Training
Northrop Grumman Corporation has established a new training facility for Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operators that offers improved flight simulators, hands-on aircraft maintenance and classroom instruction. Opened July 10 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., the Fire Scout Training Center will meet increasing demands for trained operators as the system
Training
Mosaic ATM has announced the release of the Rapid Automated Mission Planning System (RAMPS) tool which dramatically shortens the mission planning and validation time of UAS operations. RAMPS, along with its 3D visualization component, provides automated mission planning to avoid hazards including airspace, air traffic, population areas and weather. RAMPS
Business
Simlat has announced a recently awarded contract to provide a highly advanced UAS training system to Saint Louis University’s Center for Aviation Safety Research (CASR). Simlat’s full-crew trainer, the C-STAR, includes high-fidelity flight simulation for pilot training, as well as realistic and diverse mission simulation for payload operator
Data Links & Communications
RT Logic, a subsidary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., has launched its newest, most powerful and widest bandwidth RF Channel Simulator. The 250 MHz T400CS Wideband Channel Simulator precisely replicates the real-time RF conditions that can be expected in wideband SATCOM, aircraft, missile, and UAS missions. Its use
Training
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has developed a simulator for operators controlling Lynx Multi-mode Radars on unmanned and manned aircraft.The Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Simulator (TARS) is software that can run on a laptop. “TARS is unique because it is highly transportable but still replicates the actions that a sensor operator
Military
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed a contract to provide training support to the British Army. The training support will include acquiring video using small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The video will be transmitted in real-time to soldiers' remote terminals, allowing them to be trained in
Training
Simlat Ltd. has been selected to provide 15 SPOT (Selection by Performance-Oriented Testing) systems to a military customer for an extensive process of manning ISR Payload Operator positions. Over 100 candidates are expected to undergo the SPOT battery as part of the selection process. The procedure includes inspecting SPOT performance
Training
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it is one of two companies that have been selected by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. for a Phase 1 development of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Composite Maintenance System Trainer (CMST) Programme. For Phase 1, Kratos will develop the architecture and preliminary
Training
Sinclair Community College student Trace Curry Complaints by some parents to their school-aged children that video games "aren't good for you" may not necessarily be true. Apparently, a "PlayStation" mentality can pay off for students interested in aviation and could lead to a future
Training
L-3 Communications in New York has entered into an agreement to acquire the civil aircraft simulation and training business of Thales Training & Simulation Ltd., with facilities in the U.K., France, Germany, and Australia. Thales Training & Simulation--headquartered in Crawley, U.K., operates a training center in Asia, and
Training
Russell Peters is a junior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University , one of the top U.S. flight-training schools, who has no intention of taking to the skies. Standing next to a 3-foot-wide (91.4 centimeters) plane that searches for objects on the ground using artificial intelligence, he talks about how his
Training
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled a comprehensive and high-quality mission trainer - the UMT UAS Mission Trainer. UMT was developed to meet the growing need for UAS high-capability simulators. It addresses the needs of all UAS operational personnel (pilots, observers, payload operators and external pilots) at all training stages.