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USAF Selects Lockheed Martin's Simulator For 5th Gen Fighter Aircrew Training
June 21, 2017 @ 12:25 PMLockheed Martin has won a $104 million contract from US Air Force to develop, produce and field a threat simulator for future combat aircrew training. The program, known as the Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 2 (ARTS-V2), will use radar threat emitters to simulate advanced medium-range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) to support legacy and 5th generation combat aircrew training requirements
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US Approves $750M Military Education, Training Support Deal To Saudi Arabia
June 6, 2017 @ 09:14 AMThe US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a possible foreign military sale estimated $750 million to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for an air force blanket order training program. The training for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and other Saudi forces will include such subjects as civilian casualty avoidance, the law of armed conflict, human rights command and control, and targeting via MTTs and/or broader Programs of Instruction (POIs), DSCA said in a press release
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Tapestry Solutions To Support US 7th Army Training Command With Mission Command...
May 23, 2017 @ 04:15 PMBoeings Tapestry Solutions has won a $58 million contract to provide mission command training support services for the US Armys 7th Training Command. Under the contract, Tapestry will continue to support live, virtual and constructive training exercises at the Joint Multinational Simulation Center (JMSC) located in Grafenwoehr, Germany; its satellites in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Vicenza, Italy; the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany; and Theater Security Cooperation exercises throughout NATO
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German Navy's Modernized Sea King helicopter Simulator Ready For Training
May 16, 2017 @ 01:30 PMGerman Navys Sea King Mk41 helicopter simulator that has been modernized with latest-generation Medallion-6000 image generator is ready-for-training at Nordholz Naval Airbase. As part of the upgrade, the company performed a range of updates, including the addition of the latest-generation CAE Medallion-6000 image generator with common database (CDB) architecture, CAE announced Tuesday
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US Air Force C-130 Aeromedical Trainer Becomes Operational
May 15, 2017 @ 03:03 PMUS Air Force's C-130 Aeromedical Evacuation Training System that replicates the vibrations and turbulence often encountered during take-off, landing, and in-flight, is now on-motion, fully operational and ready-for-training. Developed by CAE for United States Air Force at Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), the C-130 Aeromedical Evacuation Training System for an aeromedical fuselage trainer will now provide US Air Force aeromedical evacuation crews with a more realistic virtual training environment
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Turkish Military Helicopter Simulator To Receive Quantum3D Visual Solution
May 9, 2017 @ 12:56 PMUS firm Quantum3D has been selected to provide Image Generation technology as part of the first flight simulator being delivered to Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in support of its new T-625 helicopter design. The simulator will feature Quantum3D's Independence IDX 8000 Series Image Generator (IG), which is Quantum3D's IG solution featuring its MANTIS scene generation software on a PC-based hardware platform, the company announced today
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Stringent, Realistic Combat Scenarios Introduced In Chinese AF Pilot Training
May 5, 2017 @ 05:46 PMChinese People's Liberation Army Air Force is introducing stringent, realistic combat scenarios exercises to improve pilot capabilities. Commanders and pilots have been given stringent, realistic combat scenarios and are told to try their best to win
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Special Training For Pentagon Negotiators To Increase US Weapons Sales
May 3, 2017 @ 03:17 PMUS Air Force has started special training protocols to improve Pentagon employees' way of communicating their case when dealing with foreign weapons buyers and also to understand exactly their requirements. The move was taken in the wake of increasingly time-consuming and unsatisfying negotiations between foreign weapons buyers and US weapons sellers, and the Pentagon
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US Army To Use 'DroneDefender' To Disrupt UAV Communication
April 26, 2017 @ 04:12 PMUS military has considered to train its soldiers with DroneDefender, a point-and-shoot, electromagnetic, rifle-shaped weapon that disrupts communications of a remote-controlled drone and its operator. The system provides a safer and more accurate alternative than other methods, such as shooting drones with a rifle
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Australian Navy Expands Simulation Training For Future Electronic Warfare Sailors
April 21, 2017 @ 03:11 PMAustralian Navy is extending its use of simulation in a collaborative project with Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems for training future electronic warfare sailors. "A common electronic warfare sensor suite is planned across the future fleet
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US State Department Approves $1 Billion Pilot Training Contract For Iraqi Air
April 15, 2017 @ 10:21 AMThe US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale worth $1.06 billion for pilot and maintenance training, contractor logistical support (CLS) for trainer aircraft, and base support for Iraqi Air Force personnel
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NIOA Delivers LVS2 Fire Control Simulation For Australian Army’s MK47 Grenade Launcher...
April 11, 2017 @ 10:52 AMAustralian arms supplier NIOA has delivered its first LVS2 Next Generation Fire Control Simulation Training System for MK47 Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher to the Australian Army. The Lightweight Video Sight (LVS2) system provides an advanced, virtual reality training solution that is compact, easily transportable and deployable, providing low cost, but highly effective, training for Defence
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Navantia Out; Naval Group, Saab and TKMS in $3B Dutch Walrus Replacement...
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With No Foreign Patents, 500 Russian Arms Copied Abroad
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Wind Tunnel Tests of Sino-Russian CRAIC CR929 Mockup Complete
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AM General To Modernize Jordanian Fleet of 200 Humvee Vehicles
December 14, 2019 @ 05:30 AM
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Germany To Finalise Order for 38 Eurofighter Jets, 110 E-Scan Radars
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Turkish Navy to get First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier in 2020
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Bechtel Bags US Navy's $1.4Bn Naval Nuclear Propulsion Components Contract
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Su-57 Performs 16 Flights with New, Powerful Engine
December 7, 2019
US, Europe Arms Embargo to Derail Several Turkish Procurement Programs
Several joint production and direct procurement programs could be halted if the US and Europe carry through with their threat...
Unconventional Military Hardware from Iran
Sanctions-hit Iran has found ingenious ways to develop military hardware
Artificial Intelligence to Drive Future Weapons Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating the defence industry to aid and improve human decision-making
Are Days Numbered for Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Jet?
Upgrade of Russias Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters to equip them with armaments, radar, sensors and engines from the more powerful Su-35...
US Companies Threatened With Sanctions May be Denied Chinese Rare Earth Materials
US companies sanctioned by China for supplying weapons to Taiwan may be denied rare earth elements (REEs), which have critical...
Russian Su-57 Preparing to Compete with F-35 for Stealth Jet Market Share
While the US F-35 stealth aircraft has become one the fastest selling fighter jets in the world aircraft market, thanks...