The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – part of the Department of Homeland Security – will be using drones when training government personnel and private companies to secure critical infrastructure. Three small unmanned aircraft […]
The US Air Force’s 1st Weather Group (1st WXG) is testing virtual reality training with the NextGen Environmental Weather Training System. The system simulates setting up and assembling a tactical meteorological observation system, the TMQ-53 […]
FAAC Incorporated, a unit of Arotech Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division, has been awarded a contract to support the US Army’s Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS) Maintenance Program (ATMP). FAAC will serve as […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3 Technologies the status of prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP). The F-16 STP contract – valued at $350 million USD – will consolidate the previous […]
Dubai Municipality recently launched a smart training center that provides hands-on training in urban planning and building supervision and control using the Virtual Reality (VR) Environment. The Smart Training Hub, supervised by the municipality’s Geographic […]
Garda, the police service of the Republic of Ireland, specialist response units, the National Ambulance Service, the Defense Forces, the Dublin Fire Brigade, and 50 actors recently held a major emergency training exercise simulating a […]
The Air Force and Air Education and Training Command is introducing virtual and augmented reality technology with new ground instructional training aircraft, or GITA. A new GITA has arrived at the US Air Force’s Sheppard […]
MILO Range Training Systems, a unit of Arotech Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division, has received new awards totaling $2.5 million from the US Air Force (USAF). It will also provide extended product support through 2024 […]
The University of Waterloo’s School of Optometry and Vision Science now features a new virtual reality (VR) training lab funded through an $800,000 CAN investment by FYidoctors. The lab simulates a patient’s eye and provides […]
Singapore recently unveiled a new simulation center (SIMCEN) for its littoral mission vessels (LMVs) at Tuas Naval Base. The new LMV simulation center, jointly developed by the Singapore Navy and the Defense Science Technology Agency […]
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