Trevor Nash

ITEC 2018: CBL success and more for Saab Training & Simulation

By any standard, Saab Training & Simulation has had a successful start to 2018. Contracts in Finland, Sweden and Germany have most recently been supplemented ...

ITEC 2018: FlightSafety wins prestigious USN TH-57 contract

FlightSafety Services Corporation has been awarded the US Navy’s TH-57 Contracted Instructional Service (CIS) programme for the TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopter by the Orlando-based ...

ITEC 2018: Thales secures EDITH contract in Hungary

During a briefing at ITEC 2018 by Thales VP training & simulation, Benoit Plantier, it emerged that Thales is under contract from Hungary to supply ...

ITEC 2018: BISim and Pitch Technologies are talking

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has reached an agreement with Pitch Technologies to bundle the latter’s Pitch Talk with BISim’s desktop training products, starting with VBS3. ...

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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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US DoD V-22 sim upgrade plans

22nd January 2018

The US DoD’s Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division has placed a $34.9 million order for the upgrade of its CV-22 and MV-22 synthetic ...
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More details emerge on ASI's CFTD success

9th January 2018

Although awarded in October 2017, more details have now emerged concerning the CH-53E Sea Stallion Containerised Flight Training Device (CFTD) programme won by Tampa-based Aero ...
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ESG launches new cyber security centre

8th January 2018

ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH (ESG) officially opened its new Cyber Simulation and Training Centre (CSTC) in Munich on 1 January. The company had been previously ...
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Exercise Gunfighter Flag concludes

6th January 2018

Exercise Gunfighter Flag has recently concluded at the US Air Force’s 110,000 acre Mountain Home AFB range complex in Idaho. Designed to train participants in joint-service ...
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Raytheon prepares for DoD cyber training

20th December 2017

Over recent years there has been much talk of developing cyber security training methodologies but few companies have brought forward any meaningful training processes or ...
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Link T&S wins F/A-18 sim upgrades

19th December 2017

L3 Technologies Link Training & Simulation has received two contracts for F/A-18 simulator upgrades for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) CF-18 and the devices ...
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I/ITSEC casts light on simulation and training trends

6th December 2017

One of the key benefits of I/ITSEC is its ability to shine a spotlight on the current state of the military training and simulation market. ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: Rheinmetall trucks on with driver training

6th December 2017

In early November, Rheinmetall transferred the first of 35 MAN TGX series trucks to the German Armed Forces n Oldenburg for driver training. The contract is ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: Meggitt launches FATS 300 VSAT

5th December 2017

Meggitt Training Systems has launched its new immersive, multi-screen FATS 300 system at I/ITSEC 2017. The system is designed to provide an immersive training environment ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: That's a wrap (video)

30th November 2017

Shephard's training and simulation duo Trevor Nash and Beth Maundrill run through some of the key events that took place at this year's I/ITSEC in Orlando, ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: The race for T-X enters the final stages

30th November 2017

The US Air Force is continuing to mull over its options for its next advance and the contract for the TX programme is now expected ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: Saab sees the future in augmented reality

29th November 2017

Saab Training Systems has used I/ITSEC to showcase its new training tool for military observer/controllers (O/C) that is designed for use during live, laser-based tactical ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: 3D Perception delivers Northstar to Lockheed

29th November 2017

Projection display specialists, 3D Perception, has now delivered its Northstar visual display system to Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems and completed factory acceptance testing.The Northstar ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: MASA launches latest version of SWORD

29th November 2017

French company MASA has launched a new version of its SWORD constructive training and wargaming solution. The latest iteration of SWORD, v.6.10, has integrated a ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: EDM highlights ejection seat for T-X (video)

28th November 2017

The UK’s EDM, a supplier of training simulators to the defence, rail and civil airline training sectors, is highlighting a Martin-Baker Mk18 ejection seat at ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: Simthetiq models on Station IX

28th November 2017

Montreal-based visualisation model specialists, Simthetiq, will be presenting key elements of its 3D model libraries and terrain using Station IX, an immersive display system, during ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: Israel conducts Blue Flag exercise

28th November 2017

In what was claimed to be the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) largest ever live air training event, the nation hosted aircraft from seven air forces ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: Rockwell Collins and CAE team up for I-LVC

27th November 2017

It appears the Operation Blended Warrior will not be the only I-LVC event to take place at I/ITSEC 2017. Rockwell Collins and CAE have teamed ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: Quantum3D expands portfolio

27th November 2017

Best known for its real-time image generation capabilities, California-based Quantum3D is using I/ITSEC 2017 to highlight a number of new products and expand its offering. ...
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I/ITSEC 2017: New Commander for USAF AETC

26th November 2017

At a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, Lt Gen Steven Kwast took over the command of USAF’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC) ...