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US services test wearable tech to improve soldier’s performance
Developed by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, the Lightning Platform is an app to assess warfighters’ physiology, metabolism and mental and cognitive status.
Naval Warfare
UK and US marines train to guard nuclear deterrent submarines
The Autumn round of Tartan Eagle training just concluded in Scotland.
Land Warfare
Australia and Singapore open expanded training area in Queensland
Australia and Singapore have expanded Queensland’s Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA), adding advanced facilities and technologies to support larger, longer joint military exercises under their ongoing strategic partnership.
Land Warfare
Latest UK Army Warfighting Experiment urban exercise underway
The series of exercises focuses on war fighting in the urban environment with the intention of aligning experimentation to tactical functions and integrating them all during a final experiment.
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Land Warfare
Meggitt to upgrade UK DCCTs
5th August 2015
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Meggitt £10.2 million in contracts to upgrade British Army Dismounted Close Combat Trainers (DCCTs), the company announced …
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Digital Battlespace
Cubic enhances P5 Combat Training System
4th August 2015
Cubic Global Defense has upgraded its P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) to include Earth Center Earth Fixed (ECEF) coordinates for accurate map positioning, the company …
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Defence Helicopter
Acceptance for HATS helicopter
28th July 2015
The first Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) helicopter for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has achieved Factory Acceptance, Airbus Helicopters announced on 27 July. HATS01 …
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Military Logistics
Cubic Australia wins ADSTC contract
22nd July 2015
Cubic Defence Australia has been selected as the primary contractor to provide a managed workforce solution for the Australian Defence Simulation and Training Centre's (ADSTC) …
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Digital Battlespace
Brazil builds home-grown simulators
22nd July 2015
The Brazilian Army is developing its own simulators to expand training capabilities in its armoured training centre and parachute brigade. These simulators run alongside those …
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Digital Battlespace
Brazil trains with customised COMBATER
20th July 2015
The Brazilian Army is training with a fully customised COMBATER simulation system for the first time during Exercise Liberdade Azul earlier this month. It is …
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Digital Battlespace
Rockwell tests CRIIS equipment
16th July 2015
Rockwell Collins has successfully completed the first risk-reduction flight with production equipment from the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS), the company announced on 14 …
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Digital Battlespace
CAE renews collaboration with ESS
15th July 2015
Eurofighter Simulation Systems (ESS) and CAE have renewed their collaboration agreement for the provision of Eurofighter Typhoon visual training systems, CAE announced on 13 July. …
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Defence Helicopter
Italian Blade 2015 comes to a close
9th July 2015
Italian Blade 2015, a part of the European Defence Agency's (EDA) Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP), has concluded in Viterbo, with EDA declaring the exercise a …
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Training
CAE announces simulation contracts
9th July 2015
CAE has been awarded defence contracts for simulation products and training services worth more than $118.12 million, it announced on 7 July. The contracts include …
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Defence Notes
USMC trains Senegal forces
7th July 2015
A team of around ten US Marine Corps (USMC) soldiers, sailors and coastguardsmen are currently undertaking the training of Senegalese Companie Fusilier de Marine Commandos …
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Naval Warfare
VSTEP wins Dutch training centre order
30th June 2015
VSTEP has received orders for three inland console trainers and a full mission inland navigation simulator from the Maritieme Academie Holland's new Inland Navigation Center …
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Digital Battlespace
Boeing orders P-8A OFT hardware
30th June 2015
Boeing has ordered simulator hardware from CAE for four additional P-8A Poseidon operational flight trainers (OFTs), CAE announced on 29 June. Of the four new …
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Military Logistics
RSAF extends BAE Systems training contract
29th June 2015
BAE Systems has been awarded an extension to its Air Grading Centre (AGC) support contract with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), the company …
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Defence Notes
UK to step up Ukraine forces training
29th June 2015
The UK will step up its training programme for the Ukrainian armed forces, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced at the NATO Ministerial meeting in Brussels …
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Military Logistics
Cubic contracted for Aussie services
25th June 2015
Cubic Defence Australia has been selected as the prime contractor for the Australian Army's Exercise and Advanced Services Standing Offer (EATSSO), it was announced on …
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Digital Battlespace
Brunei air force uses CAE MPTC
22nd June 2015
The Royal Brunei Air Force has started using the new CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre's (MPTC) PC-7 flight training device to screen and test pilots, …
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Defence Helicopter
Seven countries prep for Italian Blade
16th June 2015
The European Defence Agency's (EDA) Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP) training event, Italian Blade 2015, will begin in Viterbo, Italy on 22 June. Around 40 helicopters …
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Military Logistics
UKMFTS late by six years
16th June 2015
The UK National Audit Office (NAO) published a report on 12 June that indicates that the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) new UK Military Flying Training …
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