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JANUS Research Group has been awarded a $900 million contract by the United States Air Force Life Cycle Management Architecture and Integration Directorate (AFLCMC/XA) to perform capability development, systems development, and synthetic environment development for AFLCMC/XA and its subordinate organizations. 12 January 2023
After delayed convening of the 118th US House of Representatives, the Republican majority is busy electing chairpersons to committees. 12 January 2023
As expected, Representative Mike Rogers (Alabama) has been named Chairman of the US House Armed Services Committee. While focused on disparate matters ranging from service member pay and benefits to the development of hypersonic and other next-generation aircraft, the congressman has been on record to call attention to training readiness and technology enablers of increasing importance to military training enterprises. 12 January 2023
The new simulator or Weapons System Trainer Reconfigurable C-130J flight simulator is the first of its kind for the US Air National Guard on the west coast, and will showcase a myriad of capabilities that will separate it from other simulators across the United States. 11 January 2023
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast awarded a $37.6 million task order to Sauer Construction LLC to provide construction of two additions to the Trident Training Facility Kings Bay. 11 January 2023
A new version of TrianGraphics’ Terrain Database Generation System is ready to download. Some of the new features to Trian3DBuilder 7.7 include Lua Script Editor, glTF and 3DTiles exporter, batch terrain generation, and more. 11 January 2023
Gregory Kane has joined Engineering & Computer Simulations as its Chief Operating Officer. Kane will enhance relationships with the company’s customers and partners; he will also lead the technical and creative services teams. 10 January 2023
The world is at an economic, strategic and technological inflection point, with defence forces under pressure to act now to embrace emerging technology, create flexible organisations and above all recalibrate to face a more conventional form of combat. It’s a time to take bold action, adapt and transform. 9 January 2023
Vrgineers, in cooperation with the company IMRNext, have developed a new wireless XTAL headset. The release of this high-fidelity standalone virtual reality headset was released at the CES 2023 show, in Las Vegas from 5-8 January 2023. 6 January 2023
Terasynth won the award for Most Innovative at the IronDev showcase at the 2022 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). 5 January 2023
Residents who graduated from the National Capital Consortium Pediatrics Residency Program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center received a 100 percent passing rate for their certifications from the American Board of Pediatrics for a third year in a row. 5 January 2023
The first class of maintainers to earn an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially begun at U.S. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. 5 January 2023
Elbit Systems Ltd. was awarded $107 million contract to provide, operate and maintain the new Main Battle Tank simulation and training centers of the Israeli Defense Forces’ Armored Corps. 5 January 2023
Elbit Systems Ltd. was awarded a $36 million contract to supply four F-16 Full Mission Simulators (FMS) to the Polish Air Force. The contract will be performed over a 28-month period. 5 January 2023
The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges Program Office recently delivered the new Maintenance Integrated Flight Control Trainer Aerial Refueling capable device to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit at U.S. Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia. 5 January 2023
At the recent I/ITSEC conference in Orlando, a rather unusual project at the NATO booth dealt with Modelling & Simulation to support ‘resilience building’ and the creation of refugee flow management. 15 December 2022
Indra has selected and installed the Norxe P50 Native 4K projectors in the Airbus MRTT FMS simulator, which is currently in its final development phase. 14 December 2022
It is now a good two decades since the Sun and SGI ‘mini-computers’ disappeared from I/ITSEC exhibition stands and smaller, more powerful PCs made their way in. 14 December 2022
Representatives from Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc), the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and Story Contracting have marked the start of a project to create a new Urban Fighting Skills Facility at Whinny Hill on Catterick Training Area in Yorkshire, with an informal ground breaking ceremony. 13 December 2022
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded AERALIS a £9 million contract for digital engineering support services. 13 December 2022