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Intent of the Notice: The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Orlando (ACC – Orlando), for the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), in support of the Project Manager, Soldier Training (PM ST), Product Manager, Live Training Systems (PdM LTS) intends to issue a new contract to Inter-Coastal Electronics (ICE), located … Continued

  Shooting ranges can be broken into two broad categories: static shooting ranges and tactical shooting ranges (also sometimes called “dynamic shooting ranges.”)   Static Shooting Ranges  In a static shooting range, everything stays behind the firing line. Each shooter has their own stall and remains confined to that area, separated from other shooters by … Continued

Inter-Coastal Electronics (ICE) has completed final delivery on the fifth production contract of Training Laser Designators (TLDs) to Lockheed Martin. The TLD is an eye-safe laser that is permanently embedded in the Gen 3 Day Sensor Assembly (DSA) produced by Lockheed Martin and installed on all AH-64E Guardian helicopters. The TLD transmits MILES coded messages … Continued

Source: Geary, Greg. “New training simulator in Searcy lets officers practice dealing with ‘serious situations’.” The Daily Citizen. July 11, 2023, https://www.thedailycitizen.com/news/new-training-simulator-in-searcy-lets-officers-practice-dealing-with-serious-situations/article_7677e6b8-6942-5cff-81d2-6bea3a125ec1.html.   Training being held on a new Searcy Police Department simulator that has arrived “puts officers under stress but in the least stressful environment we can make it, so it’s not like they’re … Continued

As we’ve discussed in the past, one key to the effectiveness of public transport simulation training is “presence“—i.e., the trainee’s convincing subjective experience of being in an actual vehicle. As Rob Raheb (an internationally published author and expert in simulation and driver training) has noted: “The more realistic the simulation is, the more ‘buy-in’ from … Continued

Few derailments rise to the level of what happened in East Palestine, Ohio in February 2023. That said, train derailments themselves are quite common in the United States. According to the Federal Railroad Administration, the U.S. averages more than three derailments per day. There were a total of 1,164 derailments in 2022—which is actually an … Continued

Staff retention problems continue to grow for almost every transit agency in the United States and Canada. According to the latest report from the American Public Transportation Association, more than 90% of all agencies surveyed faced transit operator shortages. And 84% of those agencies reported that staffing shortages were preventing them from providing full service. … Continued