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Safe and efficient flight operations rely on pilots’ management of their mental resources. Watch Captain Owen Sims discuss the importance of pilots using reason, planning and logic rather than raw emotion during his talk at EATS 2019. 6 July 2020
A key part of the FAA’s aircraft re-certification is a simulator training evaluation by a Joint Operational Evaluation Board (JOEB) in which pilots from around the world will be asked to validate training requirements. The JOEB is said to be primarily looking at the order and priority of checklists and memory items.
Travel restrictions related to the pandemic add uncertainty to how JOEB sessions can be conducted. The select group may perform its work remotely in flight simulators around the world, rather than transiting to Boeing’s main training center in Miami, Florida, where COVID-19 is raging anew.
Following the sim sessions, the FAA's Flight Standardization Board will propose minimum training requirements, then a public comment period, before final approval of training.
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Lockheed Martin, the Joint Program Office and the US Air Force successfully connected the F-35, F-22, F-16 and E3 Sentry in a highly contested simulated environment during a Distributed Mission Training final acceptance test at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. 6 July 2020
The defense S&T community plays an essential role in supporting military commanders’ development and maintenance of capability and readiness. Within this community there are individuals who have demonstrated and continue to demonstrate outstanding and significant technical and social leadership. This Award recognizes their contribution to the defense S&T community. 6 July 2020
Trideum Corporation was selected to provide analytical and developmental support for the U.S. Army Mission Command Center of Excellence, Directorate of Training (MCCoE, DOT) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 3 July 2020
Health Scholars is partnering with CareerCert, which will expand Health Scholar’s online training to include VR to help emergency and healthcare departments receive consistent, accessible, experience-based ACLS training that can save lives in their community. 3 July 2020
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) welcomes two new Trustees to its Board, who will contribute in shaping and monitoring the organisation’s future strategy. 3 July 2020
The DGAM (General Directorate of Armament and Material) of the Ministry of Defense of the Government of Spain has hired Spanish SME Simloc to manufacture the cabin of the Eurofighter that will complete its virtual test bench (RIG) of the Logistics Center for Armament and Experimentation (CLAEX). 3 July 2020
Horizon International Flight Academy has logged more than 1,000 flight hours in its Bell 505 fleet, mainly utilized to train military pilots. Horizon’s training academy is in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 3 July 2020
Experts in the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) are applying explainable machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches to develop thousands of models that could help federal, state and local decision-makers as they make re-opening decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 July 2020
Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper visited U.S. Air Force basic military training cadre and recruits to observe how the 37th Training Wing has protected airmen during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 July 2020
Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. (Pinnacle) is now offering the UH-60 Virtual Maintenance Trainer (UH-60 VMT) on GSA Advantage!, the online shopping and ordering system available to federal, state, and local government entities. 2 July 2020
