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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), based in Princess Anne, Maryland, is now using Avsoft International online courses for student education in its Aviation Science Professional Pilot program. 4 May 2020
Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak interviewed Cameron Curtis, CMM, CAE, President & CEO of Association of Air Medical Services & Medevac Foundation International, and Deborah Boudreaux, AAMS Board Chair, Chair and Director of Teddy Bear Transport, Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. “This has been a team... 4 May 2020
In the context of an aging workforce and evolving aircraft, the MRO industry needs to be proactive in the implementation of initiatives to support maintenance recruitment, training, and personnel retention. Mario Pierobon examines the issues. 4 May 2020
We expect there to be some exceptional talent amongst them – passionate young men and women to learn from the best, to become the best” - Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce at the opening of the Qantas Group Pilot Training Academy. Keith Morgan reports from Toowoomba, Australia. 4 May 2020
In response to COVID-19, 2FLY Group is offering a limited number of scholarships to aspiring pilots who enrol within the next few months on either an FAA Career Pilot Program of an EASA Pro-Pilot Airline Programme. Having witnessed similar crises before where the aviation industry bounces back and resumes... 4 May 2020
Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports on how CAE is responding to COVID-19 in its civil and defense sectors together with reporting on wider S&T Industry initiatives from Thales, VT MAK, Bohemia Interactive Simulations and Pitch Technologies. 4 May 2020
NATO has tapped into its pool of defence scientists – the largest such network in the world - to support the COVID-19 emergency response. The NATO Chief Scientist, Dr Bryan Wells, has launched the “NATO Chief Scientist Challenge”, calling for solutions in virus detection, improved situational awareness, decontamination, resilience... 4 May 2020
Special Tactics Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron conducted interoperability training with the 14th Weapons Squadron assigned to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School detachment at Hurlburt Field, Florida, for a special operations force exercise. U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators spread out on a berm to provide... 30 April 2020
The first 10 startups to participate in the U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge, a two-year pilot project designed to increase non-traditional participation in Small Business Innovative Research program opportunities, were selected April 24. Christian Melton, center, senior partnerships manager for MassChallenge Boston, discusses the U.S. Air Force Lab... 30 April 2020
The Joint Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) has ordered 171 new MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses for the MALET-JSIL Aircrew Trainer (MJAT) training capability. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper RPAS flies over virtual geopsecific 3D terrain in MetaVR’s Virtual Reality Scene Generator (MetaVR image). The MetaVR real-time 3D... 30 April 2020
Meggitt Training Systems has been awarded a $78-million contract for the design and equipage of a sophisticated, multi-mission, indoor and outdoor training facility in a Middle Eastern country incorporating the latest virtual and live-fire equipment. Image credit: Meggitt Training Systems The training facility will include multiple indoor and outdoor... 30 April 2020
Canadian pilot school, International Pilot Academy, has become another academy in the country to launch FlightLogger’s flight school management and operations platform. Under normal circumstances, FlightLogger flies out from its base in Aarhus, Denmark to carry out the setup and training during a tightly packed two-day session. This time,... 30 April 2020
