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PREMIUM - vIITSEC 2020: Varjo launches next-gen HMD
Demand for virtual and extended reality solutions for military training continues to grow
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The Spanish Army plans to have completed 12 exercises with a C2 training system from MASA by the end of 2021. The army hopes to accelerate the roll out of the system in the next two to three years through the purchase of additional licenses.
Government-to-government agreement includes M-346 training aircraft and a flight school for the Hellenic Air Force.
Software engine enables more realistic simulations.
Pilots and trainees at a Chelyabinsk academy have begun using the simulator.
Demand for virtual and extended reality solutions for military training continues to grow
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30th November 2016
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30th November 2016
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30th November 2016
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30th November 2016
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30th November 2016
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30th November 2016
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30th November 2016
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30th November 2016
Brig Gen Athanasios Tsouganatos, NATO assistant chief of staff for Joint Education Training and Exercise, speaks with Shephard about the aims and objectives for training ...
29th November 2016
CAE debuted its new Block 30 MQ-9 Reaper simulator/demonstrator at I/ITSEC in Orlando. The demonstrator also took part in the Operation Blended Warrior LVC event. ...
29th November 2016
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29th November 2016
The Swiss federal defence procurement authority, armasuisse has contracted Thales to undertake a number of significant concurrency upgrades to the Swiss Air Force’s AS 532 ...
29th November 2016
Presagis has launched its Craft series of customisable simulation platforms at I/ITSEC in Orlando. The new simulator series includes Heli Craft and UAV Craft. The ...
29th November 2016
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has held a ceremony to mark the move of its C-130H and KDC-10 full mission simulators (FMS). Both devices ...
29th November 2016
Active control technology specialists Stirling Dynamics has received a contract from SGB Enterprises to supply active controls for their UH-60M and CH-47F helicopter flight simulators ...
29th November 2016
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28th November 2016
The Shephard Media team has enjoyed day one of I/ITSEC in Orlando. Trevor Nash and Beth Maundrill sit down to discuss the first day of ...
28th November 2016
France's military procurement agency (DGA) has ‘recommended’ that Babcock France be awarded a contract to provide and maintain a training aircraft fleet and related services ...
28th November 2016
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28th November 2016
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