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M-345 officially enters service as trainer for Italian Air Force
The Leonardo M-345 High-Efficiency Trainer (HET) basic/advanced trainer is similar to the M-346, which is the second part of the Italian Air Force’s training system, but is a substantially smaller and less powerful aircraft.
Air Warfare
Japan targets T-4 replacement ahead of GCAP as pressure mounts to modernise pilot training
The JASDF has been looking to replace its T-4 jet fighters amid concerns over training capacity and pilot readiness for fifth-gen fighters.
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What role could holographic and 3D capabilities play in the warfare of tomorrow
Holographic and 3D technologies have been lauded by some for their ability to provide technical and operational advantages for military training and planning. But is the hype truly justified?
Air Warfare
US Army progresses with the Flight School Next project
A special procurement notice for the Flight School Next was issued this week as potential suppliers step up their efforts.
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Paris Air Show 2025: Parrot’s new microdrone ANAFI UKR breaks cover
While the Paris Air Show marked the first time the ANAFI UKR has been publicly shown, the ISR drone has been in use with various armed forces for the last eight months, Parrot told Shephard.
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France and Sweden sign defence roadmap as Naval Group positions FDI frigate for Swedish surface ship programme
A pact signed at the Paris Air Show has seen Sweden turn to the French FDI frigate to lead its next-gen surface combatant fleet amid shifting security dynamics in the Baltic Sea.
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Training
ITEC 2017: RNLAF outlines simulation plans
16th May 2017
According to Col Harold Boekholt, the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) Head of Policy and Plans, ‘simulation will grow in the future and be driven …
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Training
DST lab develops moon simulator
16th May 2017
Australia’s Defence Science and Technology (DST) group is using a night vision laboratory to assess night vision technology under consideration for, or in use with, …
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Training
ITEC 2017: German Navy Sea King FMS RFT
16th May 2017
Following on from a major upgrade to the German Navy's Sea King Mk41 helicopter simulator at Nordholz naval air station, the device has now been …
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Training
ITEC 2017: KF Aerospace to deliver Bell 206 FTD
16th May 2017
KF Aerospace, formally Kelowna Flightcraft, has been brought under contract by Canada's Department of National Defence to deliver and operate a Bell 206 Flight Training …
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Special Operations
SOFIC 2017: SOF Expands Science and Technology Directorate
15th May 2017
Reflective of a desire to ‘move at the speed of SOF,’ the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (SOF AT&L;) community has …
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Training
ITEC 2017: New KC-135 simulator opens
15th May 2017
The US Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing has received a new KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft simulator, with the system officially opened on 5 May. …
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Training
ITEC 2017: Quantum3D to supply image generator for Turkish helicopter
15th May 2017
Quantum3D has revealed that it has been selected to provide its IDX 8000 image generator (IG) and accessories as part of the first flight simulator …
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Training
ITEC 2017: UFA sims accredited by US Army
15th May 2017
The US Army's Directorate of Simulation has accredited its UFA Inc ATCoach and ATTower air traffic control (ATC) simulators at Martindale AHP in San Antonio, …
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Training
ITEC 2017: ATAC gets USN contract
13th May 2017
The growing emphasis on the provision of red air adversary/aggressor services seems to have no bounds. With major programmes now running in the US, Canada …
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Training
ITEC 2017: QuantaDyn delivers JTC TRS to USAF
12th May 2017
In January, the US Air Force awarded the Joint Terminal Control Training and Rehearsal System (JTC TRS) Low Rate Production (LRP) programme to QuantaDyn. This …
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Training
ITEC 2017: ETSA TASIG tie-up
12th May 2017
The European Training and Simulation Association (ETSA) and the ADS Training and Simulation Interest Group (TASIG) have signed a cooperation agreement that is designed to …
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Special Operations
Indonesia buys Korea's MILES training system
12th May 2017
Korea's MILES training system has been selected the Indonesian special forces, in the system's first international export contract, the Korean Ministry of National Defence announced …
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Naval Warfare
AUVSI 2017: Navy borrows SOF technology model
11th May 2017
The US Navy is borrowing a page from the accelerated technology acquisition model utilised by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) through the establishment of …
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Training
ITEC 2017: Argon Delivers PlumeSIM
11th May 2017
The Austrian MoD's CBRN Defence Command based in Korneuburg has taken delivery of Argon Electronics' PlumeSIM live instrumented CBRN field and virtual table-top CBRN and …
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Training
ITEC 2017: More UAE success for CAE
10th May 2017
Following on from last year's selection of CAE by the UAE armed forces to build a naval training centre, helicopter simulators and the establishment of …
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Training
ITEC 2017: USAF graduates first enlisted RPA crew
10th May 2017
The whole question of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) has raised heated debate about who should fly them; officer pilots or non-commissioned officer non-pilots. Due to …
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Training
ITEC 2017: AWES update for British Army
9th May 2017
Cubic Global Defense has provided details of its Area Weapons Effects Simulator (AWES) component contract, following on from Saab Training Systems' announcement that they had …
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Training
ITEC 2017: Success for VirTra V-300
9th May 2017
US-based VirTra, suppliers of small-arms training (SAT) simulators, has announced that it has received a follow-on contract award from an undisclosed international customer in the …
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Training
ITEC 2017: RBDF contract for VSTEP
8th May 2017
Dutch simulation specialists VSTEP and international shipyards group Damen have signed a cooperative agreement to produce a NAUTIS full mission bridge simulator (FMBS) for the …
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