⊲ National Defense Magazine ⊳ Fynd Reality, a Norwegian startup, has delivered VR headsets to train Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 tank crews, helping preserve hardware for combat use. Developed from...
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RAeS Seeks Flight Simulation Presentations
⊲ Royal Aeronautical Society ⊳ The RAeS Flight Simulation Conference 2025, scheduled for 21–22 October at No.4 Hamilton Place, London, will convene experts from industry, academia, and regulatory...
Rapid Weapon Training Capability Achieved
⊲ Defence Industry Europe ⊳ Saab has delivered Carl-Gustaf M4 virtual indoor trainers to the UK Armed Forces just eight months after contract signing. These portable systems, replicating the...
The Military Metaverse Fights Back
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Fawkes and Burden’s new book The Military Metaverse, published today by Routledge, maps out the evolution and future direction of virtual worlds, simulation, XR and avatars within...
“The Military Metaverse” Published May 2025
By Andy Fawkes, David Burden - Available through Routledge and Amazon The Military Metaverseexamines the past, present and future of the metaverse technologies including simulation, virtual...
Humans Train Robotics Using VR and AI
⊲ SenseGlove ⊳ SenseGlove and Aeon Robotics have launched the HEART Project, supported by the EU's MasterXR initiative, a mixed reality ecosystem for teaching robotics in manufacturing. This...
Drone Operations and Training Converge
⊲ Breaking Defense ⊳ US drone manufacturer PDW has introduced PDW CORE, a mission software platform for its C100 quadcopter drone currently deployed with the U.S. Army. A key feature is PDW SIM,...
AR and Touchscreen Cockpit Transformation
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Leonardo has revealed a redesigned cockpit for its M-346 Block 20 trainer/light fighter aircraft, shown during Military Flight Training 2025. Central to the update is a large 20x8 inch...
HII Secures $182M F-16 Simulator Contract
⊲ Military Embedded Systems ⊳ HII's Mission Technologies division has been awarded a five-year, $182 million task order to provide logistics support for U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot-training devices....
LAPD Embraces VR-Based Pilot Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has introduced VR-based training for its pilots, becoming the first U.S. law enforcement agency to do so. They have installed a VR flight...
Global Simulation & Training Market Grows
⊲ GlobeNewswire ⊳ The global civil aerospace simulation and training market, valued at $4 billion in 2024, is projected to reach $4.6 billion by 2030, growing at a 2.4% annual rate. This growth is...
German Navy’s Six Base Distributed Training
⊲ Military Embedded Systems ⊳ Rheinmetall has secured a "mid double-digit million Euro" contract to provide the German Navy with the Distributed Naval Training Architecture (VTAM), a...