HATSOFF To Set Up Second Simulator Platform
The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF) is planning to set up a second simulator platform in Bangalore for training pilots for specific flying training like Eurocopter Dauphin or the Bell 412 or Indias Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-Dhruv), Deccan Herald reported last week. HATSOFF is a joint venture...
Lockheed Martin To Supply C-130J Virtual Maintenance Trainer To Australian Air Force...
The Lockheed Martin Australia has won a contract for supplying a C-130J-30 Virtual Maintenance Trainer and a Multi-Function Training Aid (MFTA) to support aircrew training of Royal Australian Air Force. Through this major upgrade, the RAAF will have a standardized curriculum tailored for its operations and based on decades of C-130...
Rockwell To Supply Terminal Attack Controller Simulators To Australian Army
Rockwell Collins will provide the Australian Army with the latest generation Joint Fires Observer (JFO)/Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) simulator that is designed to meet services training requirements. This system, part of the RealFires family of JFO and JTAC simulators, will be located at the School of Artillery and is fully...
General Dynamics Team Wins $415 US Army LT2 Product Line Management Contract
General Dynamics team announced today that it has won US Armys $415 million Live Training Transformation (LT2) Consolidated Product-line Management (CPM) Next contract. The original CPM program contract was awarded in 2009 by the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Program Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE)
ANSYS Acquires Newmerical Technolgies
ANSYS has acquired the assets of Newmerical Technologies International (NTI), a developer of in-flight icing simulation software and associated design, testing and certification services, the company said in a statement Wednesday. NTI develops and markets advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software
Airbus Helicopters Upgrades Dauphin Rotorcraft Flight Simulator For SAR Operations
Airbus Helicopters has upgraded the AS365 Dauphin rotorcraft full-flight simulator to provide training in both day and night search and rescue (SAR) operations. The upgrade was made by Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia at its Seletar Aerospace Park facility, by adding a CMA9000 flight management system into the AS365 motion-based flight simulator
ETC’s Spatial Disorientation Flight Trainer for USAF
Aircrew Training Systems (ATS) a division of Environmental Tectonics Corporation ETC announced today that it signed a contract with the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to provide a fifth spatial disorientation flight simulator. The AFLCMC selected ETC's GYRO IPT II (Integrated Physiological Trainer) to fulfill the requirements of their new Spatial Disorientation (SD) Training System Program
Zen, Rockwell Collins To Showcase Latest Aviation Simulator And Training Product At...
Zen Technologies and Rockwell Collins announced today that they will be displaying an aviation simulator and training product developed and designed collaboratively by both partners during the biennial Airshow Aero India starting from February 18 at Bangalore. The two companies had recently signed a MoU to combine their strengths in simulation and training to offer fidelity solutions to Indian customers
Boeing Delivers Advanced Visual System To F-22 Training Center
Boeing has delivered the first simulators for ground-based F-22 Raptor aircraft with an immersive, 360-degree visual environment. The delivery of Advanced Visual System has improved the realism of ground-based F-22 Raptor training center
CAE Wins Polish, German And New Zealand Defense Forces' Contracts
CAE announced today that it has won a series of contracts worth more than $98.5 million to provide a range of simulation products and upgrades and other support services
US Army Gets First UH-72A FTD From CAE
CAE announced at the I/ITSEC show that the United States Army has accepted for training the first UH-72A flight training device (FTD) to be located at the U.S
China Opens 108 Defence Products to Private Sector Participation
The monopoly of state-owned defense contractors is fading further into memory, as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has opened its tender process to private sector players. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Headquarters has released 108 defense items open for public tender and for private players to take part in product-related research, development and production, the PLA daily reported on Tuesday
U.S. Puts on Hold Ammunition Supply to Israel Amid Rafah Invasion Concerns...
U.S. Army’s Bradley IFV to be Upgraded with Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist...
Ukraine's JDAM-ER Bombs to Get Home-on Sensors to Target Russian Electronic Warfare...
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV Climbs to 33,000 ft. Highlighting High Altitude Reconnaissance Capability
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1