This is the first in a series of short articles on developments in flight simulation training devices for military, human-in-the-cockpit, rotary- and fixed wing aircraft. These articles will include “deep dives,” highlighting innovations in the devices themselves and in their underpinning technology foundations. Additionally, the series will identify the collaborative industry teams and acquisition program dynamics enabling the delivery of new FSTDs. The training devices in these articles will be randomly selected from military training enterprises around the globe.

Babcock has been selected to work with the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capability Office (RCO), as it takes another significant step towards a sustainable aviation future.

Ukrainian tank crews have completed training on Challenger 2 tanks in the UK and have returned home to continue their fight against Russia’s illegal invasion.

Following AERALIS’ recent award of a multi-million pound digital engineering services contract from the UK Ministry of Defence, the MoU with AirTanker will assess upcoming contracts in military flying training and also defence operational training and combat air support roles. 

QinetiQ Group has won an £80m contract with the UK’s Ministry of Defence to provide expertise, training and support to accelerate and transform mission data production.

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded AERALIS a £9 million contract for digital engineering support services. 

NP Aerospace and Supacat have repurposed a number of IED damaged High Mobility Truck Variant vehicles for UK Ministry of Defence training under the Protected Mobility Engineering & Technical Support Contract.

The UK MoD has activated the option for Hadean to continue developing the capabilities of Cloud-distributed simulation for the British Army Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) through Spring 2023.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has deployed Immersive Labs Cyber Pro, Crisis Sim, and AppSec solutions to upskill individuals and teams across its organisation to confront the latest cyber threats, prove cyber readiness, and identify cybersecurity talent to fill open roles.

Hadean has become the next member of the PLEXSYS and Thales team that will to help deliver next-generation operational training solutions to the UK Ministry of Defence.