European F-35 Pilots Take Part In Simulation Exercise To Evaluate Interoperability
The UK Royal Naval and Air Force Pilots teamed up with fellow F-35 pilots from Italy and the Netherlands as part of a series of simulation exercises to evaluate F-35 interoperability. “We are working towards establishing an IOC interoperability baseline for the UK and F-35 Partner nations and helping them develop...
Polish Air Force Begin Operating CAE-built SW-4 Helicopter Full-flight Simulator
Polish Air Force has begun operating CAE-built 3000 Series SW-4 full-flight simulator (FFS) to train its air force cadets at the 41st Air Base School in Deblin. The SW-4 helicopter, developed in Poland by PZL-Swidnik, a Leonardo Helicopter company, is a multi-role light utility helicopter used by the Polish Air Force...
Mahindra Defence Initiates Lockheed Martin C-130J Training Centre In India
Indias Mahindra Defence Systems has started a C-130J Super Hercules simulator training centre at the Air Force (IAF) station in Hindon outside Delhi. The facility offers training with a full motion simulator to the crew that operate the C-130J special operations aircraft acquired from Lockheed Martin in 2011
Saab Signs Extension Contract To Provide British Army With Tactical Engagement Simulation...
Saab has signed a three year contract extension estimated SEK 210 million with the United Kingdoms Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the provision of Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) as a fully managed service. Saabs versatile Deployable TES (DTES) system is used by the British Army to support overseas training exercises conducted...
Saab To Deliver Infantry Training Systems To Estonian Army
Saab has signed a contract with the Estonian Armed Forces to deliver BT46 training systems to the Estonian Army. The deliveries will be made in 2018, the company announced Wednesday
Cubic To Develop Simulation Services For Australian Navy
The Australian Navy has selected Cubic Defense as the primary contractor to develop distributed simulation-enabled training events. The four-year contract, valued at approximately USD $7
CAE Wins $138M Contracts To Provide Training, Simulation Support To Canadian, US...
CAE has won multiple defence contracts valued at more than C$175 million to provide simulation products, training services and in-service support for global military customers. These contracts, awarded during CAE's first quarter of fiscal year 2018, involve programs that highlight CAE's position on major platforms and its Training Systems Integrator strategy
Explotrain Develops Functional Drone Based IED Simulation and Training System
Explotrain, a US-based company has developed a functional drone based IED simulation and training system. Asymmetric warfare by its very nature leads combatants on all sides to develop new weapons and defenses
USAF Selects Lockheed Martin's Simulator For 5th Gen Fighter Aircrew Training
Lockheed 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
US Approves $750M Military Education, Training Support Deal To Saudi Arabia
The 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
Tapestry Solutions To Support US 7th Army Training Command With Mission Command...
Boeings 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
German Navy's Modernized Sea King helicopter Simulator Ready For Training
German 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
US Forces Korea’s A-10 Thunderbolt Jet Accidentally Drops Non-explosive Projectile
India Rejects MQ-9 Purchase Over Budget Constraints: Report
Navy Aviators Learn to “Fly” MQ-25 Before Boeing Delivers First Aircraft
China Launches Malaysia’s Third Littoral Ship
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Propaganda War Between Azerbaijan, Armenia
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New Su-30SM2: Will it be better than the Rafale?
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Russian Drone Attack
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Russian Pantsir Air Defense System- Sitting duck or Top Dog?
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Free Flow of Weapons Make Peace Difficult in Libya
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