Boeing’s AH-64E Apache Training System Delivered to South Korea
South Korea has received Beoings Apache Longbow crew trainer, which will be used to train the nations army to prepare them for AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters that the company will be delvering at the end of this year. The system uses the Apaches flight software and matured flight and avionics...
Thales To Modernize German Small Arms, Handheld Anti-Tank Weapons Simulator Devices
Thales has received an order for the modernisation of all small arms/handheld antitank weapons shooting simulator training devices (AGSHP) in use with the German Armed Forces. The order from the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Utilisation of the Federal Armed Forces (BAAINBw) is approximately five million euro and to...
CAE Wins Multiple Defense Training And Simulation Contracts
CAE today announced that it has won defence contracts valued at more than C$100 million to provide a range of simulation products and training support services for global military customers. Some of the key contracts include Lockheed Martin awarding CAE a contract to provide synthetic training equipment for the rotary-wing element...
CAE To Design Naval Training Centre For UAE Navy
CAE has been awarded contracts by the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces to design and develop a comprehensive Naval Training Centre (NTC) for the UAE Navy. The purpose-built NTC facility will feature a range of integrated ship simulation-based training suites as well as maritime aircraft...
Bangladesh Army Deploys SWORD Software For Command Post Training
MASA has delivered a completely customized version of its wargame with automated forces, SWORD, to the Bangladesh Army, in order to equip its Computerized War-Game Center (CWGC). The Bangladesh Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC) has chosen to employ SWORD for command post training from Battalion to Division level
Rafael Unveils ‘Drone Dome’ Battlefield Simulation System
Rafael has unveiled a new detection, identification, tracking, and neutralization system against drones and ABS 4, Drone Dome, a Battlefield Simulation System for Headquarters Training at LAAD SECURITY 2016, April 14-12, RioCentro, Brazil. This year, Rafael will unveil Drone Dome a new end-to-end defense solution designed to detect, identify, track, and neutralize drones
ARI Delivers Fifth Bridge Ship Operations Simulator To Indian Navy
ARI has delivered a new full mission naval bridge simulator to the Indian Navys Andaman & Nicobar Command at Port Blair. The new next-generation simulator incorporates ARIs latest D-Series technology platform and has been delivered with a range of extended features including the ability to simulate beaching operations with two custom developed LCU and LST vessel models as well as a sophisticated new OPV vessel
Saab, Ashok Leyland Team Up For Producing Truck Simulators in India
Saab and Ashok Leyland have joined hands to manufacture Truck Simulators in India under the Make in India concept. The two companies signed a teaming agreement in the end of 2015
Zen Technologies To Unveil Unified Combat Training Center At DefExpo 2016
Zen Technologies will unveil Unified Combat Training Centre (UCTC) to meet individual and collective training requirements of combat units of the Indian Army at the DefExpo 2016 at Goa later this month. Zen Combat Training Centre (Zen CTC) comprises Virtual, Live and Constructive Simulators which fully addresses individual and collective training needs of combat units and Configuration of equipment for Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces, Special Forces and State Police Forces
L-3 Link To Build 34 New Predator Mission Training Simulators For USAF
L-3 Link has won a contract to build 34 new Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) simulators for the US Air Force. “The US Air Forces and US Air National Guards requirements for MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators continue to grow, and the skills needed to complete an expanding set of missions are increasingly complex,” Frank Casano, L-3 Links vice president of programs said in a statement Tuesday
Networked Virtual F-35 Simulators For US Air Force Pilot Training
The US Air Force will begin training its pilots on linked virtual F-35 simulators. Lockheed Martin last week announced the delivery of four networked F-35 simulators that can be shared over virtual world giving access to multiple trainees in tactical training exercise at a single time, Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday
Islamic State Flight Simulator Operating in Libya
Islamic State (IS) terrorists are believed to be undergoing flight training on simulators in Libya. The terrorists are training to fly planes using at least one flight simulator
First 6 Rafales for the Croatian Air Force just Landed in Zagreb
Rostec firm Develops Portable Radar to Detect Drones at Ultra-low Altitudes
Oshkosh Defense Secures $40M Contract Extension for ROGUE-Fires UGV
European Defence Fund Supports STORE Project to Enhance Land Forces' Imaging Systems...
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...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...