⊲ Airforce Technology ⊳ JFJ Aviation & Defence and Vrgineers are collaborating on an unrestricted fifth-generation fighter simulator that uses mixed reality technology to deliver training. The...
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US Army Operational AR Lives On
⊲ The Register ⊳ The US Army has relaunched its augmented reality headset initiative with $354 million in contracts to Anduril and Rivet Industries for its Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC)...
Rafale Defeats F-35 in Live Simulation
⊲ FLYING ⊳ During NATO's Trident Atlantic 25 exercise in June over Finland, a French Dassault Rafale fighter jet achieved a simulated kill against a U.S. F-35A. The French Air and Space Force...
Simulation Weekly News
⊲ Last Week’s Sim News Summary ⊳ In the military, China is developing AR capabilities for tank and armoured vehicle crews, offering real-time 360° vision, overlaid data, and enabling gunners to aim...
XR Boosts Access to Army Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ US Company Mass Virtual and the US Army have collaborated to create an XR-equipped classroom for aerial intelligence training at Fort Bliss. The initiative addresses gaps in...
Practising for Nuclear Armageddon
⊲ Business Insider ⊳ At the National Museum of the US Air Force, visitors can see a Cold War-era Minuteman II missile procedures trainer once used to prepare crews for launching nuclear weapons....
Simulation Weekly News
⊲Last Week's Sim NewsSummary ⊳In a significant development for predictive modelling, Google's DeepMind announced its "Weather Lab" AI model demonstrated superior accuracy in short-range forecasts...
China’s Transparent Tank Armour & Eye Targeting
⊲ Defence Blog ⊳ China is developing AR headsets for tank and armoured vehicle crews, offering real-time 360° vision and overlaid data via a transparent HUD. Tested on the ZTZ-201 tank, the...
Bohemia’s Simulation for Canadian Forces
⊲ Defence Industry Europe ⊳ Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), part of BAE Systems, has announced that after a competitive evaluation process it has won a five-year enterprise licence to...
Royal Navy Invests in Multi-Domain Simulation
⊲ Royal Navy ⊳ The Royal Navy has awarded QinetiQ a £25 million, five-year contract to deliver training through the Maritime Command and Staff Trainer (MCAST). The system will simulate task force...
AR Comes to USAF Fighter Cockpits
⊲ FlightGlobal ⊳ Florida-based Red 6 revealed on 15 August that it has received a contract from the USAF’s Air Combat Command to deploy its Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS)...
F/A-18 XR Simulator Arrives in Helsinki
⊲ Auganix ⊳ Industrial-grade XR hardware and software provider Varjo has installed a full-scale F/A-18C/E cockpit replica from Dogfight Boss at its Helsinki headquarters. The mixed-reality setup...