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Boeing Selects Development Tools for Real-Time Aircrew Training Systems
NEW YORK—July 25, 2006—AdaCore announced it has been awarded a contract to provide its GNAT Pro Ada toolset and development environment to The Boeing Co.’s training systems & services division in St. Louis, where it will be used to develop Ada flight simulation code ...

Link Simulation and Training Wins Contract for Aircrew Training System Program
NEW YORK CITY—July 18, 2006—L-3 Communications has announced that its Link Simulation and Training division has been awarded a contract to support the E-6B Aircrew Training System program by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command ...

Company to Build 100th Simulator Cockpit Assembly
NEW YORK—July 10, 2006—L-3 Communications has announced that its Link Simulation and Training division’s AMI Instruments organization will produce its 100th simulator cockpit assembly ...

Customized Employee Communications Programs
TAMPA, Fla.—June 22, 2006—Paradigm Learning has announced FastMaps, a series of customized employee communications programs intended to enable organizations to communicate new initiatives and align employees around the company’s strategy and vision ...

Arotech Simulation and Training Announces $4.9 Million in Orders
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—June 20, 2006—Arotech Corp. has announced that its Simulation and Training Division has experienced continued successes in each of its main business areas, totaling more than $4.9 million in recent orders ...

University Uses Array Microphones for Distance Learning, Teleconferencing
SUDBURY, Mass.—June 20, 2006—Acoustic Magic has announced that Ohio University is using its Voice Tracker array desktop microphone for distance learning and large group teleconferencing applications ...

Sierra Pacific Aviation Using Latest in FAA Training Standards
LAS VEGAS—June 19, 2006—The board of directors at SkyBridge Technology Group Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sierra Pacific Aviation Inc., has begun training utilizing the FAA/Industry Training Standards (FITS) ...

Serious Games Competition Contestants to Have Free Use of Development Tools
SAN MATEO, Calif.—June 19, 2006—Stottler Henke Associates Inc. has announced it is giving contestants in I/ITSEC’s First Serious Games Showcase and Challenge free access to its SimBionic and SimVentive game simulation and character behavior development tools ...

Georgia Tech and GSE Systems Announce Collaboration Agreement
BALTIMORE—June 16, 2006—The Georgia Institute of Technology and GSE Systems Inc. have signed an agreement to collaborate on research, development, education, and training in advanced simulation systems ...

Unlimited-Seat Licensing Available for Video and Web Conferencing Product
LOS ANGELES—June 12, 2006—MegaMeeting.com has announced that it is offering unlimited-seat licensing for its Enterprise private branded video and web conferencing product ...

ViewSonic Goes Cordless with Wireless Presentation Solutions
ORLANDO, Fla.—June 7, 2006—ViewSonic Corp. has announced the WPG-100 Wireless G Presentation Adapter and PJ658 LCD projector, a pair of offerings that reportedly enable multiple computers, located anywhere in a room, to wirelessly stream digital and audio content, without swapping cables during presentations ...

Video Game Conference to Probe Audio Issues
AUSTIN, Texas—June 2, 2006—The Game Initiative, a producer of conferences for professionals in the computer and video game industry, has announced the Game Audio Conference (GAC), taking place here September 6 to 7 ...

Videoconferencing Codec
RA’ANANA, Israel—June 1, 2006—Emblaze Ltd.’s Group company, Emblaze-VCON, has launched HD600, a videoconferencing codec for integration into custom multimedia room environments ...

Conference Management for Enterprises
WESTBURY, N.Y.—May 30, 2006—myVRM has unveiled features to its conference management software ...

Online Meeting System Update Permits CRM Integration
SAN FRANCISCO—May 24, 2006—Convoq Inc. has announced version 3.0 of its SellASAP for AppExchange Flash-based online meeting system ...

Donation Supports NGO Leadership Development
SAN FRANCISCO—May 22, 2006—Ninth House Inc. has donated its Leadership Development Solutions Suite and just-in-time learning series, Instant Advice, to Learning for International Non-Governmental Organizations (LINGOs) ...

Boeing 787 Global Design Team Benefits From Collaboration Solution Incorporating Simulation
PARIS—May 22, 2006—Dassault Systemes, a maker of 3D and Product Lifecycle Management solutions, said it is helping Boeing and its global team of partners develop the 787 Dreamliner ...

Toshiba Achieves Milestone in Physician-to-Physician Training
TUSTIN, Calif.—May 18, 2006—Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has announced that it has enrolled more than 2,500 radiologists and cardiologists in its national speakers bureau program and physician training courses through the Toshiba Education Center ...

Simulation and Driver Training Combined; National Safety Award Results
SALT LAKE CITY & WINNIPEG, Manitoba—May 16, 2006—MPRI and Bison Transport have announced that their joint effort to integrate simulation technology into Bison's driver training program has been recognized by The Truckload Carriers Association ...

LCMS Supports UK Royal Navy Training
BOSTON—May 15, 2006—BT Global Services has selected the OutStart Evolution learning content management system to support the Royal Navy’s Type 45 training content development program ...

Weather Simulation Model for Insurers
BOSTON—May 15, 2006—AIR Worldwide Corp. has released its third-generation numerical weather prediction-based (NWP) European Extratropical Cyclone Model ...

Fraud Prevention Training Tool Developed for Mortgage Industry
CALABASAS, Calif.—May 11, 2006—Interthinx has teamed with mortgage professionals to develop a fraud prevention training video intended to help thwart the expansion of mortgage fraud schemes nationwide ...

Stanford Adopts Centra Live
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—May 8, 2006—Saba has announced that The Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) Online High School at Stanford University will utilize Saba’s Centra Live for Virtual Classes software to deliver live, instructor-led classes to the desktops of geographically dispersed students ...

Simulation Added to Content Management System
NASHUA, N.H.—May 8, 2006—Eedo Knowledgeware is now offering Eedo ForceTen Simulation as part of its ForceTen Learning Content Management System, intended for creating, capturing, managing, and transferring corporate knowledge within an organization ...

Open Source Essential, IDC Says
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—May 1, 2006—Open source is becoming a fundamental aspect of service portfolios for major service providers, including IBM Global Services, HP Services (HPS), Unisys, Novell, and others, according to a recent study from IDC ...

Contract to Enhance Navy Intelligent Tutoring System Valued at $2.5 Million
SAN MATEO, Calif.—April 19, 2006—Stottler Henke Associates Inc. has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to enhance the simulation-based intelligent tutoring system (ITS) used for training tactical action officers ...

GSE Systems Wins Contracts in China, Europe and US
BALTIMORE—April 6, 2006—GSE Systems Inc., a provider of real-time simulation and training solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and government sectors, has announced the award of several nuclear and conventional power plant simulators and licenses ...

L-3 Communications Increases Stake in Medical Education Technologies
NEW YORK—April 6, 2006—L-3 Communications has increased its ownership stake in Medical Education Technologies Inc. to 80%, from approximately 47% ...

Future Directions in e-Learning
SANTA ROSA , Calif. --April 4, 2006--The E-learning Guild has published its latest research: Future Directions in e-Learning Research Report 2006 ...

Partnership for Simulation Training Center in the UK
BALTIMORE—March 22, 2006—GSE Systems Inc, a provider of training simulators and educational solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and government sectors, has agreed to develop a simulation training and diagnostic center in concert with the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK ...

$48.5 Million Joint Warfare Simulation Contract Awarded
MCLEAN, Va.—March 20, 2006—Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a contract valued up to $48.5 million to provide modeling and simulation technologies to enhance joint experimentation at the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) ...

DeVry to Offer Bachelor's Program in Game and Simulation Programming
IRVING, Texas--March 6, 2006--With the Dallas Metroplex home to some of the world's hottest PC and console video game developers, DeVry University will begin offering the region’s first bachelor’s degree program in game and simulation programming at its Irving campus beginning in July ...

Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Healthcare Professionals
SAN MATEO, Calif.--March 6, 2006—Consultant Stottler Henke Associates Inc. has won two contracts to develop simulation-based intelligent tutoring systems that will provide automated instruction and feedback to healthcare professionals in various emergency situations ...

Simulis and Gen21 Integrate Competency Assessment Technology
LOS ANGELES--Feb. 24, 2006--Simulis LLC and Generation21 are collaborating to meld Simulis’s complex simulation-driven assessments with Gen21’s value-driven e-learning management environment ...

3D Visualization, Simulation and Training Markets Projected to $31.5 Billion by 2011
VANCOUVER , Wash.--Feb. 14, 2006--Worldwide spending on hardware, software, and services for 3D visualization, simulation, and training is expected to reach $22.1 billion in 2006 and grow to $31.5 billion by 2011, according to Acacia Research Group ...

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