SLAYTON -- The year was 1943. Jim Meaden was in his senior year of high school at Slayton and working alongside his dad, Otto, in the family-owned Meaden Machine Works, when his draft notice arrived ...

If there’s one combat billet that gets crapped all over by Hollywood, it’s the modern helicopter door gunner. Armed with a muscular M60 7.62mm machine gun and perched high above the kill zone, the ...

Mikael Svensson, Master Sgt at the Swedish Armed Forces Air Technical School discusses the benefits of using the door gunner virtual trainer for crew and tactical training. He also explains some of ...

About seven miles due north of Wellington and immediately south of the villiage of Child's Ercall stands the Shropshire aerodrome of Peplow. In July 1943, No 83 Operational Training Unit was formed ...

In the 1940s, Clark Gable was the King of Hollywood. Millions of people around the world knew and loved him from his iconic roles in films like “Gone With the Wind,” “Mutiny on the Bounty” and “It ...

Australian company Virtual Simulation Systems is displaying its complete aircrew training system (CATS) at this year's ITEC exhibition in London. The system is designed for rotary wing crew to ...

DRAWSKO POMORSKIE, Poland — Soldiers can hear the rumble of the M1A2 Abrams tanks cresting the hill of Bucierz Range, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland. These tanks are loud, heavy machines that make their ...

With convoys in Iraq requiring air cover, the US Army has reintroduced helicopter door gunner training, last performed during the Vietnam War. A virtual door gunner trainer developed by Raydon is in ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. — When Jacob Seitz joined the Army in April 2019, he aspired to be a Soldier that both commanders and enlisted troops could seek for battlefield knowledge. As a master gunner for ...

Zen Technologies Limited, which provides Defence Training and Anti Drone solutions company, has been granted an Indian patent for its ‘Basic Gunnery Training Simulator’ designed for the T 90 tank.

HYDERABAD: Defence training and anti-drone technology solutions provider Zen Technologies Ltd on Monday said it has been granted an Indian patent for its basic gunnery training simulator that is ...