Press Release – Marine Common Aircrew Trainers (MCATs)

Press Release – Marine Common Aircrew Trainers (MCATs)

Marine Common Aircrew Trainers (MCATs) Marine Common Aircrew Trainers (MCATs) ACME Worldwide Enterprises, Inc. (ACME) has been selected by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), to provide replica weapon systems for the US Marine Corps’ (USMC)...
Annual Navy Technology Exercise

Annual Navy Technology Exercise

ACME’s team participated in the 2017 Annual Navy Technology Exercise (ANTX) in Dahlgren, Virginia in September. We brought our M2, .50 Caliber replica machine gun system as part of the FAC/FIAC Integrated training system. At ANTX, Navy personnel were able to use the...
Guns Galore at ACME!

Guns Galore at ACME!

It’s a busy Autumn at ACME where we have dozens of replica weapon systems in work right now. Our highbay is full of different weapons for many customers and many programs. There’s replica weapons completely across the shop. A quick glance shows GAU-21’s, M240’s, M2s,...
Kratos Training Solutions

Kratos Training Solutions

ACME Worldwide Enterprises, Inc. has been selected by Kratos Training Solutions to provide a suite of replica weapon systems for the US Navy MH-60 Naval Aircrew Training Systems (NATs) and four MH-60S Aircrew Virtual Environment Trainer (AVET) trainers being produced...
Windloading Force

Windloading Force

Remember riding in a car when you were a kid and you would put your hand out the window? You could hold your hand flat and zoom your arm up and down like an airplane. Or you might hold your hand flat against the wind, relax your arm and just let the air blow your arm...
Machine Gun Malfunctions

Machine Gun Malfunctions

Machine guns are wonders of engineering. They handle hundred of rounds per minute and thousands of rounds over a lifetime. They deal with the massive heat and gas pressure as the rounds fire.  And, they operate in the toughest environments and can be exposed to shock,...