HII’s Mission Technologies division was awarded a $242 million contract to provide shore-based training, engineering and development support for the U.S. Navy.

More than 17,600 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military participated in Balikatan 2023, an annual bilateral exercise between the two allies and the largest iteration of Balikatan to date.  

The Philippines and United States formally opened the largest Exercise Balikatan yet at the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Headquarters.

Schriever Wargame, which concluded on 31 March, presented a global scenario depicting a notional peer competitor seeking to achieve strategic goals by conducting multi-domain operations.

The cyber security course, held in Italy, is part of the activities set to launch the new Khalifa University Cyber Security Academy activities, ready to start before summer.

To support its commercial aircraft ramp-up, meet challenges in defence, space and helicopters, Airbus intends to recruit more than 13,000 people globally in 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.      

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.

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.    

Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Leonardo are joining forces to offer certification and training programs through the Khalifa University Cyber Security Academy, an initiative based on the university’s research excellence and powered by Leonardo’s Cyber-Range platform.