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L-3 Link Simulation & Training has been tapped to provide the first three UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) for the U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI program at Fort Rucker, Ala. The first UH-60M OFT will be installed at the school’s Warrior Hall and is expected to enter accreditation testing and achieve ready-for-training status in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Link. The UH-60M OFTs ...
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The U.S. Air Force has purchased 53 MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses for its F-16 full-mission simulators at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., MetaVR announced. The VRSG software will replace Presagis Lyra-based ...
Cubic Defense Applications has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to provide a laser-based training system for tactical vehicles. ...
 

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Conventional wisdom would say this is a terrible time for the U.S. Air Force to launch a new aircraft acquisition program. With Pentagon budgets expected to tighten to put a stranglehold on spending, it will be a major accomplishment if the service manages to hold on to existing fleet modernization ...
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