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21 Dec 22. DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (DroneShield or the Company) has successfully completed the Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox 2022 exercise in Alberta, Canada.
The Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC) has lead the exercise, coordinating with the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM). The exercise represented a blending of requirements and characteristics of interest to one or more of the services, as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
The US Department of Defense’s Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) has also participated in the CUAS 2022 Sandbox as an official Application Evaluator and Observer, giving international exposure, expertise, and feedback the participants.
DroneShield CEO, Oleg Vornik, commented: “North America is the single largest market for DroneShield, and Canada represents a growing segment, where we already have an existing customer base along with a pipeline of further projects. This exercise was a valuable opportunity to connect with key decision-makers at a number of Government agencies, and demonstrate our latest C-UAS capabilities to these existing and prospective customers.”
21 Dec 22. USN Delivers New Maintenance Trainer to the Fleet.
The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges Program Office (PMA-205) recently delivered the new Maintenance Integrated Flight Control Trainer (IFCT) Aerial Refueling (AR) capable device to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia. The new Maintenance IFCT provides a realistic environment for maintainers to receive their initial training without the use of an aircraft. The trainer incorporates real aircraft components including those used in AR, allowing students to do hands-on work and view the components and their relationship to other E-2D flight control systems in a safe, controlled environment prior to performing maintenance on operational aircraft.
“This new training system revolutionizes how Navy electricians and maintainers train,” said Capt. Kevin McGee, PMA-205 program manager. “They are responsible for reviewing and analyzing flight control systems to make sure they meet standards and perform perfectly when they’re needed in the air, and the IFCT prepares them for that mission.”
The Maintenance IFCT bridges the gap between classroom learning and hands-on experience in the fleet allowing maintainers to remove and replace components. Instructors can supervise trainees and view the training scenarios in real-time due to the open concept design of the trainer.
Unlike in the aircraft where space is extremely constrained, the IFTC allows for more viewing and training space with each system separated with room for both instructors and students to view each training area. The IFTC also incorporates faults into the system, allowing trainees to experience faults, troubleshoot them, and resolve them.
“This trainer shows maintainers how the flight controls are moved and actuated, giving them a firsthand learning experience with operating the flight control systems and even showing them a sampling of how ground crew pre-flight checks are performed prior to ever performing maintenance on an aircraft,” said Mark Barnhardt, PMA-205 E-2 training systems project manager.
When AR is incorporated into a platform the flight control dynamics of the aircraft can change, leading to modifications in how the flight control systems are moved, measured, and ultimately rigged. The new trainer allows fleet maintainers to receive the necessary training to sustain and repair all aspects of the new flight control system to retain flight safety.
About PMA-205
PMA-205 provides full life-cycle acquisition of naval aviation training platforms, general training systems, training range instrumentation systems, and distributed mission training centers to provide U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots, naval flight officers, aircrew, and maintainers with the training equipment required to provide lethal capability and operational readiness. (Source: ASD Network)
20 Dec 22. Saab, Cubic reveal indirect fire training solutions. Saab and Cubic have developed systems that bring enhanced realism to indirect fire training and support of live training. Both systems utilise the same principles of establishing the weapon’s location, elevation, and direction together with fuze setting, charge, and nature of the individual round, enabling the point of impact to be calculated. This can then be fed into a synthetic environment to display the effect. The systems can also be integrated into an instrumented tactical engagement simulation system (TESS), enabling indirect fire to have an effect on exercising troops. (Source: Janes)
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InVeris Training Solutions combines an agile approach with an unmatched expertise in training technology to design and deliver customized, cutting-edge, first-rate training solutions that keep military, law enforcement and commercial range customers safe, prepared and ready to serve – Because Seconds Matter™. With a portfolio of technology-enabled training solutions, and a team of 400 employees driven to innovate, InVeris Training Solutions is the global leader in integrated live-fire and virtual weapons training solutions. With its legacy companies, FATS® and Caswell, InVeris Training Solutions has fielded over 15,500 live-fire ranges and 7,500 virtual systems globally during its 95-year history. The Company is headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia and partners with clients in the US and around the world from facilities on five continents.
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