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,...
G-Suit Systems
Fighter jets operate in a dynamic world of banks, climbs, dives, rolls, vibrations, shudders. The jet continuously changes accelerations and G-forces. G-loads are an inseparable part of the fighter environment. Pilots use the cues from the motion, pressure, and...
Ejection Seat Trainer
ACME’s Dynamic Motion Seats are the perfect way to add motion cues to fighter cockpit trainers. Customers can answer other training needs with the seats too. True Q® seats are great trainers for ingress/egress and ejection training. The key is the realism of the...
Why Demand Realistic Recoil?
Pull the trigger on any firearm and you will immediately understand Newton’s law about equal and opposite reactions. Recoil is an inseparable part of shooting. It instantly affects how you engage the target. And the effects are amplified for machine guns. Each machine...
ON DISPLAY I/ITSEC 2016 ACME Booths 660 & 665
On Display at I/ITSEC 2016 - ACME Booths 660 & 665 - M-2HB .50 Caliber Gun Simulator ACME Worldwide’s (www.acme-worldwide.com) M-2HB .50 caliber machine gun simulator with full force Gun Active Recoil (GAR®) system will be on display as part of Operation Blended...
Operation Blended Warrior – ACME 2016
ACME Participating in Operation Blended Warrior 2016 The National Training & Simulation Association (NTSA) is serving as the sponsor for a Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) special event otherwise known as Operation Blended Warrior (OBW) that is being planned for...
By the Numbers-Dynamic Motion Seats
Proven Products, Ready Now Prototypes (or new production designs) begin at step one. Design Step 1 is also Cost Step 1 and there’s lots more potential cost steps ahead on the production highway. Even for the highest quality products, new designs often need refinement...
Why so many Replica Weapon Types?
ACME produces many different replica weapon systems. Why? Well, different customers have different specific needs. What if ACME doesn’t have the weapon type you need? We can still help. Here’s how… First, nearly everything ACME produces can be tailored to meet...
ACME @ ITEC 2016
Hello Europe! The customer is king! ACME believes business should come to the customer and learn about your needs. Listening and understanding your requirements first is key. So, we’re at the ITEC simulation show in London to talk with our European customers. We look...
FIST2FAC: Future of Navy Combat Training?
For Immediate Release: April 11, 2016 By Warren Duffie, Office of Naval Research ARLINGTON, Va.—Lookouts on the bridge of the USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) scanned the surrounding ocean. All seemed well—clear skies, peaceful waters, busy merchant ship traffic....
CH-147F Training Program Takes Flight
CH-147F Training Program Takes Flight The RCAF CH-147F Aircrew Training Centre was declared ready for training last September. Group Editor Marty Kauchak journeyed to Garrison Petawawa, Ontario soon after and filed this report. The Chinook "F" training system is...
Rotorcraft Gunnery
Simulated and live-fire training systems improve weapons performance by helicopter crews. Publisher October 13, 2015 - By Henry Canaday, MT2 Correspondent Like the platforms on which they ride, helicopter guns have a wide range of missions, playing decisive roles in...