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MASS wins MoD JCAST contract

Homeland May 30, 2023

Defence and training support company, MASS, has been awarded an extension on the Joint Command And Staff Training (JCAST) contract for UK Strategic Command for a further one year, until July 2025. The contract extension, worth over £5M, will be the fifth consecutive year MASS has delivered the JCAST contract. Through the ...

Globemaster training boost for RAF following £274M deal

Air May 28, 2021

Pilots and engineers who operate the UK’s C-17 Globemaster aircraft are to benefit from world-leading interactive training, following a £274-million contract award. Awarded for the next 19 years, the contract with Boeing Defence UK will provide unique synthetic training courses for RAF personnel who operate the Globemaster aircraft until 2040 and ...

Immersive Labs partners with Women in Cyber Academy to encourage more women to enter the sector

Homeland March 13, 2020

The Women in Cyber Academy has partnered with Immersive Labs to encourage more women to consider careers in cybersecurity. The Women in Cyber Academy is hoping to encourage more women to enter into cybersecurity and provide them with support through their collaboration with Immersive Labs. TechTalent Academy’s ‘Women In Cyber Academy ...

Gaming technology trialled in training UK Armed Forces

Land March 11, 2020

Trials are set to begin for a new virtual reality training platform for the UK Armed Forces, built on the same gaming engine as Fortnite. The new platform will use the latest advances in gaming innovation to improve training for personnel – making it more realistic, intuitive and immersive, while lowering ...