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  • Elbit Systems Debuts Mission Training Center for Colombian Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Debuts Mission Training Center for Colombian Air Force

    Elbit Systems has opened a facility in Colombia to provide mission training support for fighter pilots, squadrons and ground crews of the country’s air force. The company said Monday its new Mission Training Center will train the Colombian air force’s personnel on how to operate aircraft systems and conduct missions in a simulated battlefield environment. MTC is […] More

  • Elbit Systems Links Air Training Simulators via Cloud-Based Environment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Links Air Training Simulators via Cloud-Based Environment

    Elbit Systems has tested a cloud-based service that worked to connect two air training simulators through a common simulation environment. The company said Wednesday the synthetic training platform builds on the results of a customer-funded research and development project, where Elbit linked two different types of trainers by providing cloud-based simulation. The new service currently supports real time interaction […] More

  • Boeing to Help Air Force Train F-15 Pilots, Weapons System Operators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Help Air Force Train F-15 Pilots, Weapons System Operators

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $27.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide Mission Training Center services with company-built simulation equipment. Boeing’s defense, space and security business will provide simulation technology designed to train F-15C and F-15E pilots and weapons system operators, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North […] More

  • Boeing Hands Air Force F-22 Mission Simulators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Hands Air Force F-22 Mission Simulators

    Boeing has delivered and installed two F-22 simulators at a U.S. Air Force mission training center for the branch’s fighter pilots. The simulators are designed with the company’s Constant Resolution Visual System that aims to provide warfighters a 360-degree view of flight environment, Boeing said Thursday. The Air Force’s F-22 training infrastructure is built to […] More