Raytheon recently released a new, immersive military training product – The Synthetic Training Environment Soldier Virtual Trainer, or STE SVT – which uses virtual reality to train squads of soldiers in multiple scenarios. The platform […]
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 […]
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