⊲ Halldale ⊳ The U.S. Army has awarded Saab a $22.4 million order for Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System base kits under the BEST MAC contract. The equipment will support live...
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Saab Supports US Army Live Training
⊲ Saab ⊳ The U.S. Army has awarded Saab a $22.4 million order under the BEST MAC contract to supply Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (VTESS) Base Kits. Managed by the Army's Capability...
HoloLens Lives on in Logistics
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ The US Air Force has found an unexpected military use for Microsoft's HoloLens headsets, deploying them to help load and balance aircraft cargo. Originally envisaged for battlefield...
US Army Drone Training & Simulation
⊲ U.S. Army ⊳ Using OneArc's VBS4 simulation software, Fort Benning's Maneuver Centre of Excellence has added a 10-hour virtual drone familiarisation course to its One-Station Unit Training...
Advanced Warfighter AR Optics Order
⊲ Rochester Business Journal ⊳ Syntec Optics recently secured a follow-on contract to supply essential micro-display components for a major defence augmented reality system and supports advanced...
US Army OneSAF $127M Upgrades
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) and Riptide Software, through their ECS-Riptide Joint Venture, have won a $127 million six-year contract to lead the development of the...
Warfighters See Through Skin
⊲ Army AL&T Magazine ⊳The US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) has created an augmented reality tool for IVAS goggles that lets medics and corpsmen overlay 3D...
Anduril & Meta Team Up for IVAS/SBMC
⊲ Anduril ⊳ Anduril and Meta are collaborating to develop XR technology for the American military. This partnership aims to rapidly field advanced soldier-borne XR systems and also strengthen...
Kopin to Set XR Display Standards
⊲ Nasdaq ⊳ Kopin Corporation has secured a US Army contract for the Soldier Display Trade Study aimed at identifying the ideal MicroLED specifications for Extended Reality (XR) heads-up displays...
Anduril Takes Over and Accelerates US Army IVAS
⊲ Breaking Defense ⊳ Anduril has taken over a the contract for the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) from Microsoft, valued at $22 billion. This transition allows Anduril to...
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,...
Rehearsing the Mission Before It Happens
⊲ U.S. Army ⊳ The article discusses the implementation of VBS4 and VR technology at the First Army Observer/Coach Trainer Academy, which allows for the simulation of various military training...