Programs

CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
Program – Joint Terminal Attack Controller Virtual Training System (JTAC VTS)

Gatineau, Quebec March 9, 2023 – The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of the Canadian Department of National Defence has awarded a three year contract with two additional option years to MES Simulation & Training Corp. for the acquisition of  the Joint Terminal Attack Controller Virtual Training System (JTAC VTS) and associated In-Service Support and Repair and Overhaul (ISS R&O) which will support the training required to generate accredited Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC).

Being selected to work with the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) is an honor. The selection process was extremely thorough and professional. We are excited to begin this journey. MES Simulation & Training Corp. (MES) is enthused to deliver a JTAC VTS that is based on proven architecture that has been delivered to multiple sites and has been reliable for over 14 years. The architecture is based on software, hardware, operating systems, simulation standards that have performed and successfully trained thousands of JTAC trainees.

Integral to the JTAC VTS design and award of the project to MES is the MES-developed KORE Image Generator (IG).  MES has delivered Image Generator products for over 10 years to different customers and different applications such as ground, air and sea. As part of its simulation and training product lines, MES’ KORE Image Generator is a COTS hardware/software product developed to meet multiple configurations within the same product. KORE is a high fidelity Image Generator capable of running CDB databases (among others) and allowing the user to interact with the entire database without interruption. When KORE is loaded with the Global terrain CDB, the user has no restriction on where to move within the database.

The JTAC VTS deliverables will consist of static systems that will be permanently installed into facilities on DND bases, portable systems that can be transported to various sites for training and the documentation to support all operation and maintenance activities required throughout the lifecycle of the system.

The ISS R&O will provide spares to support the equipment, maintenance activities, help desk support provided from MES facilities to support DND/Canadian Army personnel in operation and maintenance activities.

The acquisition contract will address the delivery of up to five (5) static systems, six (6) portable systems,  associated management and design activities, all manuals and data required for the systems’ installation and training  support.. The ISS R&O contract provides for three years with seven additional option years of in-service support including provisions for additional work requests for spares, on-site maintenance activities, engineering changes and upgrades.

AIR FORCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CENTER
Program – Trainer Power Panel Modification (TPPM)

Training Device/Equipment: Missile Launch Procedures and Maintenance Trainers
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill AFB has awarded MES a $3.7M, 20 month contract to design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver 40 panels as a part of 32 power panel modification kits. The kits will be eventually installed into Missile Procedures Trainers (MPTs), Launch Facility Trainers (LFTs), and Power and Environmental Control System Trainers (P&ECST) at four Air Force Bases. MES is currently under contract to install three MPT kits with contract options to install the remaining 29 MPT, LFT, and P&ECST kits. The power panel modification kits will be installed in the existing trainers to match the recent upgrades in the actual weapons systems.

ARMY PEO STRI – NOVA TECHNOLOGIES (Prime Contractor)
Program – Call For Fire Trainer (CFFT III)

Training Device/Equipment: Classroom Trainers and Immersive Modules
MES is a major subcontractor to Nova Technologies who is developing the CFFT III family of training systems. MES’s responsibilities include designing and manufacturing the Simulated Military Equipment (SMEs), assembling the CFFT hardware, developing the logistics documentation and production drawings, installing the training devices in the field, performing on-site training, and providing Interim Contractor Support (ICS).
The CFFT III systems are the U.S. Army’s choice for training the proper procedures to call Indirect Fire support including artillery support and mortar support, Naval Surface Fire Support, and Type I, II and III terminal attack controls for Close Air Support (CAS). This effort will procure CFFT III systems which will expand the training capabilities to include Forward Observers (FO), Joint Fires Observers (JFO), and Joint Close Air Support (JCAS).

AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND, Robins AFB
Program – C-17 Interface Test Consoles

Training Device/Equipment: C-17 Interface Test Consoles
The Air Force has awarded MES a $1.1M contract to fabricate, test and deliver nine Interface Test Consoles (ITCs) and associated hardware to the C-17 Robins Avionics Integration Support Facility (R-AISF) located at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), GA.
The ITCs and associated hardware are used to test the operation of avionics Operational Flight Programs (OFP) loaded into various C-17 aircraft hardware subsystems (a.k.a. “black boxes”, Line Replaceable Units or LRUs). Each LRU is essentially a computer that controls some aspect of the C-17 flight and mission. An OFP is essentially the “application software” that executes in these computers. The ITCs provide a mechanism to test whether or not this “application software” is correctly performing its intended function.

AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND, Robins AFB
Program – Adapter Set, Fuel Quantity Test Set to C-130 Fuel Tank

Training Device/Equipment: Aircraft Ground Support Equipment
Have built or are building 30 Adapter Sets. Updated Production Drawings and Acceptance Test Procedures.

AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND, Robins AFB
Program – C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft

Training Device/Equipment: C-17 Cable Assembly Set
Design and manufacture C-17 Cable Assembly Set and Electrical Speedbrake Indicators by Warner Robins Air Logistics Command. This is a three-year IDIQ project generating 23 cable assemblies.

ARMY PEO STRI
Program – Portable Shelters for Training Systems

Training Device/Equipment: Facilities Planning and Installation
Take Delivery of and Assemble Portable Corimec Shelters, size of the Shelters Range from 20’ x 20’ to 48’ x 60’ and contain Air Conditioning and Bathroom Facilities. Shelters to house various training systems such as Small Arms Trainers. Installed Shelters In: CA, SC, GA, and FL.

Bangladesh and Nepalese Armies
Program – Advanced Road Trainer (ART)

Training Device/Equipment: Beginner to Advanced Driver Trainer
Design and produce motion based ARTs for the Peacekeeping Nations. Develop supporting documentation. Ship and install training devices on-site in remote locations. Provide on-site operations and maintenance training.

Cubic Corp.
Program – M1A1/M2A2 SIMNET Upgrade Documentation

Training Device/Equipment: Technical Documentation Update and Training
Revise Instructor and Maintenance Manuals and develop and present a 40 and 16 hour training course.

DME Corp.
Program – H-46 Main and Auxiliary Power Unit

Training Device/Equipment: Third Echelon Test Set (TETS)
Mechanical Design, Technical Drawing Package, and Electrical Design.

DME Corp.
Program – F-22 Air Vehicle Representation

Training Device/Equipment: Part Task Trainer
Mechanical Design, Technical Drawing Package, and Electrical Design.

DME Corp.
Program – MALSR Program

Training Device/Equipment: Air Traffic Lights
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Air Traffic Organization: Approach Light System (ALS) and Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System With Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (MALSR)

DRS Optronics, Inc.
Program – Mast Mounted Sight Drawing Package Update and Reverse Engineering

Training Device/Equipment: Avionics
Legacy Document and Drawing Conversions, Raster to Vector to Auto-Cad, Incorporated of ECPs, and Reverse Engineering of obsolete parts.

GBI Corp.
Program – Sorting and Data Systems

Training Device/Equipment: Material Handling System
Conveyor and Mechanisms Design and Technical Data Package.

NAVAIR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES, OMAN
Program – Generic Warfare Training System (GWTS)

Training Device/Equipment: Military Naval Tactical Trainer
Integrate Atlantis-Amel Technologies Corporation Tactical Software with hardware. Develop supporting documentation. Install and test Final System. Device consists of four Student Cubicles (5 workstations per cubicle), Exercise Control Room (4 Instructor Stations), 3D Debrief Workstation and Officer of the Watch System with three-channel Out-the-Window Visual Display. Consoles (as shown in picture) and custom communications hardware designed and built by AMEL Corporation. Provided on-site “Train the Trainers” sessions.

NAWCTSD
Program – SURFACE DAMAGE CONTROL TRAINER (SDCT)

Training Device/Equipment: SURFACE DAMAGE CONTROL TRAINER, NAVAL STATION, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
Remove and dispose of the existing CNELS legacy damage control “wet” trainer currently installed at the Naval Station, Pearl Harbor (NSPH), and replace it with a modernized Surface Damage Control Trainer (SDCT) capable of training the objectives of curricula K-495-0045. The SDCT is designed to maximize the reliability, supportability and safety of the new system, minimize life cycle costs and provide a life expectancy of twenty years.

NAWCTSD
Program – MULTI-PURPOSE SUPPORTING ARMS TRAINER (MSAT)

Training Device/Equipment: MULTI-PURPOSE SUPPORTING ARMS TRAINER (MSAT)
Incorporate design upgrades from the MSAT Serial No. 1 design under an Engineering Manufacturing Development effort and perform tasks for the procurement, design, fabrication, integration, installation, test, validation and acceptance of MSAT (Device 16C83), Serial Number (S/N) 2 to be delivered and installed at EWTGPAC and S/N 3, to be delivered and installed at Fallon, NV. The MSAT significantly advances the training capability, operational readiness, and tactical proficiency of Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs), Forward Air Controllers (FACs), and Forward Observers (FOs)/Spotters personnel during day, dusk, and night operations.

