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JOB VACANCY US ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY
U.S. Army Research Laboratory Chief, Soldier Performance Division, Human Research & Engineering Directorate Announcement Number: ARL-DB5-11-02 Annual Salary: $148,510.00 - $165,300.00 Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland • Lead a division of 75-125 scientists and engineers. Direct and oversee a highly complex theoretical and...
M978 HEMTT TRAINING DELIVERED BY DiSTI
The DiSTI Corporation has announced that it has successfully delivered a high fidelity and highly interactive training application for the HEMTT M978 Tanker to Oshkosh Corporation. DiSTI says that, “with this application, students are effectively trained on the fuelling and de-fuelling procedures of the tanker vehicle virtually allowing Oshko...
US Army selects AAI's MAST
AAI Test & Training has announced that its Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer (MAST) has been selected by the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) under a task order from the Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Omnibus Contract II. Valued at $10.6 million, the initial order inclu...
RAAF Training on New ATC Simulator
Adacel has announced that it has successfully completed final acceptance for the MaxSim Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower simulator suite delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) School of Air Traffic Control at East Sale. The multi-million dollar acquisition by the RAAF includes a suite of Adacel’s ATC tower simulators to train RA...
More MH-60 Success for CAE
In what has become a significant long-term programme for the company, CAE USA has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $44 million to design and manufacture two MH-60R Tactical Operational Flight Trainers (TOFTs) for the United States Navy. The contract includes options to design and manufacture two additional MH-60R TOFTs which could br...
Ternion Corporation Launches FLAMES Version 9.1
Ternion Corporation’s FLAMES is a family of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software products that address all aspects of constructive simulation development and use. These include the creation of customised scenarios, the execution, visualisation, and analysis, as well as interfaces to live, virtual, and constructive systems. In late Marc...
Lynx Wildcat Training Contract
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Agusta Westland have concluded negotiations and signed a £76 million ($122 million) contract for the latter, “to design and develop an integrated training solution which includes the building and equipping of a new modern training centre for the AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopter.” Interestingly, th...
Saab Gets Into Virtual Market
Live training specialists Saab, formally known as Saab Training Systems, has announced that it has bought the Czech training and simulation company, E-Com. Based in Slavkov, E-Com is primarily known for its virtual training capabilities so why has Saab added virtual training to its live portfolio? Saab has frequently dabbled in the virtual arena...
C-IED SUCCESS FOR SAAB
The newly styled Defence and security company Saab, formerly Saab Training Systems, has received an order from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) training for the British Army in the UK and abroad. The duration of the contract is one year and the order is valued at $18 million. “Saab h...
L3 Link in $24.1 million Kuwait F/A-18 Win
Continuing its renowned success in the field of winning F/A-18 Hornet training systems, Link Simulation & Training has been awarded a $24.1 million contract from the US Navy to provide the Kuwait Air Force (KAF) with two F/A-18C Tactical Operational Flight Trainers (TOFTs) and associated training equipment. The training system is being sold to ...
US MCTOG Selects DI-Guy
DI-Guy is developing an Enhanced Company Operations (ECO) simulation system to support the US Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) in execution of “Spartan Resolve”, its pre-deployment exercise. DI-Guy ECO Sim is an integrated set of training stations that focuses on counterinsurgency and IED defeat tactics. The ECO Sim s...
Danish Navy Enhances ASTT
Danish company IFAD TS A/S has delivered its IRAS Comm and IRAS Touch simulated radio communication and intercom systems to the Royal Danish Navy’s (RDN) Warfare School at Frederikshavn for use on its Action Speed Tactical Trainer (ASTT). The two new systems are part of a communications upgrade for the ASTT and replaces older technology. I...
Lenny Genna Named President of L-3 Link Simulation & Training
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has announced the appointment of Lenny Genna as its new President. Genna will report directly to Jim Dunn, President of L-3’s Sensors & Simulation Group. “Lenny has a solid background of engineering and technical expertise and leadership experience, having managed several essential or...
IMMERSIVE TRAINING DEMO AT FORT LEONARD WOOD
Boeing was part of a team that demonstrated a fully immersive and integrated environment for ground forces training at Fort Leonard Wood during a two day exercise in late September. The environment replicated an urban setting in Afghanistan, including costumed actors fluent in the local languages, realistic audio effects and typical architecture. ...
Hélidax Receives Last EC 120
Hélidax, the French helicopter training facility, has officially received its 36th and final EC120 from Eurocopter. Hélidax is equally owned by its founders DCI and INAER France (formerly Proteus). On 31 January 2008, the French government procurement agency, the DGA, awarded Hélidax a contract for 16,000 to 26,000 flight h...
LM STS BECOMES LM GTL
Headquartered in Orlando, LM Simulation, Training and Support has become LM Globat Training and Support (GTL), emphasising that organisation's increasing capabilities in logistic support. “We periodically review our portfolio of capabilities and services against the demands of the environment to find ways to continuously provide the b...
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