Australian soldiers deploy to help train Ukrainian troops
Australian soldiers will depart Darwin this week to join partner nations in the United Kingdom, providing critical training to Ukrainian recruits to support their national defence in response to Russia’s illegal invasion.A contingent of up to 70 Australian Defence...
RAAF joins forces in Red Flag Alaska exercise
Aircraft and personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force have participated in Exercise Red Flag Alaska, a United States Pacific Air Forces-led large force employment exercise, designed to replicate a high-end combat environment.Task Unit Commander, Group Captain Matthew McCormack,...
Serco Australia adds senior instructor for bridge training program
Serco Australia has introduced global specialist Simon Latus as a senior instructor as part of its leading Bridge Simulator training program. Latus is recognised as a world-class specialist navigator and through the Global Talent - Employer Sponsored program (GTES),...
Leonardo unveils multi-domain electronic warfare simulation
Leonardo has introduced Newton, a software product which simulates the latest threats to armed forces and the countermeasures they can take to improve survivability. Newton can be used to accelerate and validate the development of new electronic warfare (EW)...
Inaugural digital shipbuilding graduates shine
Fifty-one shipbuilding workers have all started in new highly-skilled roles after graduating from Australia’s first digital shipbuilding course, the Diploma of Digital Technologies. Developed through a partnership between Flinders University and BAE Systems Maritime Australia, the Diploma was launched...
Talisman Sabre has officially begun; forces conduct live fire
Australia’s largest bilateral exercise with the United States (US), Exercise Talisman Sabre, has officially commenced for 2021. Commander of the Australian Defence Force’s Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, Major General Jake Ellwood, said the high-end war fighting exercise was designed...
Applied Virtual Simulation awarded multi-million-dollar Defence contract
Applied Virtual Simulation has been awarded an A$17.9 million contract by the Australian Defence Force to deliver a suite of Common Simulation Software (CSS) and associated technologies to the Australian Army. The project, Land Simulation Core 2.0 Tranche 1,...
Boeing tests virtual technology to rapidly repair USAF C-17s
Boeing has conducted the first field test of its augmented reality maintenance technology to support the rapid repair of deployed aircraft. The test of Boeing's interactive Augmented Training Operations Maintenance (ATOM) technology was conducted as part of the U.S....
Serco helps Navy officers gain certifications
Training provider Serco announced that 37 Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Maritime Warfare Officers have graduated with their Bridge Warfare qualifications in a ceremony at HMAS Watson in Sydney. Throughout two years of intensive training, the Maritime Warfare Officer Course...
Rheinmetall unit wins contract for Sea Lion training
Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH has been awarded a follow-up contract by its partner company Reiser Simulation und Training GmbH (RST) for simulators for the NH90 NFH Sea Lion naval helicopter. Rheinmetall’s Bremen-based simulation specialists have been tasked with upgrading the...