Military Simulation and Training

Issue 2/2022

Volume: 39

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In this issue:

Editorial Comment: Pieces of Silver
S&T Awards 2022
How Relevant is the Metaverse to Military Simulation & Training?
I/ITSEC on Track to Break Records
Superna Petimus: 'We Seek Higher Things'
Heading into the Clouds?
Building the eVTOL Training Nexus
LIFT Eyeing "Serious Envelope Expansion" for HEXA
Idea... to Reality? Aeralis at Stage 3
"Very Complementary With Little or No Overlap"
TSIS 2022 Highlights Training Modernization
Omega: A Ukraine-Driven Urgency
The Antoinette Barrel - a Training Device Upon Request

Pieces of Silver

Editorial Comment

November 18, 2022

Rick Adams

Money or morality? Mercenaries have faced that choice for centuries. MS&T Editor in Chief Rick Adams comments on the most recent revelation.

2022 MS&T Awards - Readers Decide

November 21, 2022

Marty Kauchak

The international military simulation and training community has determined the year's best of the best. Find out who the winners are and see why this is truly a period of excellence in this S&T community!

How Relevant is the Metaverse to Military Simulation & Training?

November 21, 2022

Andy Fawkes

The metaverse is in the news everywhere, but how relevant is it to military simulation and training?

I/ITSEC on Track to Break Records

November 18, 2022

Marty Kauchak

NTSA President RAdm (ret.) Jim Robb is interviewed by Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak in the run up 2022 I/ITSEC.

Superna Petimus: ‘We Seek Higher Things’

August 30, 2022

Dim Jones

Some 56 years on, MS&T’s Martin ‘Dim’ Jones revisited RAF Cranwell, the scene of some of the earliest of his many crimes to find that the hallowed portals remain outwardly pretty much the same.

Heading into the Clouds?

July 11, 2022

Andy Fawkes

Cloud and streaming technologies are already being used in support of S&T and, although a journey with hurdles, there seems to be a clear direction of travel towards a Cloud approach.

Building the eVTOL Training Nexus

November 8, 2022

Marty Kauchak

Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak surveys early developments in the US DoD’s eVTOL pilot training activities.

LIFT Eyeing “Serious Envelope Expansion” for HEXA

November 8, 2022

Marty Kauchak

Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak spoke with Kevin Rustagi, Director of Business Development, LIFT Aircraft Company.

Idea to Reality? Aeralis at Stage 3

November 15, 2022

Dim Jones

It is some 50 years since the UK aerospace industry produced a new training aircraft. All that may be about to change with the development of a new family of modular aircraft by a company called Aeralis.

“Very Complementary with Little or No Overlap”

July 5, 2022

MS&T Guest Author

Ian Mccrudden, Chief Operating Officer for the European Training and Simulation Association (ETSA), interviewed Peter Hitchcock, Vice President of the Thales Training & Simulation business.

The Antoinette Barrel – a Training Device Upon Request

November 21, 2022

Walter F. Ullrich

Excerpted from the forthcoming book 'All But Flying is Simulation - The Illustrated History of Flight Simulation', by former MS&T Editor and Senior Correspondent Walter F. Ullrich.

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Omega: A Ukraine-Driven Urgency

November 2, 2022

Dim Jones

This year, MS&T's Dim Jones is happy to report, Covid constraints had been lifted, and the Omega conference attracted over 150 delegates from 14 nations.

TSIS 2022 Highlights Training Modernization

August 8, 2022

Chuck Weirauch

There was more than the usual scramble for a seat in the 2022 Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS) auditorium; a record-breaking crowd of 950 attendees celebrated the return to the first “all-live” TSIS event since 2019.

Beyond Technology, Rethinking Defence Training - Christina Balis

Christina Balis, Global Campaign Director for QinetiQ, is the guest on this week's episode of The Warfighter Podcast, talking Tom and Colin through the non-technological aspects of tackling the challenges of Training Transformation.

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blackshark.ai is All In for Expanding Beyond Defense S&T

In the first in a series of simulation and training industry innovators disrupting the market space, Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak gained insights from Gastão de Figueiredo, Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at blackshark.ai.

Mental Well Being is Top of Mind

Eight years on from the Germanwings tragedy, the need for aviation mental health programs has taken on global importance. Robert Moorman examines the issue.