⊲ Task & Purpose ⊳ The US Air Force has awarded LIFT Airborne Technologies a 10-year contract worth up to $83.4 million for as many as 16,000 AV2.2 helmets, replacing the HGU-55/P worn since...
Tag: flight simulator
Unreal Engine Powers Police Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Spanish flight simulator manufacturer entrol, the maker of EASA and FAA certified flight simulators, has added law enforcement features to ENVISION, its in-house visual system built on...
Domes & 4K Displays for Pilot Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Norxe P60 4K projectors drive two visual display systems that German integrator project: syntropy delivered to Pilatus Aircraft in Stans, Switzerland, for its new PC-7 MKX Flight...
Flight Simulation Faces Big Questions
⊲ Royal Aeronautical Society ⊳The Royal Aeronautical Society’s 2026 Flight Simulation Conference will examine changes reshaping aviation training and simulation. Topics include EASA’s new...
Eye Tracking Measures Pilot Airmanship
⊲ Varjo ⊳ UK training technology company Cineon’s TACET-M was trialled with RAF trainee pilots at RAF Cranwell, combining Varjo XR-4 mixed reality headsets, eye tracking and AI to assess...
USAF Orders $45.3 million 747-8i Simulator
⊲ Luxurylaunches ⊳ The US Air Force has awarded CAE USA in a sole source $45.3 million contract to install a Level D full-flight simulator for the Boeing 747-8i at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The...
Static Staffing as Simulator Fleet Grows Fivefold
⊲ U.S. Government Accountability Office ⊳ A new GAO report finds that the number of flight simulators under Federal Aviation Administration oversight has grown by more than 500 percent since 1990,...
Aechelon’s Nucleus and Nexus Sharpen Mission Training
⊲ Shield AI ⊳ Shield AI's Aechelon business has outlined how its visual simulation tools support military flight training. Aechelon Nucleus generates correlated out-the-window and sensor views,...
HAVELSAN Grows 737 MAX Simulator Orderbook
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Türkiye based manufacturer HAVELSAN has grown its Boeing 737 MAX simulator orderbook to five devices following Turkish Airlines’ order for two more full flight simulators. Eight...
Trending Towards 50:50 Live:Simulator
⊲ Varjo ⊳ Korea Aerospace Industries has spent two decades building an indigenous fighter pilot training pipeline around its T-50 Golden Eagle, exported across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe....
Helsing Combat AI Trained in Days Not Years
⊲ YouTube ⊳ Dominic Hauschild, defence correspondent at the Sunday Times, describes AI fighter pilots developed by German company Helsing, whose simulators compress a million hours of training into...
3D Printing Cuts Simulator Production Costs
⊲ VoxelMatters ⊳ Wraith Systems has expanded production of its F-35 desktop Hands-On Throttle-And-Stick pilot training system by adopting 3D printing, raising output to 75 units each month while...