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The participating crews received expert academics and training on hypersonic fundamentals and participated in tactical discussion on hypersonic operations to increase operational readiness and prepare multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft communities for hypersonics. 3 October 2023
The Philippine Navy will host this year’s edition of the PH-US exercise SAMASAMA, which will be held in the Naval Forces Southern Luzon area of operations from 02 to 13 October 2023. 2 October 2023
The completion of deliveries occurs as a Full Crew Simulation Training Centre is established and opened at the Maristaeli Luni Base, featuring a dedicated Level D Full Flight Simulator all fully developed by Leonardo and tailored to the Italian Navy’s needs. 2 October 2023
The annual Yudh Abhyas (war practise in Hindi) bilateral training exercises jointly held by the US Army and the Indian Army is underway in and around Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 2 October 2023
The Peoples Liberation Army Air Force and Pakistan Air Force recently trained together at the Shaheen-X joint air exercises held in Northwest China. 2 October 2023
Three converging forces are compelling the US Air Force to modernize its basic military training construct. At the strategic level, the Air Force and the other US services are pivoting to Asia, with major implications for individuals, units and staffs who heretofore have operated in set-in-stone assignments on paper: airmen and Space Force guardians in the 2023-era have the potential to take on new, emergent tasks during a conflict in that region. 2 October 2023
New program gives access to First Officer jobs while candidates complete their military service. 29 September 2023
The AI-based training capabilities will increase the quality and consistency of student performance and training production and will reduce the cost of aviation training for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and foreign military services. 29 September 2023
The Slytherine Group is celebrating the milestones it has achieved over the last ten years for military simulation. 28 September 2023
Thirty-five years since its last iteration, Italy will host the NATO Tiger Meet exercise this October involving 80 aircraft from over 10 countries, deployed at Gioia del Colle airport, home of the 36th Wing “Caccia” of the Italian Air Force. 28 September 2023
Magic Leap hopes to enrich the current ecosystem and help its developer community create richer, more immersive experiences that span platforms. 27 September 2023
The new simulator complements Patria’s previously delivered simulators to the Finnish Air Force, but will now have significantly higher accuracy and realism of the system modeling than in the previous simulators. 26 September 2023
Following acceptance, Engineering, Manufacturing and Development flight testing is planned to start at the end of summer 2023. 26 September 2023
The Royal Engineers are delivering training to Ukraine's combat engineers in Poland, with 1,500 mine detectors having been provided to Ukraine by the UK. 26 September 2023
The project for the first electric aircraft charging station on a U.S. military instillation has officially broken ground, with a completion date in early October. 26 September 2023
In partnership with the U.S. Air Force, NASA will also use the aircraft for research focused on how these aircraft could fit into the national airspace, benefiting the entire air taxi industry. 25 September 2023
The Royal Australian Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defence Force recently trained together at Exercise Bushido Guardian in Japan. This was the first time RAAF F-35A Lightning IIs travelled to Japan as part of the biennial exercise and is the first implementation of a Reciprocal Access Agreement between Japan and Australia last month. 25 September 2023
Marty Kauchak, MS&T Editor, remotely joined the Sept. 21 Central Florida Tech Grove-hosted event “Roundtable with the PMs” featuring Colonel Marcus Reynolds, Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS) and his staff. As connectivity permitted, MS&T gained insights on important developments across the US Marine Corps training portfolio. 22 September 2023
The U.S. Navy is proposing a challenge for AI Large Language solutions to streamline its Instructional Systems Design Analysis, used for training for military readiness and human performance. Registration for the challenge closes 30 October 2023. 22 September 2023
Applied has won a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract to generate high-fidelity synthetic data to train an algorithm designed to identify and track adversary systems. 22 September 2023