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National Defense February 2005 Roxana Tiron	Special Operators' Training Relies on High-Quality Images Special operators increasingly are relying on simulations to rehearse missions at the drop of a hat, but technology is not yet up to par with their need for fast processors and high-fidelity images.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009	CAE Full-Flight Simulators Used to Train Pilots in Saudi Arabia and China CAE Inc. won contracts valued at more than $40 million to design and manufacture three full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated training devices for Saudi Arabian Airlines and the Hua Ou Aviation Training Centre.
National Defense December 2009 Jean & Erwin	Navy Sailors Experience 'Virtual' Shipboard Flight Operations A new training simulation immerses junior officers and senior enlisted sailors in flight deck operations from the vantage point of an officer in the control tower.
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Revisiting Requirements for Pilot Training Senior U.S. Air Force officials are debating whether a planned drawdown of the service's aircraft fleet should be matched by cutbacks to the number of pilots that are recruited and trained.
National Defense July 2013 Valerie Insinna	Simulation, Gaming Sector Plagued by Fiscal Challenges Restrictions on the travel of government officials gutted the Defense GameTech Users Conference in Orlando, Fla. Conference attendance, which aims to increase the use of serious games by the Defense Department, dropped to a third of the previous year's show.
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