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Saab Wide Area Multilateration System To Enhance Air Surveillance And Safety At...

January 28, 2014 @ 07:53 AM

Saab has been selected to supply a Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system – to provide precise surveillance during the training at US Army Joint Base Lewis – McChord (JBLM), Washington. JBLM will be the fourth US military installation to utilize Saab WAM for surveillance of flights in Special Use Airspace, joining...

Singapore Navy, IMarEST Sign Streamlined Accreditation Agreement

January 27, 2014 @ 09:04 AM

The Republic of Singapore Navys (RSN) training pipeline has been accredited by the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST). The accreditation, open to RSNs Naval Officers, Naval Warfare System Engineers and Experts, and Naval Divers, is to establish a streamlined route for marine engineers and technologists which maps each...

CAE Record 43 Full-Flight Simulators Sale Last Year

January 22, 2014 @ 01:31 PM

CAE today announced that it has recorded the sale of full-flight simulators (FFS) with 43 FFS already sold year to date in fiscal 2014. The latest contracts include the sale of five full-flight simulators -- one B787 simulator to Air Canada, one B737NG simulator to an undisclosed customer in North America...

Philippines' Flight Simulator Acquisition Bidding Process To Begin In February

January 21, 2014 @ 12:29 PM

The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) is planning to start bidding process for its Full Motion Flight Simulator Acquisition Project, next month. The $5

Thales, SAF Group Team Up For Helicopter Training Centre

January 15, 2014 @ 12:20 PM

Thales announced today that will join SAF Group at a shared training centre, which features two state-of-the-art Reality H Simulators, in Albertville in the French Alps. SAF, who have operated a Reality H in Albertville since 2012, providing training and simulation for the EC135, will be joined by Thales, who will...

BMT To Continue Assessing UK T101 And T102 Radars

January 13, 2014 @ 12:08 PM

BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd (BMT) has won a three year contract extension with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Air Defence & Air Traffic Systems (ADATS) Delivery Team. BMT will continue supporting the MoD in assessing the in-service performance of its T101 and T102 radars - ensuring that they are managed effectively, while delivering to the required operational availability

Huntington Ingalls To Provide Support For US Navy Aircraft Carriers

January 10, 2014 @ 04:22 PM

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that its AMSEC LLC subsidiary has won a contract to provide maintenance, training and planning support for U.S

Cubic Wins $25 Million P5 Combat Training System Contract

January 10, 2014 @ 11:26 AM

Cubic Defense Systems has won a contract worth $25 million to supply P5 combat training system (P5CTS) to the US Air Force (USAF). The system is expected to help USAF address international requirements, including delivery to several Middle East allies as part of F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft foreign military sales (FMS) contracts

US Navy Awards $103 Million Next-Generation Test Equipment Contract

January 9, 2014 @ 02:55 PM

Lockheed Martin has won a $103 million contract for production of eCASS, with the first stations being used to migrate existing Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) test program sets to eCASS. The contract was awarded following the Milestone C decision achieved by US Navy, approved Dec

US Sniper Maker Turns Down $15 Million Contract From Pakistan

January 6, 2014 @ 12:46 PM

A US-based weapons company has turned down a $15 million dollar offer to supply sniper systems to Pakistan, arguing that these weapons might end up being used against American soldiers. "Our greatest fear was that our equipment might be used against US troops

Peruvian Armed Forces To Buy MI-171 Helicopters

December 23, 2013 @ 01:09 PM

The Peruvian Armed Forces has signed an agreement with Russia to buy 24 MI-171 helicopters, including the delivery of a flight simulator and related training equipment. It is anticipated that the first helicopters will arrive in Peru during the second half of 2014, and the balance in 2015

Saudi Arabia To Buy MILO Range Force Options Simulators

December 20, 2013 @ 08:47 AM

Arotech Corporation was awarded a firm fixed-price contract to supply MILO Range simulators for use by the Saudi Arabian Defense Forces. The contract includes seven custom designed virtual weapons training simulators, to be installed at regional readiness centers across the Kingdom

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