Cubic Upgrades US P5 Combat Training System For More Accuracy, Coverage
Cubic Global Defense has upgraded US P5 Combat Training System for more accuracy as well as expanded coverage. The enhancement includes Earth Center Earth Fixed (ECEF) coordinates to accurately map its position anywhere on earth, the company announced today
Factory Acceptance For Airbus HATS01 Helicopter, Meant for Australian Army, Navy Pilot...
Airbus Helicopters has achieved Factory Acceptance of HATS01, the first of fifteen helicopters of theH135 family, for joint Australian Navy and Army pilot training. Boeing Defence Australia is the prime contractor for the new training system for the Australian Defense Force
Cubic To Show Littoral Combat Ship Virtual Training System
Cubic Global Defense will showcase the US Navys Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) virtual training program at the 10th Annual Capitol Hill Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Expo in USA on July 9th. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Immersive Virtual Courseware is set within the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE) and trainees perform tasks...
CAE Wins $117 Million Multiple Simulation And Training Contracts
CAE has won multiple defense contracts that include MH-60R maintenance and rear-crew trainers for Royal Australian Navy, two UH-72A Lakota FTDs for US Army, two full-mission simulators for undisclosed customer in the Europe/Middle East/Africa region. CAE today announced that the defense contracts are valued at more than C$150 million (US $117...
Netherland Maritime Academy Gets VSTEP Simulators
The Maritime Academy Holland has chosen VSTEP simulator for their new Inland Navigation Center in Harlingen to provide simulation training. The VSTEP announced on Tuesday that the deal includes the purchase of a Full Mission Inland Navigation Simulator and three Inland console trainers
Airbus Orders Two Lockheed Martin Full Flight Simulators
Airbus Mexico training center has ordered two Lockheed Martin's A320 full flight simulators for their operations in Mexico City and Monterrey. The simulators will be delivered in late 2015 and early 2016, Lockheed Martin announced Monday
Bangladesh's China-made F-7 Fighter Jet Crashes In Bay of Bengal
A Bangladesh Air Forces F-7 fighter aircraft has crashed into Bay of Bengal after taking off from the Zahurul Haque base in South eastern city of the country. The pilot of the F-7 fighter, Flight Lieutenant ‘Tahmid, is reported missing, Chittagong airports manager Wing Commander Nur E Alam was quoted as saying by bdnews24
Indian Air Force Receives Kiran Jet Trainers From Navy
The Indian Navy is moving its nine Kiran trainer craft to the Air Force, which is facing shortage of intermediate jet trainers. A senior Navy official said that the initial training takes place with the Air Force, furthermore the navy at this time has the Hawk advanced jet trainers
British Troops To Deploy High-Velocity Missiles in Falklands For Exercise
Uks Royal Marines will deploy high velocity missiles against incoming attack aircraft during a live-fire training exercise, which will be held in the Falkland Islands next month. The special exercise is to show that the Falklands can defend itself against air attack
Brunei Air Force Selects CAE Flight Training Device
The Royal Brunei Air Force is using a CAE-built PC-7 flight training device to improve pilot selection and screening. The device is installed at the CAE Bruneis Multi-Purpose Training Centre,
Yak-130 To Be Reconfigured As Fighter-Bomber For Export
Russia plans to re-configure its Yakovlev Yak-130 combat training aircraft into a fighter-bomber for export. The highly manoeuverable aircraft would challenge the likes of the Saab Gripen, BAE Systems Hawk 200 and the Pakistani-Chinese JF-17
Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 To Train Italian Pilots For Eurofighter Operations
Italian Air Force will start testing the capability of Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchis M-346 Master, a military transonic trainer aircraft, as an "aggressor" in dissimilar combat training missions with the Eurofighter aircraft. Starting next August the students of the Italian Air Force who are to fly on the combat aircraft will accomplish the trainings phase IV on the new M-346, the final step before the passage to the operational airplanes
U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $756M for Hypersonic Weapon System Enhancements
Singapore’s F-16 Crash Caused by Gyroscope Malfunction
Fires Rise as Russian Novorossiysk Port, Oil Depot Hit Massive Drone Attack
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...