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  • Kratos Awarded USAF Aerial Gunnery Training Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Awarded USAF Aerial Gunnery Training Extension

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a task order from KBR‘s government services arm to continue providing simulated aerial gunnery training services to the U.S. Air Force for an additional year. KBRWyle awarded the order under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Kratos to train Air Force Global Strike Command’s special mission aviators to operate guns in the UH-1N helicopter […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, 4 Partners Form Industry Team to Advance Maritime Simulation Tools Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, 4 Partners Form Industry Team to Advance Maritime Simulation Tools Devt

    Rockwell Collins has collaborated with four other companies to establish an industry team that seeks to provide simulation and training platforms to maritime organizations. The company said Tuesday it partnered with Appri Custom Technology, Global Simulation, Knud E Hansen A/S and Saint James Marine to form the Maritime Advanced Simulation Team. MAST will work to provide vessel […] More

  • ECS to Help Army Develop Simulation, Training Tech; Waymon Armstrong Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS to Help Army Develop Simulation, Training Tech; Waymon Armstrong Comments

    Engineering and Computer Simulations has received two contracts from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to research, build and demonstrate simulation and training technologies. The Simulation, Training and Engineering Services initiative aims to create training and simulation systems intended to adapt to varying Army requirements over time, ECS said Friday. ECS will produce simulation platforms for medical […] More

  • CAE, Quebec Extend Medical Simulation Tech R&D Agreement; Marc Parent Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE, Quebec Extend Medical Simulation Tech R&D Agreement; Marc Parent Comments

    The Quebec provincial government in Canada has agreed to continue to support CAE‘s efforts to develop healthcare-focused simulation and training platforms through 2020. CAE said Thursday the agreement also adjusts the value of Quebec’s financial contribution to the company’s medical simulation and training R&D program to $54.1 million in repayable investment from approximately $77.1 million in 2009. The program now has an estimated value of $148.6 million, […] More

  • Study: Aging Aircraft to Drive Military Aerospace Simulation, Training Market Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Aging Aircraft to Drive Military Aerospace Simulation, Training Market Activity

    A Research and Markets report predicts the global market for military aerospace simulation and training technologies will have a compound annual growth rate of -1.46 percent through 2019. The company said Monday aging fleets military aircraft and demand to extend their service lives will drive growth in the market. According to its report, the efforts to drive down costs will […] More

  • Matthew Clarke Named VP at TAPE's Strong Point Research Division; Louisa Jaffe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matthew Clarke Named VP at TAPE’s Strong Point Research Division; Louisa Jaffe Comments

    Matthew Clarke, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has joined TAPE LLC as vice president of modeling, simulation and training at the company’s Strong Point Research division. The company said Wednesday that Clarke begins work for his new role this month and will lead a division that was formed following TAPE’s acquisition of Strong Point Research in September 2013. “This executive role requires […] More