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National Defense
April 2009
Robert H. Williams |
Sophisticated Flight Simulator Is Off the Ground A fully immersive cockpit simulator for the Navy's E-6B command, control and communications aircraft is now operational.   |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003
Alfred Poor |
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Microsoft commemorates the Wright brothers' first flight 100 years ago with Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight. You can pilot 20 historic flights, including the Wright Flyer's first launch and the first airmail route. |
National Defense
April 2007
Steffes & Burnside |
Restrictions on Flight Simulators Questioned A legislative restriction on providing flight simulators to the military services has the potential to seriously impact the readiness of our aviators in the military services. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2007 |
InterSense to Provide Helmet-Tracking Device for L-3 Simulation and Training Unit Selected for its ability to track continuously throughout fast motions, the hybrid IS-900 inertial-acoustic helmet tracking system will support L-3 Link flight simulator programs. |
PC Magazine
May 11, 2006 |
A PC for Flight Simulation Help selecting a computer to run a flight simulator called X-Plane. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Davin Coburn |
Upgrade Test Drive: Flying the Familiar Skies The comprehensiveness and attention to detail of Flight Simulator X will keep both pilots and armchair enthusiasts coming back for more. |
PC Magazine
March 14, 2007 |
Delayed Flights You'll have to lower your expectations of Microsoft Flight Simulator X until the system that can run it perfectly is developed. |
National Defense
December 2005
Michael Peck |
Simulator Eases Night-Vision Goggle Dangers In the surreal world of amplified light, things aren't as they appear. That's why a new simulator for fighter pilots will ease the dangers of training with night-vision goggles. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005 |
B-2 simulator will use Quantum3D images Northrop engineers will use an Independence 2500 Image Generator to provide integrated visual and radar channels in the Pilot Evaluation Simulator for the B-2 Stealth Bomber. |
National Defense
December 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
Budget Cuts, Fuels Costs Could Spur Military Spending on Virtual Training The Air Force estimates it could save about $1.7 billion over five years by reducing flying hours by 5 percent and shifting more of its pilot and crew training to simulators. |
National Defense
June 2009
Robert H. Williams |
Hollywood Set Designers Develop New Marine Simulator A nearly 10-year effort involving Hollywood set designers and military virtual-reality experts has yielded a remarkably convincing simulator for familiarizing Marine Corps troops with their combat equipment. |
National Defense
December 2014
Sandra Erwin |
Military Training Dilemma: To Outsource or Not? Most governments cannot afford the upfront cost of building cutting-edge facilities, but they need training services and are willing to entertain alternative business models, said Gene Colabatistto, CAE's group president of defense and security. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Joel Johnson |
Videogame Motion Sickness: Tech Clinic Diagnosis The accepted term for this malady has been called "simulator sickness," and despite a few studies to determine its cause, nobody is quite sure why it happens. Here are some tips on how to avoid it. |
National Defense
July 2011
Eric Beidel |
Multi-Role JSF Simulator Delivered to Air Force Lockheed Martin recently sent the first of a new F-35 simulator to Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing, which will begin using the system this fall. |
National Defense
August 2010
Eric Beidel |
Remotely Piloted Aviation Looks to Gaming Technology The line separating military training and video games continues to become thinner as the military is training a generation that grew up on video games. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2009
John McHale |
High-Fidelity COTS Technology Drives Flight Simulation Designers of flight training and simulation systems for military and commercial aviation depend on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and common standards to create high-fidelity solutions. |
National Defense
December 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Congress Says Service Contracts no Longer Allowed A new law that effectively bans the Defense Department from outsourcing the operation of flight simulators is casting serious doubts on military plans to expand the use of these devices. |
National Defense
December 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Revisiting Requirements for Pilot Training Senior U.S. Air Force officials are debating whether a planned drawdown of the service's aircraft fleet should be matched by cutbacks to the number of pilots that are recruited and trained. |
National Defense
December 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Digital Designs and Virtual Tests Continue To Be Subject of Debate To speed up deliveries and cut costs, the U.S. military's newest jet fighter will undergo much of its testing in digital simulations. |
National Defense
February 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Teaching Non-Pilots to Fly Predators Requires More Cockpit Hours in Manned Aircraft The Air Force last fall graduated its first class of Predator pilots from an experimental program aimed at training non-aviators how to fly remotely-operated aircraft. |
National Defense
December 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
In Times of Pentagon Budget Gloom, Sunnier Outlook for Simulation Industry Shrinking budgets for new weapons systems and live-fire training may boost demand for virtual simulations and gaming technologies. |
National Defense
December 2013
Dan Parsons |
Debate Continues Over Role of Simulators in UAS Pilot Training There still is no agreed upon method of training new UAS pilots -- and keeping seasoned operators proficient -- for future conflicts where U.S. drones will be flying in contested airspace. |
Fast Company
July 2001 |
My Favorite Bookmarks: Brian Proffitt Picks from the Managing Editor of Browserwatch.com and BotSpot.com... |
National Defense
February 2005
Robert H. Williams |
Gripen Pilots to Train in Agile Simulator Swedish aerospace company SAAB and visualization and display provider Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium, have partnered to provide a new mini-dome simulator for the most advanced version of the Gripen multi-role fighter. |
National Defense
June 2011
Sandra I. Erwin |
Cries of 'Hollow Military' Stifle Rational Debate on Future Spending President Obama has called for $400 billion in Pentagon cuts over the next 12 years, and to some defense officials and lawmakers, this is just the opening salvo of a campaign to tear down the U.S. military. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2005
Ben Ames |
Streamlined databases drive military simulation Improved displays and screens are helping engineers build sharper pictures, but the greatest improvement in military simulation and mission rehearsal has been in software. |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Get A Private Pilot's License We are at a point now where human flight is open to just about everyone, even the likes of flyboys Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Accordingly, it's become painless for someone to get their private pilot's license. |
National Defense
December 2010
Eric Beidel |
Greater Appetite for Unpiloted Aircraft Combat Zones Fuels Demand for Simulators The growing demand for unmanned spy aircraft in combat zones has increased the burden on training organizations that are being asked to produce more operators, and faster. |
