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The South African Navy has taken into service a new state-of-art simulation centre at SAS Simonsberg, the Navy's maritime warfare training centre. The centre is the result of a joint venture with industry to enhance naval training using the latest technology. The centre has four sections: a naval bridge simulator... 5 July 2015
Buffalo Computer Graphics (BCG) has completed an upgrade to the US Army’s C4ISR Training System at the Transportation School in Fort Eustis, Virginia. The upgrade provided modernization and enhanced capabilities for Army personnel training on the use of crypto key loading and device operations to perform encrypted data and voice... 5 July 2015
Engineering and Computer Simulations (ECS) has integrated technologies from two major US tech firms to create a total virtual training world game for training - one in which the player is fully integrated into the game action. ECS has integrated Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect 2 hardware into the Oculus Rift headset... 5 July 2015
RTDynamics has released the first version of its physics based real-time electronic warfare, RADAR and missile simulation C++ library, named EWAWS. It allows developers to model air-to-air, air-to-ground and surface-to-air missile engagements and countermeasures in real-time in engineering and training simulations. EWAWS includes mathematical models for RADAR, IR, LASER, jammer,... 5 July 2015
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Russian Federation have both ramped up the frequency of live military training exercises, especially along shared borders in easternmost Europe. Rick Adams provides a balanced view of the exercise programmes in the context of the times. 2 July 2015
High attendance and a focus on future technology marked this year’s event. MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch reports. 1 July 2015
Bohemia 2D Software to Manage VBS3 Units Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has introduced VBS Tactics, an intuitive 2D interface for control of virtual units in VBS3 at the tactical level. VBS Tactics lets users conduct real-time tactical maneuver exercises by controlling fire team to company-size AI entity groups in a... 1 July 2015
Group editor Marty Kauchak reports that special operations forces (SOF) in the US and other nations are investing in ever more capable technology to train, rehearse and maintain proficiency for their missions. 30 June 2015
In Issue 3, MS&T looked at the progress of the F-35 programme, with specific focus on aircrew training, and the plans of the partner nations. Depending on their level of partnership in the programme, these nations are also very much involved from an industrial perspective, not least the UK. Europe Editor Dim Jones reports. 30 June 2015
South Africa’s TSFA provides a valuable service to nations requiring flight test qualified personnel. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones visited the academy. 26 June 2015
ITEC 2015 - The exhibition was judged excellent in most aspects, but the conference was dogged by crosstalk. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones writes. 26 June 2015
Set up to promote research, collaboration, and the European defence industrial base, the EDA recently celebrated its first decade. Walter F. Ullrich writes. 18 June 2015
Erickson Incorporated has contracted with Chilcott Inc. to provide flight training for the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (FAU or Uruguayan Air Force) helicopter pilots. The training will be conducted entirely in Spanish and under the agreement, Erickson pilot instructors will train FAU pilots in preparation for work on the United National... 16 May 2015
This October Boeing announced it completed its upgrade of all US Air Force F-22 Raptor Mission Training Centers with its high fidelity Constant Resolution Visual System (CRVS). The system up enhancement will permit Raptor pilots to more realistically train and rehearse for missions, and help the fifth-generation aircraft training system... 5 May 2015
The US Navy’s Aegis missile system training program is evolving and with good reason. The threat sets, including ballistic missiles, against which the Aegis system is designed, have gotten faster and deadlier. Marty Kauchak writes. 5 May 2015
In the margins of my recent foray to the Deep South (Portsmouth, that is, not New Orleans), I took the opportunity to visit two of the smaller companies with close ties to the S&T industry. 5 May 2015
On 20th March, the USAF published the requirements for the Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems (APT FoS) - aka T-X - to replace the ageing T-38. MS&T’s Dim Jones assesses the impact of key performance characteristics. 4 May 2015
The pace of activity is quickening in the training programs supporting international F-35 Lightning II customers. As additional pilots and maintainers from these nations enter US-based training sites, national programs are evolving as countries take delivery of the 5th generation aircraft. Group Editor Marty Kauchak, with files from Europe Editor Dim Jones. 2 May 2015
The US Army’s Training Support Activity Europe provides training support when and where it is needed, even at short notice. James Coon writes. 7 April 2015
MFT is regarded as one of the premier events of its kind. MS&T’s Europe Editor Dim Jones reports that it lived up to expectations. 7 April 2015