Tag Archives: simulation

The U.S. Army is looking for information on commercially available technologies to support the modernization of virtual aviation systems for joint all-domain operations.

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a potential $653M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Controller Training Solutions contract to provide training and training-related support services to air traffic controllers, the company reported on Thursday.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a request for information to seek artificial intelligence and simulation engine tools that will help users produce, handle and control synthetic tax data.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information to seek virtual models of vehicles, sensors and underground areas in line with a competition that will cater to subterranean domain technologies.

Six small companies each secured a $1M contract from the U.S. Air Force after presenting their simulation and training technologies to service and industry officials during the first Simulators Pitch Day at the Interservice/Industry, Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla., Defense News reported Thursday.

Cubic is scheduled to highlight multi-domain training products at the 2019 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 26, 2019 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has constructed an immersive space technology testing facility in Colorado to support military and government clients, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 18.

Rob Johnson, owner of Portland, Ore.-based marketing and communications consulting firm Fine Tuning, wrote in a Federal News Network commentary piece published Wednesday about the Aurora exascale computing system of the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and how it could help advance research across medicine, engineering, chemistry and other scientific disciplines.

HTX Labs has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract from the U.S. Air Force to further develop a virtual reality simulation technology for use in the service branch's education and training programs. 

A Frost & Sullivan report forecasts the military training and simulation market will grow from $9.28B to $19.65B by 2027, National Defense reported Monday.

A team of SpaceX and NASA flight controllers has conducted a simulation activity to practice the Crew Dragon spacecraft's rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station. The virtual rehearsal sought to prepare the capsule, astronauts and support teams for the Demo-2 crewed flight test, as well as help them manage procedures and address potential challenges during the actual spaceflight, according to a NASA blog post published Friday.

Raytheon intends to develop a warfighter training platform that uses gaming and virtual reality systems to create operational synthetic environments, enabling increased training in standard scenarios as well as specific situations too dangerous to replicate in real life.

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center calls for small businesses to propose technologies for simulation training programs that will enable capabilities such as weather effects, harsh environments and use of artificial intelligence and the cloud.

Booz Allen Hamilton is utilizing products of Unreal Engine to enhance simulations in a push to meet the demand for real-time, higher-detail visuals from military customers for training purposes.

Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Red Hat to advance the use of Agile development practices and automated software tools in order to speed up the development and deployment of software platforms and other capabilities for the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, Signal Magazine reported.