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Brigadier General Dzintars Roga

June 20, 2014

MS&T’s Walter F. Ullrich explores post Afghanistan training challenges with ACT’s ACOS Joint Education, Training and Exercise (JETE).

Making It Real - The EW Training Facility (EWTF) at RAF Spadeadam

June 18, 2014

Dim Jones

European Editor Dim Jones describes the EW Training Facility (EWTF) at RAF Spadeadam.

Continental Training Connections

June 16, 2014

Rick Adams

Europe’s collaborative helicopter training community is keeping current with its customers, adapting to new configurations and missions. Rick Adams visited key sites in France, Italy, and the UK for a look at the latest simulation technology.

A screen shot of COMBATER, powered by SWORD, taken during the above-mentioned exercises. Image source: Author

COMBATER - A COTS Solution

June 10, 2014

MS&T Guest Author

COMBATER After decades of in-house maintenance and development, the Brazilian Army decided a new COTS solution would provide significant benefits and ROI. The result is COMBATER, a constructive simulation system that is meeting their expectations. Lt Col Sergio Martins Rocha, Brazilian Army, tells the story.

Urban Operations: Preparing for the Present and the Future - TRADOC

April 22, 2014

Chuck Weirauch

The Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is leveraging both live and virtual environments to both train for the present and prepare for the future. MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch reports.

FMS Opportunities and Challenges

April 16, 2014

Marty Kauchak

Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports on the latest trends and developments in the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.

The German Simulation & Training Industry

April 12, 2014

Dim Jones

As the S&T world – in Europe, at least – heads to Cologne for ITEC 2014, it may be an appropriate opportunity to review what’s going on in the S&T industry in the host nation, Germany. Dim Jones writes.

An International Training System

April 11, 2014

Marty Kauchak

Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports on recent developments in the F-35 training system, which supports a rapidly expanding group of operators and maintainers in the US and other nations.

A Contender with Hawk T2

April 11, 2014

Dim Jones

The stakes in the US T-X programme are high; and the Hawk T2 is being put forth as a contender. MS&T’s Dim Jones provides a programme update and an inside look at the Hawk training system.

S&T Beyond the Budget Topline

April 1, 2014

Marty Kauchak

There has been some hyperbole and much drama in the mass-media analysis of the 2015 US defense budget request. Lost to most observers are the new and continuing opportunities for the S&T industry in this same budget document, Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports.