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Bournemouth, UK: September 2008 The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates has contracted Micro Nav to extend their BEST stimulator for their new ATC systems.
The GCAA currently use a network of BEST workstations to stimulate their ATCSYS system in their Emergency Area Control Room (EACC) for a range of on-console operational training. The EACC will be replaced by a new Emergency Operations Room complete with new ATC equipment.
The first phase of the programme sees the upgrading the existing BEST simulator and the introduction of the BEST simulated ATC audio communications. The interfaces cover radar, OLDI, AFTN and time synchronisation. The GCAA will use this system without interruption in parallel with the creation of the new facility to support system validation, transition training and basic training.
Hunt Valley, Maryland — August 26, 2008 — AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that its family of Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations (TADSS) has been selected to support training for Army National Guard units operating the RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS).
Awarded by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation in Orlando, Fla., the initial order, valued at $11.9 million, includes 25 high fidelity Shadow Crew Trainers (SCT) and interactive multimedia instruction. Including four option years, the contract has a total potential value of $31.1 million.
AAI produces and supports a complete family of advanced tactical unmanned aircraft systems, including Shadow systems flown by the U.S. Army, National Guard, and Marine Corps.
SEOS’ US operation has moved to a brand new, purpose-built 34,000 sq ft facility in Oviedo, Florida. Specifically designed to support the company’s plans for growth and development, the new facility will consolidate all US operations close to our customer base.
Production and system builds of SEOS’ GRIFFIN range of fast-jet products, as well as the manufacture of SEOS’ PANORAMA line of products, will take place in this new plant – all part of SEOS’ objective to support the increasing demand for the products from both the military and commercial simulation markets.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to provide a C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Del. The system will provide training to Air Mobility Command and Air Force Reserve Command C-17 crew members. Financial terms are not being disclosed.
Boeing has developed, operates and supports nine continental U.S. C-17 ATS sites and expects to expand to three more within and outside the continental United States by 2010. With a tradition of successful C-17 aircrew training delivery to the U.S. Air Force since 1992, Boeing has also become the C-17 training provider of choice for customers from the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
SEOS and CAE have signed a 5-year supply agreement for the 11ft PANORAMA® optics system. Under the terms of the agreement, CAE will acquire its 11ft cross-cockpit collimated displays from SEOS.
SEOS has been supplying 11ft PANORAMA displays to CAE for over eleven years and is the only company who can supply this ultra-high specification product. This move will enable CAE to satisfy a number of its current and future programs, while securing commitment of supply. The SEOS-CAE relationship has continued to strengthen, with SEOS also supplying 2015HC LCOS projectors and Griffin rear-projected dome displays for some CAE military programs.
 Realtime snapshot of the EGNT model IML (Image Modelling Limited) have announced that they are offering a number of COTS airfield models in OpenFlight format.
Initially they will be UK located airfields but more from other parts of the world will be added in due course.
These models will be available with the details required for low visibility procedures (LVP) such as taxiway lines; taxiway lights; hold markings/lights; wig-wags; hold position, taxiway location & mandatory boards.
SEOS has received an order from the Russian company Transas, for a cross-cockpit collimated display system to be used on an An-148 flight simulator.
The 10ft radius PANORAMA display will have a total field-of-view capability of 200º x 45º. SEOS will also supply three of its 2015HC LCOS QXGA projectors, complete with integrated pixel management and auto-alignment. The system will initially be assembled at the Transas facility in St. Petersburg in Summer 2009, before being moved to its final operational site. The simulator will then be certified to Level D.
Conducting critical, real-time business or government research without massive risk or expense is a holy grail that is becoming more and more attainable – especially in Virginia.
The hows and whys will be explored in full at the MODSIM World 2008 Conference & Expo to be held Sept. 15-18 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
“MODSIM World 2008 is a unique opportunity to exchange modeling & simulation knowledge, research, and technology across industry, government, and academia and for participants to get up-to-speed in modeling and simulation,” said Conference Chair Paul Fosdick, who is technical director for Northrop Grumman Technical Systems. “With Hampton Roads having emerged as one of the top markets for this cutting-edge research, the conference will be a ‘mustattend’ to stay abreast of trends and services.”
CAE has placed orders with SEOS to supply two PANORAMA® collimated display systems. These will be used on full flight simulators for the C-130H and KDC-10 aircraft, which CAE is providing for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF).
Each 10ft PANORAMA display will give a 210° x 45° (+25°, -20°) field of view and be produced using the latest resin-infused manufacturing techniques, providing significant component weight savings. The systems will initially be delivered to CAE, before being relocated to the final site. Both simulators will be qualified to Level D standards, by the Netherlands Militaire Luchtvaart Autoriteit (Military Aviation Authority), and will support flight and mission training by mid 2009.
July 15, 2008 – UFA, Inc., announced today that the National Guard Bureau (NGB) has acquired an additional eight (8) UFA ATTower® Desktop Tower Training Systems (DTTS) and upgrades for eleven (11) UFA ATCoach® Advanced Precision Approach Radar Training Systems (APARTS). These systems will be located at United States Army National Guard (ARNG) sites around the country and are transportable for use during deployments.Currently the ARNG has six (6) ATTower DTTS and fifteen (15) ATCoach APARTS systems deployed in the United States. In addition, UFA ATCoach APARTS systems are deployed at a number of US Army sites in the United States, including the Army ATC Training School at Fort Rucker.
 Southampton, PA, July 10, 2008. Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") Simulation Division today announced the signing of a contract with the Netherlands Institute for Safety, NIFV, to add new capabilities to their ADMS-COMMAND, Advanced Disaster Management Simulator.
The contract consists of a new multiple car crash scenario and a rescue diver scenario. Both new scenarios focus on incident command decision-making at the Crew Commander or Lieutenant level. Trainees exercise in open-ended scenarios in immersive three-dimensional environments, and command virtual team members via radio. The virtual crews are driven by embedded artificial intelligence, and can respond vocally to the trainee about their progress on a given task. The new scenarios will be delivered with specific evaluation and scoring components to train and assess based on national standards.
Furstenfeldbruck, 9 July 2008 - In two scenarios at the NATO exercise CWID, ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH proved its competency for IT systems concerned with military "joint & combined" missions: In Lillehammer, Norway, the main site for the exercise, the company provided services in the field of geoinformation. ESG's command and control information system also played an important part at the demonstration in Euskirchen (North-Rhine Westphalia), which took place at the same time.
The "Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration" (CWID) is held every year in June under the auspices of NATO. The exercise is regarded as one of the most important events in the field of networked operation command. Here, NATO checks the level of interoperability of the command, control and information systems of its member states. The NATO members, partners and organisations involved meet for around four weeks in Lillehammer.
SEOS has been contracted by OPINICUS Corporation, the C-27J Level D compliant Flight Simulator Assembly provider, to supply a PANORAMA® collimated display system for use on the Alenia Aeronautica C-27J full flight simulator which will be used to train Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare – AMI) aircrew.
The 10ft-radius on-motion PANORAMA display will provide fields-of-view up to 200ºH x 45ºV (+20º, -25º), and incorporate three SEOS 2015HC QXGA LCOS projectors. It will also include reference alignment, integrated pixel management, auto-alignment, and display control subsystems. Final installation will be at the end of 2009 at an Italian Air Force base in Pisa.
Study Finds 70 Percent of Major Employers Use Interactive Computer Training That Includes Game-like Simulations
JUNE 23, 2008 – WASHINGTON, DC – Seventy percent of major employers utilize interactive software and games to train employees according to a new study released today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The study data also showed that more than 75 percent of businesses and non-profits already offering video game-based training plan to expand their usage in the next three to five years. And more than three-quarters (78%) of organizations not utilizing this technology today are likely to offer it in the next five years.
Koç Holding, Türkiye's biggest company, acquired a producer of military simulation technology in an attempt to increase its share in the defense industry.
