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Group Editor Marty Kauchak provides impressions from his walkabout of I/ITSEC conference rooms and the exhibition floor. 29 November 2022
The US Defense Department is experiencing its most severe recruiting challenges in more than a generation. The services are moving forward with a diverse set of solutions to not only recruit but retain servicemen and-women. Group Editor Marty Kauchak reviews some developments. 29 November 2022
Any thought of the US taking its policy eyes off the Pacific Rim during the ongoing Ukraine-Russia War should be set aside following US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin’s just-concluded visit to Cambodia where he attended the 9th ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting. Austin reaffirmed the US’s commitment to working with ASEAN to address the complex set of challenges confronting the region – from terrorism to nuclear proliferation to maritime security threats. 29 November 2022
ST Engineering Antycip is back in-person at I/ITSEC 2022 supporting its sister company, MAK Technologies. 29 November 2022
SimCentric Technologies is exhibiting at I/ITSEC 2022 on Booth #1580 in Orlando, Florida, from 28 November – 1 December. With a dedicated focus on “Enabling the Warfighter”, SimCentric is demonstrating its technologies used globally across NATO and 5-Eyes nations. 29 November 2022
A British-led defence alliance has used Systematic’s battle management software to enable the command and control of a two-week multi-national exercise. 29 November 2022
Finnish professional-grade VR/XR hardware and software maker Varjo (I/ITSEC booth 3010) unveiled its XR-3 Focal Edition headset, which the company says "provides superior visual quality for mixed reality implementations where real-world objects such as cockpits, car dashboards, cell phones, and kneeboards are used.” 29 November 2022
Treality Simulation Visual Systems (I/ITSEC Booth 1949) has received awards from three unnamed customers in Europe and the Middle East for RP-X displays for fast-jet full mission simulators. 28 November 2022
QinetiQ (I/ITSEC booth 1370), KBR (booth 2308) and PA Consulting have formed Team Paladin to compete for the British Army’s upcoming Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP). 28 November 2022
CAE has continued to refine its approach to building flight simulators, aiming not only for higher fidelity, but for a much-shortened development period. 28 November 2022
A team led by Lockheed Martin (I/ITSEC booths 689 & 1748) will support cyber readiness and training for up to 17,000 US Army civilian cyber personnel under an Other Transaction Agreement awarded by the US Army. 28 November 2022
As delegates and exhibitors trek to 2022 I/ITSEC, Major General Shawn N. Bratton, Commander, Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM), shared insights and perspectives on his portfolio with MS&T Group Editor Marty Kauchak. 28 November 2022
See the RYAN AEROSPACE HELIMOD MARK III Helicopter Simulator configured as an AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter Mission Trainer at booth #1170 at I/ITSEC, the world's largest military simulation and training event. 23 November 2022
Lockheed Martin has selected AVATAR Partners to develop an AR Advanced Visualization System to automate model target recognition on the Microsoft HoloLens – reducing development time from weeks down to minutes. 23 November 2022
Founder and chief executive officer of C2 Technologies Inc (C2), Dolly Oberoi, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Woman in Defense Training Award for the 2022 Military Simulation & Training Awards presented by The Halldale Group. 23 November 2022
Quantum3D Inc. has further extended the capabilities of its Quest2 sensor plug-in for its Mantis Visual Simulation software platform. 23 November 2022
Vrgineers and DigiFlight have teamed to produce a modern and comprehensive training solution for the survivable multi-role attack helicopter. 23 November 2022
ASTi's Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC product has been integrated in Lockheed Martin's Innovation Demonstration Center located in Orlando, Florida. 23 November 2022
VRAIs ReACT VR Armour Crew Sim has won the prestigious Military Simulation & Training Award for Outstanding XR Application by a small company. The award was announced in MS&T Magazine’s I/ITSEC conference edition on 21 November and was demonstrated at the I/ITSEC conference at the Microsoft Defence & Intelligence stand, with whom VRAI has partnered with to bring next-generation simulation solutions to military end users. 22 November 2022
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), has made the latest releases to its flagship products, VBS4 and VBS Blue IG. 22 November 2022