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Northrop Grumman Wins Contract to Educate the Army's 21st Century Leaders

The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to develop and provide instruction on battle command systems and their use, battle staff integration, and training and simulations to the U.S. Army Command General Staff College (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

30 June 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

SAIC Awarded $13 Million Contract by Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Company to Support DoD Financial Management Education and Training Program

30 June 2008: SAIC

 

CH-47 Transportable Flight Proficiency Simulators

WestWind Technologies has been awarded a $37+ million contract to build additional CH-47 Transportable Flight Proficiency Simulators for Redstone Arsenal’s Cargo Helicopter Project Management Office, which is responsible for the Army’s CH-47 fleet worldwide. The program will include production of five build-to-print units and associated spares.

14 June 2008: WestWind Technologies

 

QinetiQ - U.S. Distributed Mission Operations Network Linked

QinetiQ and Boeing, leaders of Team ACTIVE (Aircrew Collective Training through Immersive Virtual Events), have successfully linked the U.S. Distributed Mission Operations Network aircrew training system and another nation's simulation facilities for the first time.

17 May 2008: QinetiQ

 

Major MoD contract for Thales

Ministry of Defence (MoD) movers will enjoy for the first time, real-time access and management of flight bookings across the Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet wherever they are in the world, due to a new IT application developed by Thales UK.

11 April 2008: Thales

 

Tactical Leaders Course for all Heavy Brigade Combat Teams

Dynamics Research Corporation a provider of innovative engineering, technical and information technology services and solutions to federal and state governments, has announced that it has been awarded another task order by the U.S. Army's Armor School and Center Directorate of Training, Doctrine and Combat Development (TDCD) worth $2.3 million.

09 April 2008: Dynamics Research Corporation

 

QinetiQ - Combined Aerial Target Service (CATS)

QinetiQ has today brought into service two important elements of the Combined Aerial Target Service (CATS) for the UK's armed forces, having completed a series of complex verification and evaluation trials on-time and within all the operational constraints.

05 April 2008: QinetiQ

 

SAIC - Synthetic Environment Core Delivered

SAIC Delivers Synthetic Environment Core and Receives $18 Million Follow-On Task Order From U.S. Army

01 April 2008: SAIC

 

SAIC Named to List of Best Overall Government Contractor Ethics Programs

Science Applications International Corporation has been ranked number seven on a list of the top 100 government contractors with the best overall ethics programs. The list was published by the Ethisphere Institute and is available at www.ethisphere.com.

21 March 2008: SAIC

 

SAIC Signs Agreement to Acquire SM Consulting, Inc.

Science Applications International Corporation has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SM Consulting, Inc. (SMC). Headquartered in Linthicum, Md., SMC provides services in language, intelligence, information technology, management consulting, business process outsourcing, training, and logistics to federal, state and local governments and private industry.

21 March 2008: SAIC

 

Boeing Recognized for Live, Virtual and Constructive Training Demonstration

Boeing has received the Outstanding Achievement in Modeling & Simulation (M&S) award from the National Training and Simulation Association for Project Alpine, an Integrated Live, Virtual and Constructive (I-LVC) proof-of-concept training demonstration.

14 March 2008: Boeing

 

SAIC - Agreement to Acquire Icon Systems, Inc.

Science Applications International Corporation have announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Icon Systems, Inc. (Icon), a recognized leader in the design, development and production of state-of-the-art laser-based systems and products for military training and testing. This acquisition strengthens SAIC's position in the virtual and live training environments and allows the company to provide a more comprehensive array of capabilities in this arena.

12 March 2008: SAIC

 

Vizualization model contract for tactical flight trainers

AEgis Technologies Group, has announced the award of a contract from CAE USA to produce 3D visualization models for use on the US Navy MH-60R and SH-60B Tactical Operation Flight Trainers (TOFTs).

10 March 2008: AEgis Technologies Group

 

Barco selected for Micro Nav 360° air traffic control simulator

Eskisehir, Turkey - Barco, world leader in advanced digital visualization for the training and simulation industry, has been contracted by one of its longtime partners, Micro Nav, to implement a 360° air traffic control (ATC) tower display for Turkey's Anadolu University. The ATC simulator will be used for long-term research, development and training projects.

09 March 2008: Barco

 

ParallelGraphics - Software chosen for training astronauts

Days before the launch of the first ATV 'Jules Verne' into orbit, ParallelGraphics, the global leader in interactive 3D visual communication for Equipment Maintenance & Training, announced that its cutting edge software is that chosen for spacecraft crew and astronauts training of the ATV.

21 February 2008: ParallelGraphics

 

CSC - Contract to support USAF Air Education and Training Command

Computer Sciences Corporation has announced that it has won a contract to provide technical support services for the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla.

11 February 2008: CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation)

 

Computer Sciences Corporation - OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter operational flight training simulators

Computer Sciences Corporation and its U.S. Army Flight School XXI (FSXXI) team members has announced the addition and integration of the world's first and only OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter operational flight training simulators to its growing suite of high fidelity training devices in Warrior Hall, located near Fort Rucker, Ala.

04 February 2008: CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation)

 

Westar - $62 million CECOM Rapid Response Task Order from the U.S. Army Security Assistance Management Organization

The team of VSE of Arlington, Va., and Westar Aerospace & Defense Group has been awarded a three-year, $62 million CECOM Rapid Response Task Order from the U.S. Army Security Assistance Management Organization. The Task Order is in direct support of the Coalition Air Force Transition Teams mission to establish a Flight Training School in support the new Iraqi Air Force.

02 February 2008: Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.

 

Terma and NLR Sign Cooperation Agreement

Terma and the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) - The Netherlands, have signed a cooperation agreement within the scope of a European Electronic Warfare Competence Center.

12 November 2007: Terma AS

 

Clockwork Solutions - VisualSPAR for Steyr-Daimler-Puch

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH, a General Dynamics company, selected Clockwork Solutions' VisualSPAR predictive modeling platform for modeling the reliability, availability, maintainability and supportability aspects of their armored vehicles products. Searching for applications enabling its Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) team to predict and calculate the logistic aspects of the company's contracts and supply-chain, Steyr choose VisualSPAR as the best fit and most advanced solution for their requirements.

23 August 2007: Clockwork Solutions Inc

 

Curtiss Wright Corp. - To Develop ASIST Systems

To Develop Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse (ASIST) Systems and Integrated Track for the DDG-1000 Ship Program

18 July 2007: Curtiss Wright Corporation

 
 
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