NAWCTSD
Program – Naval Aviation Technical Training Center (NATTC) (FTSS III)

Logistics Services COMS, CMS and CIS

MES performed Contractor Operator and Maintenance Services (COMS), Contractor Maintenance Services (CMS), and Contractor Instructional Services (CIS) including trainer mods and relocation, calibration of equipment located at NATTC Pensacola, FL and Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Detachment (CNATTDET), Lakehurst, NJ

Approximately 190 Electronic Classrooms and 40 Training Devices/Equipment were maintained.

PMTRASYS
Program – Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer (SAVT)

Training Device/Equipment: Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer (SAVT)
MES was awarded the SAVT contract under a full and open competition. This training device will advance the training capability, operational readiness, and tactical proficiency for the US Marine Corps. The SAVT training device will train Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC’s), Joint Forward Observers (JFO’s), and Forward Air Controllers (FAC’s) during day, dusk and night operations in a simulated environment. The device is used to develop training scenarios that require the placement of tactical ordnance on selected targets using Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) procedures and observed fire procedures for Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), artillery and mortar fire to perform destruction, neutralization, suppression, illumination/coordinated illumination, interdiction, and harassment fire missions. The SAVT was delivered to six locations: Camp Pendleton, Ca, Kaneohe Bay, Hi, 29 Palms, Ca, Camp Lejeune, NC, Okinawa, Japan, and Yuma, Az. The trainers consist of a dome based training area and an after action review room which will be located in temporary buildings and permanent facilities. MES will also provide Contractor Field Services (CFS) during the duration of the contract and life-cycle support documentation.  Additionally, MES was awarded follow-on efforts resulting in two technical refreshes and continued CFS.

NAWCTSD
Program – Surface Fire Fighter Trainers (19F FFT)

Training Device/Equipment: 19F3C, 19F4A, 19F1B, 19F3B
Design, modification, procurement and testing of 19F Series Training Devices for the U.S. Navy. Upgrade of computers that control multi-level fireplaces. (Fireplaces utilize propane burners to create live-fire exercises). Integrate the hardware/software upgrade with NAVAIR. Complete Revision to Operation and Maintenance Manuals (O&M).

NAWCTSD
Program – CH-53E Full Flight Simulator

Training Device/Equipment: Weapons Systems Trainers (WSTs)
Logistics Documentation Complete Revision and Document and Drawing Conversions.

NAWCTSD
Program – AV-8B Radar Night Attack Weapons System Trainer

Training Device/Equipment: Technical Documentation Update
Document and Drawing Conversions.

NAWCTSD
Program – E-2C Device 2F166 NP2000

Training Device/Equipment: Technical Documentation Update
Complete Revision to Operation and Maintenance Manuals (O&M). Complete Revision to Planned Maintenance System (PMS). Complete Revision to Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Manuals. Complete Revision to Instructor Utilization Handbook (IUH).

NAWCTSD
Program – JU NROTC

Training Device/Equipment: SubSkillsNet and COVE Training System
TJ, Inc. was awarded a contract to install a SubSkillsNet and COVE Training System at JU NROTC.

NAWCTSD FOREIGN MILITARY SALES, PEACEKEEPING COUNTRIES

Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capability (EIPC) Program, Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)

Training Device/Equipment: Support Equipment Installation and Training
MES provided Driving Simulators, Automated Electronic Classroom Equipment, LAN/WANs, Facilities Modifications, Furniture, Vehicles. Logistics and Facilities Documentation. On-site Training. Currently Responsible for: Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Chile, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Slovakia, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay.

NAWCTSD, MARCORSYSCOM
Program – Amphibious Assault Vehicle Turrent Trainer (AAVTT)

Training Device/Equipment: Gunnery and Tactical Trainer
Refurbish actual AAV turrets and build trainer based on NAVAIR Proto-type. Production of 15 AAVTT training devices to support Marine Corps Assault Amphibian Crewman. Integrate the hardware designed by NAVAIR Research personnel with simulation software developed by Lockheed Martin and sound software developed by VRSonic. Develop supporting documentation. Install and provide “Train the Trainers” Training 16 units CONUS, Hawaii, Okinawa, Taiwan.

NAWCTSD, NAVSEA, USCG
Program – Device 11E18 Upgrade – Small Craft Electrical Trainer

Training Device/Equipment: Military Small Craft Electrical Systems Maintenance Trainer
Re-host Borland C software to Visual C++ .NET. Replace obsolete computers and control hardware with Pentium IV computers and state-of-the-art control hardware. Correct numerous deficiencies in the two configurations of the training devices. Refurbish ten units for the Navy and two units for the Coast Guard. Provide two spare parts kits to the Navy. Update supporting documentation.

