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At IT²EC 2024, MS&T’s Andy Fawkes and Dim Jones interview BISims Rahul C. Thakkar and Pete Morrison about BISim’s latest products and the future of simulation and training.

BISim debuts VBS Builder Edition at IT2EC, simplifying complex simulation creation for defense training and planning.

Illinois State University and OSF HealthCare launch the STARTED project, offering nursing students telehealth training through web modules and simulations with trained actors.

The U.S. Department of Education awarded the School of Modeling, Simulation and Training a $1.155 million grant to start the new certificate program.

The U.S.  Army aims to roll out key components of its training and simulation system in February, targeting an initial operating capability declaration by the years end, says National Defense.

The entities believe this marks a significant enhancement, offering users the ease of integrating high-quality 3D models into various platforms and industries.

No doubt about it, this is era of partisanship and in some instances, rancor, on Capitol Hill. The author finds it interesting that the Congressional Caucus remains one shining instance of bipartisanship, where House of Representative and Senate members across the political aisle continue to work toward advancing MS&T.

BISim is partnering with LuxCarta, whose geospatial expertise will complement its terrain services business giving the end customer more accurate terrains and immersive simulations.

An advanced training simulation for the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center – Weapon System has been enhanced to simulate realistic air operations and facilitate direct tactical data exchange among AOC-WS systems, enabling operators to train effectively for wartime scenarios.