are currently used by British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Navy aircrew. The contract will see an Inzpire test pilot, working alongside Royal Navy and Army personnel, continue to put the simulator through... 24 November 2016
Saab has received three orders from the US Army Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). Saab will now provide OSAG 2.0 interoperability upgrades for the US 7th ATC's Deployable Instrumentation System - Europe (DISE) and the Combat Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (CVTESS) to meet US... 24 November 2016
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