As of June 2, Koç will own Istanbul-based Kaletron, which produces equipment simulating planes and boats, Mehmet Nalbantoglu, head of Koç's defense technology unit, said at a press meeting.
"This acquisition will increase the activity of Koç Information and Defense Technologies," Nalbantoglu said. "Koç Information will become a global player in simulation."
(OLYMPIA, WA - June 4, 2008). FACTS Training, a division of AirCare Solutions Group, recently announced the award of two major contracts from the United States Air Force (USAF) training VIP Flight Attendants in the proper execution of emergency and safety procedures. The long-term agreements with the USAF are a result of first time bids by FACTS Training for these highly contested awards.
Flight Attendants from all major USAF bases are expected to participate in the customized FACTS Training programs. Each will include a combination of classroom instruction and hands on exercises using FACTS innovative training devices.
The USAF Gulfstream training (C-20B, C-20H, C-37A) will be conducted at the FACTS Northeast Training Center located within the CAE/SimuFlite Training facilities in Morristown, New Jersey. This training venue includes FACTS VII, the latest full motion, cockpit and cabin emergency procedures simulator.
SEOS has been selected by CAE to provide a GRIFFIN rear-projected display system, for use on a prototype M-346 flight training device (FTD) that CAE is designing and manufacturing for Alenia Aermacchi (AAEM) for the M-346 program.
Based on the established 25-channel configuration, as used for F-35 Lightning II, this system will initially use 15 2015HC QXGA projectors, filling the primary forward screen section. This provides a field-of-view of 255°H x 95°V (+50°, -45°), and allows CAE to complete integration work prior to full installation. The system will also incorporate Mercator distortion correction, DigiBlend edge blending, autoalignment and remote control capability.
Haifa, Israel, June 5, 2008 - Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) and Lockheed Martin inaugurated the avionics simulation system delivered to the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) for the Israel Air Force (IAF) F-16I Sufa aircrew flight and system trainer.
The simulator is fully compatible with the aircraft avionics and cockpit.Elbit Systems additionally supplied an advanced simulating system to enable the IAF pilots Out-of-Cockpit world view for full training in different air conditions in both day and nighttime. The systems were delivered to the full satisfaction of the IAF and the Israeli Ministry of Defense, within the planned timeframe.
In 2005, Elbit Systems supplied an advanced simulation system for the F-16A Netz and has already received a follow-on order for the development of a simulation system for the F-16B Barak.
We’re licensing our atmospherics system Simul Sky individually, as well as in a bundle with Clouds. Sky is a pretty nifty bit of software - you set the time, date, part of the world you’re in, and it first calculates where the sun is in the sky, and second, calculates the physically-correct sky colours. Where Sky really excels is at twilight, sunrise and sunset. Most scattering algorithms turn the whole sky yellow when the sun is low in the sky or below the horizon. Simul Sky gets it right. What’s also really cool about it is the number of calculations it takes to get a complete skydome - much fewer than you’d expect! So you can have the whole sky change in real time with minimum fuss.
Next generation of IFADs Forward Air Controller Training Solution (IFACTS) to be released at ITEC2008
IFACTS was released at the Omega CAS conference in London November 2007. At this years ITEC2008 exhibition the next generation of IFACTS will be on display.
IFACTS is a deployable, PC-based, simulation-based solution that enables FACs and pilots to rehearse CAS mission TTP - anywhere and anytime!
To celebrate the release of the rather great version 1.4, CloudWright is only $59 until the end of June!
From Tuesday at ITEC in Stockholm, ESG will be displaying solutions for training and instructing soldiers.
Stockholm, 10 June 2008 - At the core of the ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH stand at ITEC 2008 are various systems for training soldiers to handle aircraft. The specialist trade fair for training, education and simulation in the defence sector will be taking place in Stockholm from the 10th to 12th June, 2008. According to the organisers, ITEC is the only trade fair of its kind outside the United States.
