During a training session organized by the Safety Region Rotterdam Rijnmond and  VSTEP, RescueSim’s new HLA compliancy and VBS2 interoperability was put into operation, showcasing civil-military and antiterrorism training possibilities.

VSTEP is proud to announce that its RescueSim virtual incident management training platform is to be fully compatible with the next generation Oculus Rift Head Mounted Displays, making full immersion 3D virtual training possible for its users and opening up new training possibilities for emergency services. 

NAUTIS DNV Certified Class B simulator delivered to the Maritime License Training Company in Jacksonville, Florida.

For training of its Sigma Class Corvette bridge personnel, the Indonesian Navy and Ministry of Defence selected VSTEP to supply two Class A NAUTIS Full Mission Bridge (FMB) Simulators for its Kobangdikal marine training facility in Surabaya.

At the Kooy Symposium 2013, Delft Dynamics, specialised in building unmanned helicopters, presented their Universal Simulation Platform for Unmanned Systems (USPvOS). Using this platform, groundstations from unmanned systems can be linked directly to RescueSim using High Level Architecture (HLA), thereby allowing virtual training of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators.

VSTEP and its partners will be demonstrating the best practices and added training value of RescueSim at the upcoming "Day of the Safety Region" in The Hague and at the Virtual Fires Kongress in Sankt Georgen, Germany.

The West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service talks about using RescueSim at their Incident Command Training Center in Crawley.

The Caribbean Maritime Institute has ordered multiple VSTEP simulators for its new high tech simulation centre at the campus in Kingston, Jamaica. VSTEP will deliver all simulator solutions for the facility, including a NAUTIS Full Mission Bridge Simulator.

Swedish training and solutions provider KrisRisk is the latest customer to be using the RescueSim virtual training platform. KrisRisk is using RescueSim to provide advanced incident management training to emergency services and safety professionals in the region.

Chemstar Nautical School in Bangkok and Kasetsart International Maritime College in Si Racha, Thailand, have selected VSTEP’s NAUTIS maritime simulators for their training institutes.

VSTEP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Sales and Business Development team with Mr. Mark Polderman and Mr. Peter Walsh. Mr. Polderman joins VSTEP as Sales Director. Mr. Walsh joins VSTEP’s RescueSim team as company representative for the UK.

Dutch simulation company VSTEP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CAE to solidify their intention to work together on simulation projects worldwide.

VSTEP will be demonstrating its NAUTIS maritime simulator solutions during the International Workboat Show from 5-7 December 2012 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

For its compulsory yearly training, the department for Roads & Tunnels of The Hague has organized three large scale tunnel incident exercises using the RescueSim virtual incident management simulator developed by VSTEP.

UK based ECDIS training and consultancy company ECDIS Ltd are pleased to announce their unveiling of a VSTEP NAUTIS  Full Mission Bridge simulator to accompany the 6 smaller NAUTIS Desktop simulators already used for visual channels during the IMO 1.27 Model ECDIS Course.