CAE Wins Simulation Products, Training Services Contracts Worth $134M
CAE has won C$175 million defense contracts to provide new simulation products, simulator upgrades and training support services for global military customers. Key contracts awarded during the third quarter of CAE's fiscal year 2017 include Babcock France to support pilot training for the French Air Force; Airbus Defence & Space ordering...
Lithuania Purchases Saab's RBS 70 Missile Simulators
Lithuania has placed an order for Saab-made RBS 70 missile simulators in order to enhance the country's air defense capabilities. Included in the contract are simulators, training services and spare parts and deliveries will take place during 2018, the company announced Tuesday
CAE Designs Simulators For Canadian Coast Guard's Bell 412, Bell 429 Helicopters
CAE is developing CAE 300 series helicopter simulator that includes cockpits for Bell 412 and Bell 429 helicopters used by the Canadian Coast guard. The CAE 3000 Series simulator also features CAE's roll-on or roll-off cockpit design, the company announced today
Indonesian Firm To Maintain Saudi Military Aircraft
Indonesias state-owned aircraft manufacture PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) will provide maintenance services Saudi Arabian military helicopters and aircraft, starting in 2017. “We are still processing the contract,” Brig
UK MoD Acquires License Of BISim Virtual Battlespace 3 Defence Simulation Solution
The UK Ministry of Defence acquired an enterprise licence of the Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) software Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) as the UK MODs Defence Virtual Simulation (DVS) solution. DVS will be the UK MODs common virtual simulation tool to provide interoperable, accessible and deployable virtual simulation capability across the
Lockheed Martin To Upgrade M1A2S Advanced Gunnery Training System For Saudi Arabia...
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a foreign military sales contract worth $48 million to upgrade the M1A2S Advanced Gunnery Training System for Saudi Arabia. “Lockheed Martin Corp
Alpha To Build Three Simulators For Indian Air Force
Alpha Design has plans to build three hi-tech simulators for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to train its pilots to fly fighters and helicopters. The contract is being awarded to the electronic devices manufacturer to build, operate and manage the simulators on its air bases at Adhampur near Jallandhar in Punjab, Sarsawa near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Bagdogra near Darjeeling in West Bengal, Alpha Chairman and Managing Director Colonel H
Bulgarian Naval Academy Selects VSTEP To Deliver Simulators
Bulgarian Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy has selected VSTEP to install a Liquid Cargo Handling Simulator with Instructor Station, and a NAUTIS DNV Class A Full Mission Bridge Simulator (FMBS) with 240° FOV at the new simulation centre. The Naval academy has also selected NAUTIS DP Class FMBS with 180° FOV including instructor stations, VSTEP announced today
CAE Supports Canadian, Australian Air Force Participation In Virtual Combat Exercise
CAE has supported the participation of Canadian as well as Australian Air Force in Coalition Virtual Flag 16 (CVF16) virtual air combat exercises. Hosted by the US Air Force, CVF16 took place in mid-August so that simulated aircraft could participate in the joint, multi-national air combat training exercise
Indian Army To Develop Command Level War Game Software With US
The Indian army, with the assistance of the US, has plans to develop a simulated command post exercises (CPX), a training software tool. The computer-driven CPX involving the participation by command, staff, and communication personnel will be a high point of the upcoming India-US joint Army exercise between 14-27 September at Indian Army's Chaubatia military station in Uttarakhand's Ranikhet in India, officials at the Army headquarters said
CAE Receives 3 Grob G120TP Aircraft For US Army Flight Training program
CAE has received first three Grob G120TP training aircraft to support US Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program. The first three Grob G120TP aircraft will be used as part of the United States Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program and begun training its initial cadre of instructor pilots to prepare for the start of training in 2017, the company announced Wednesday
RFI for Indian AN-32 Mission Simulator
Indian defense ministry intends to procure one full mission simulator for the upgraded An-32 RE aircraft. The full mission simulator is intended to be used for flying and mission training of pilots, navigator and flight engineers on all roles of the upgraded An-32 RE aircraft
BAE Systems Selects Hanwha USA to Modernize Building at Redford Ammunition Plant
Iranian Nuclear Facilities Unscathed after Alleged Israeli Strike
Australia Planning A$36B-A$44B Investment into Landing Craft, HIMARS, Helicopters
Argentina to Join NATO as Global Partner
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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
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How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U