I came across this creepy looking dude this week at the Modern Day Marine expo in Quantico, Va. The autonomous robot is the latest in targeting tech being used by the U.S. Marine Corps. Made by the Aussie firm Marathon Targets, the robot is designed to move at human speeds and can be deployed in […]
Training and Sims
Here’s one more video tour of an aircraft on display at last week’s Paris Air Show. It’s the RAF’s newest jet trainer, the BAE Hawk T2. In addition to the new Rolls-Royce Adour 951 engine and other upgrades listed in the video, the jet has recofigurable digital cockpit displays, meaning they can be programmed to […]
In an effort to reach a more gadget-savvy youth market and cut down on old-school dead tree manuals, the Army could begin issuing iPhones to new recruits as both an incentive (as if they need one in this economy) and to use during basic training and beyond as a learning tool. According to Lt. Gen. […]
Our friend, DT contributor and crusty aviation gumshoe Bob Cox has a great story running on Military.com today about the Air Force’s high speed new flight sims. L-3 Link Simulation and training has developed the SimuSphere that improves on the visuals and computing speed of current sims to make images at near visual quality, or […]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate in a DoD-sponsored Blogger’s Roundtable with U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Wobbema, Chief of Staff for the Coalition Air Force Transition Team. His job? Help rebuild the Iraqi Air Force. With the recent MQ-9 Reaper kill that we talked about here on DT, my first question was if […]