NAWCTSD, SWOS
Program – Device 19G4 Upgrade – DDG-51 Missile Destroyer, Gas Turbine Propulsion Plant Trainer

Training Device/Equipment: Military Shipboard Engineering Plant Control Systems Trainer (Propulsion, Electrical, Damage Control)
Convert 19G4 legacy Ada software to Visual C++.NET software. Replace obsolete computers and displays with Pentium IV computers and flat panel monitors. Fix known trainer deficiencies. Incorporate ship ECPs to provide Basic, Flight I, II and IIA ship configurations. Build new Flight IIA machinery control system consoles. Develop new 19G4A automated electronic classroom trainer.

NAWCTSD, USMC, JOINT SERVICES
Program – Multi-Purpose Supporting Arms Trainer (MSAT) Electronic Classroom

Training Device/Equipment: Electronic Classroom Installation
Procurement and installation of classroom furniture and electronic equipment based on MSAT classroom drawings.

NLX Corp.
Program – JSTARS WST Flight Trainer

Training Device/Equipment: N/A
Technical Data Package for Aircraft Panel Assemblies.

SBS Technology
Program – HH-60 Flight Simulator

Training Device/Equipment: N/A
Overhead Cockpit Design, Circuit Breaker Panels Design, and Pilot/Copilot Center Panels Design.

USCG, CAPE MAY TRAINING CENTER
Program – Helm Simulators

Training Device/Equipment: Low Cost Ship Helm Simulator
Design and Build 10 Helm Simulators. Voice Recognition and Automatic Scoring. Produce Documentation including O&M Manual, Engineering and Maintenance Drawings, Parts Catalogue. Provide yearly COMS/field services support.

INTER-AMERICAN AIR FORCE ACADEMY
Program - Contractor Logistics Support for Lackland AFB,
Aircrew Training Devices

MES provided prime contractor support to the Air Force including Contactor Logistics Support for the 242 Flight Training Device and several Personnel Computer Aviation Training devices.

MES maintains the 242 device, which replicates eight different aircraft includes the operator station and the visual system. MES also supports the 242 training device to include:

• Crew coordination
• Cockpit resource management
• Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) procedures
• Navigation procedures
• Systems training, Systems checking
• Engine operations, Flight procedures
• Emergency procedures
• Crew recurrency training
• Pilot pre-hire screening
• Route familiarization and approach familiarization.

MES also maintains several Personnel Computer Aviation Training devices (PCATDs) used to introduce and practice instrument flight procedures. MES maintains the NT-361 trainers, which contain various simulation training modules. These modules are updated, or added to, as necessary to meet the training objectives.

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER TRAINING SYSTEMS DIVISION
Program: Virginia Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS)

MES experience on this contract includes:

• Design and fabrication of Ejection Seat Trainer and Egress Procedures Trainer
  Replicas of the T-6A cockpit and seat with fully operational:
  • Canopy and interior cockpit that physically replicates
    The T-6A cockpit
  • Instructor console for control of lights and warnings
    Fully functional ejection seat without pyrotechnics
• Cost effective approach to procedures training that would otherwise require the actual aircraft
• Provided all system integration of the infrastructure to support systems required in JPATS

MARINE CORPS AIR/GROUND COMBAT CENTER AND U.S. ARMY
Program: 3-D Pop-Up Armor Target

MES experience on this contract includes:

• Targets replicate physical size and shape of T-72 or BMP Armored Personnel Carrier (Conceals to 24” height)
• Provides non-emissive IR signature  representative of the target being replicated and capable of radar return
• Utilizes current lifters and easily transportable by pick-up
•  Total weight approximately 250 lbs
•  Installs in less than one hour.
•  Low cost and easily repairable with very low life cycle cost

Base Maintenance at Lackland Air Force Base

• MES provides base maintenance services to the 37th Training Wing at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX.
• Maintain historical exhibits, associated support equipment and training aids, to include obstacle courses, static vehicles, ranges, and training-related equipment.
• MES staff also repairs, modifies, and rebuilds selected items.
• Responsible for maintaining historical aircraft and artifacts located on the parade grounds and in two base museums, as well as, the reception center at Lackland AFB.

UH-60 Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT)

• Assembly and integration of three UH-60 CPTs
• Fully replicated cockpit with simulated engine instruments
• Conducted software analysis, testing and quality assurance of software documentation and configuration management

C-130 Maintenance Trainer Devices

• Hardware and QA support for two Maintenance Training Devices (MTD)

Air Force (WRALC) Customer
Adapter Set, Fuel Quantity Test Set to C-130 Fuel Tank

• Build 30 Adapter Sets
• Manufacturing Services – Build-to-Print