Sierra Nevada Corp To Train Afghanistan’s A-29 Pilots
Sierra Nevada Corp has won a $23.2 million modification contract to provide A-29 (or Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano) pilot and maintenance training for the Afghanistan Air Force at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; and in Afghanistan
Aeralis Signs MoU With Thales Training, Simulation System For UK’s Tempest Fighter...
Aeralis has signed an MoU with Thales to develop concepts for a ground-based training and simulation system to compliment United Kingdoms (UKs) Tempest future fighter programme. The two companies will evaluate concepts for a common simulator system that can be used to support all phases in a future flying training system...
Irkut Corp Displays MC-21 Advanced Simulator at Paris Air Show 2019
Irkut Corp has displayed a new advanced simulator of the MC-21-300 aircraft at the Paris Air show 2019. The procedural simulator of MC-21-300 has been upgraded after the successful flight tests
RAF to use Leonardo’s ‘BriteCloud55’ Expendable Active Decoy
Leonardo has been contracted by the UK Ministry of Defence to support a series of trials in which the ‘BriteCloud 55 Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) will be deployed for operations with the Royal Air Force (RAF)s fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. The first trial with Typhoon took place in April in...
Taiwan Requests $500M Worth F-16 Pilot Training from USA
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) has requested $500 million worth F-16 pilot training program currently at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona from the United States. The contract includes maintenance/logistics support for F-16 aircraft currently at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, flight training; participation in approved...
Saab to Deliver Virtual Marksmanship Simulator to Finnish Defense Forces
Saab has won a contract to deliver virtual simulators for marksmanship and basic combat training with associated maintenance to the Finnish Defense Forces Logistics Command. The order value is approximately 9 million Euro and the first deliveries will take place in 2019, the company said in a statement Monday
GA-ASI, Sankhya Collab To Support SeaGuardian RPAS Program For India
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Sankhya Infotech Limited will collaborate to explore Simulation Training and related efforts in support of the SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) program for India
Thales, Rheinmetall Upgrade French, German Tiger Chopper Simulation Systems
The first upgraded simulation systems for France's Tiger HAD combat support variant and Germany's UHT Step 2 anti-tank / fire support variant have completed qualification procedures at the Franco-German training academy (EFA) in Le Cannet-des-Maures in South-East France. German and French Tiger helicopter simulators are being upgraded under the Tiger Aircrew Training Means (TATM) programme awarded by Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) in December 2014, Thales said in a statement Monday
General Dynamics to Provide Planning Services for Nuclear Subs, Moored Training Ships
General Dynamics has won a $31.7 million modification contract for reactor plant planning yard services for nuclear-powered submarines and support yard services for the Navys Moored Training Ships
Rockwell Collins to Procure 4 E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training System for US...
Rockwell Collins is awarded $21 million modification contract to procure four E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Integrated Training System Distributed Readiness Trainers for the United States Navy. These medium fidelity tactics trainers focus on interoperability for distributed training that is required to stay concurrent with the aircraft, and will be delivered with E-2D Delta Software System Configuration 2 (DSSC-2) and with future DSSCs to be integrated into the system later, the US department of defense said in a statement Tuesday
Embraer Completes KC-390 Troop Unloading And Evacuation Tests
Embraer has completed Troop unloading, evacuation by hatch and evacuation tests through the front and rear doors of the KC-390 airlift. The tests were held at Brasília Air Force Base, Brazil
Polish Military University Orders Saab Land Forces Training System
Saab has received an order from the General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military University of Land Forces (AWL) in Poland to expand its GAMER laser-based training capability (LSS). With the new system – the Laser Tactical Simulator (LTS), AWL is going to grow the number of participants in exercises and functionalities of their current GAMER live training system
Russia Cancels MAKS Airshow for Second Consecutive Year
Lockheed to Upgrade U.S. Army, International M270 Launchers
Teledyne FLIR Unveils New Loitering Munition 'Rogue 1'
Dutch Navy Ship Faces Technical Delays En Route to Red Sea Amid...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
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...