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Vertex Solutions Earns Contract to Provide Immersive Training to Air Force

Branch to receive delivery of 25 advanced tech T-38 Gen 2 training devices.

Immersive training devices from Vertex Solutions are destined for the U.S. Air Force for the Fighter Bomber Fundamentals program. [Courtesy: Vertex Solutions]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Vertex Solutions has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to deliver 25 additional T-38 Gen 2 enhanced immersive training devices (eITDs) for pilot training in fighter and bomber aircraft.
  • These reconfigurable eITDs, part of the Virtual Training for Air Dominance Fighter Bomber Fundamentals (VTRAD FBF) program, offer a cost-effective solution for practicing cockpit familiarization, emergency procedures, and mission scenarios using mixed reality.
  • The contract, a directed award by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) under the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), highlights Vertex Solutions' expertise and growing role in providing effective pilot training systems.
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Vertex Solutions, a small business known for the manufacturing of systems integration and advanced training technologies, has been awarded a contract to deliver 25 additional T-38 Gen 2 enhanced immersive training devices (eITDs) to the U.S. Air Force to aid pilots in flying fighter and bomber aircraft.

Officially, the program is known as VTRAD FBF, short for Virtual Training for Air Dominance Fighter Bomber Fundamentals program.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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