Trevor Nash

MTS wins additional $15.8 million ATS III orders

Georgia-based Meggitt Training Systems (MTS) has announced a number of additional orders that form part of the overall US Army live-fire range combat skills training ...

Kongsberg and BISim team for Protector training

Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) have announced the signing of a framework agreement to jointly develop simulation solutions for the ...

Meggitt wins US Army AWSS programme

Meggitt Defense Systems has been awarded a $48.5 million contract for the US Army’s Aerial Weapons Scoring System (AWSS) enhancement programme. This so-called hybrid contract (cost-plus-fixed-fee ...

Iraqi Army to get M1A1 training system

Orlando-based Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price FMS contract for an undisclosed number of M1A1 Abrams Situational Awareness ...

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After a career in the British Army, Trevor Nash worked in the simulation and training industry as a project manager and later Marketing Director. In 1991 he started work as an Editor for the Monch Publishing group before becoming a freelance journalist in 1994.

He founded The Write Partnership in 1995 and launched Military Training & Simulation News (MTSN) as a newsletter before re-launching it as a magazine in 1999. In 2015 Trevor joined Shephard Media following its aquisition of MTSN.

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Cubic and SECAPEM create framework partnership

25th September 2019

French target and adversary air specialists SECAPEM and Cubic Global Defense have signed a framework partnership agreement that will enable the two companies to offer ...
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Team AERALIS adds KBR

20th September 2019

AERALIS, the British company developing a family of new military and aerobatic jet trainer aircraft, has signed a MoU with service provision specialists, KBR. The ...
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Mirage F1 takes to the skies in Texas

19th September 2019

Textron subsidiary, Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), has undertaken the first flight of its Mirage F1 aircraft from the company’s Alliance Airport Adversary Center of ...
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Swedish Navy awards naval warfare training upgrade

5th September 2019

CAE has been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on behalf of the Royal Swedish Navy to upgrade and expand the ...
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Germany prepares to announce Sea Lion simulator winner

5th September 2019

The German Federal Procurement Agency (BAAINBw) is expected to announce the winner of it’s long-running Sea Lion simulator programme in early October. The long-awaited contract covers ...
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New training system from Systematic

18th July 2019

Following-on from the German Army’s procurement decision to acquire the Systematic Group’s SitaWare Headquarters' C2 battle management software, it has been revealed that the company ...
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USAF trains Nigerien Armed Forces

15th July 2019

As the threat from extremist groups in Africa continues to be felt, many nations from around the world are offering military support to the affected ...
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UK MFTS to get more aircraft and sims

18th June 2019

Ascent Flight Training, the company running the UK’s Military Flying Training System (MFTS) programme, is to ‘increase the output and the capacity’ of the project ...
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TRU unveils Canadian FAcT strategy

31st May 2019

TRU Simulation + Training has announced that it is offering aircraft and synthetic training equipment to a number of the bidders on the Royal Canadian ...
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A rocky road ahead for Canada's future aircrew trainer

30th May 2019

Since starting discussions with industry in 2013 concerning its Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) requirement, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has now selected five companies ...
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ITEC 2019: MASA’s Sword gives cutting edge to HADR training

17th May 2019

As a long-term user of MASA’s Sword computer-based constructive training system, the Bangladesh Army has been instrumental in developing the product over the past three ...
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ITEC 2019: More than just technology says industry (video)

16th May 2019

Shephard speaks with industry leaders from BMT, DiSTI and Lockheed Martin at ITEC 2019 in Stockholm, asking how the technological solutions being presented at the event ...
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ITEC 2019: TrianGraphics spreads its 3D wings

16th May 2019

Epic Games has added another string to its bow with database specialists TrianGraphics now offering export of its Trian3DBuilder straight into the game engine, Unreal ...
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ITEC 2019: F-35 training update

16th May 2019

During his paper entitled: Joint Distributed Mission Training for the Fifth Generation and Beyond, Vic Torla, business development director for training at Lockheed Martin, told delegates ...
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ITEC 2019: Germany closes Tornado gap

15th May 2019

The German Air Force (GAF) and navy was one of the largest customers for the Panavia Tornado aircraft and although the latter has disposed of ...
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ITEC 2019: CAE’s trauma patient simulator in action (video)

14th May 2019

Shephard takes a look at CAE’s trauma patient simulator which is currently in use by the German Army and Special Forces. From mid-May 2019 CAE ...
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ITEC 2019: Quantum3D launches latest MANTIS

14th May 2019

California-based Quantum3D has released details of its latest version of MANTIS, a real-time scene management and image generation (IG) software system. MANTIS is available as ...
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ITEC 2019: DRTS enhancements on the way

13th May 2019

Lockheed Martin has been awarded, what has been described as ‘the most expansive delivery order in programme history,’ the upgrade of extant Digital Range Training ...
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ITEC 2019: CAE USA Mission Solutions OGC CDB success

13th May 2019

CAE has announced that CAE USA’s wholly-owned subsidiary, CAE USA Mission Solutions (MSI), has been awarded a contract by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) ...
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ITEC 2019: Valiant wins USMC training support contract

12th May 2019

Valiant Global Defense Services, part of Valiant Integrated Services, has been awarded a $15.9 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide support services for the US Marine ...