Grows Autodesk’s Videogame Middleware and Simulation Offering
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 7, 2008 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kynogon SA, the privately held maker of Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware. Autodesk announced its intent to acquire Paris-based Kynogon on February 19, 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Kynapse has been used to develop more than 65 AAA game titles, including Alone in the Dark 5, Crackdown, Fable 2 and The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Kynapse gives characters spatial awareness, enabling them to realistically navigate digital environments. As well, Kynapse is widely used in simulation industries
Pitch Technologies AB [E120] See how open standards like the High Level Architecture (HLA) together with commercial technologies like Google Earth can blend into rapid simulation building environments previously unheard of!
Bohemia Interactive Australia [F140] - Demonstrating the latest iteration of their state-of-the-art simulation technology at ITEC. Released in March 08, the VBS2 Virtual Training Kit was developed in accordance with military requirements, successfully delivering a truly customisable, low-cost, networkable, PC-based training capability that is available today.
On the 9th April 2008 DT Media handed over a Communications Team Trainer to a major Middle East Navy. The system, which has been developed from the Fleetman communications system in use with the Royal Navy since 2006, has added a new level of realism in voice and data communications training. The delivered system has workstations for 20 Students and 2 Instructors and simulates HF, VHF, UHF and SATCOM voice and data circuits. The Instructor has the ability to insert fading, noise, spoofing, jamming and atmospheric effects such as anomalous propagation. A powerful replay facility enables the Instructor to replay an exercise from any point and to show what radio selections had been made by each Student throughout the exercise.
“The new St. Louis Learning Center further demonstrates our commitment to serve
and support our Regional Airline Customers. We are seeing a significant increase in demand due to the efficiency and effectiveness of our services, the quality of our simulators and the value we provide,” said Bruce Whitman, President & CEO, FlightSafety International.
Orlando, Florida (April 29, 2008) - Adacel, an industry leader in software integration, simulation development and speech recognition technology, unveiled an innovative new product at the 2008 World Aviation Training Conference and Tradeshow (WATS) in Orlando Florida.
Adacel’s new system ICE Pilot takes a unique approach to teaching and evaluating aviation English. ICE Pilot uses Adacel’s state-of-the-art speech recognition and air traffic control simulation technology and immerses students in a fully customizable air traffic environment to enable students to communicate with automated air traffic controllers. The application is laptop based and includes both automated teaching and evaluation modes. It is ideally suited to new pilots and those pilots preparing for their ICAO Level 4 English certification.
ST. LOUIS, May 13, 2008 -- QinetiQ and Boeing [NYSE: BA], leaders of Team ACTIVE (Aircrew Collective Training through Immersive Virtual Events), have successfully linked the U.S. Distributed Mission Operations Network aircrew training system and another nation's simulation facilities for the first time.
The milestone took place March 6-10 during Exercise Avenging Eagle -- the culmination of the 30 month Mission Training through Distributed Simulation Capability Concept Demonstrator (MTDS CCD) program. The exercise connected flight simulators distributed throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, delivering realistic operational training to diverse military aircrews.
ST. LOUIS, April 18, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) have partnered to further develop industry standards for modeling and simulation (M&S).
The joint effort is aimed at establishing common standards and guidelines for companies, organizations, academia, governments and others involved in M&S activities such as analysis, research and development, test and evaluation, and training.
Leading the effort for Boeing Advanced Systems is the Analysis, Modeling, Simulation and Experimentation group, which has extensive and long-standing expertise in these disciplines.
Frasca has been awarded a contract to supply a DA-42 Flight Training Device (FTD) to Qindao Jiutian International Flight Academy (QJIFA), China, The FTD will feature Frasca’s TruVisionTM 170 X 40 FOV Visual System and Garmin G1000 avionics. Frasca has sold ten FTDs to Chinese customers and are looking forward to developing partnerships with additional Chinese airlines and schools and anticipate providing many more quality flight simulators to the expanding Chinese market. (May 2, 2008)
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