This April will see the return of the highly anticipated military training technology exhibition and conference, IT2EC. With the overarching theme of the conference set to explore how nations and industry can enable operational advantage through training and simulation, the event is expected to drive the debate on how technological advances can expedite and streamline armed forces training.
Sweden prepares for NATO membership, boosting its S&T industry and military involvement. Marty Kauchak highlights Saab, Pitch Technologies, Tobii's and Swedish defense force contributions.
The capability of conducting Multi-Domain Operations is currently an aspiration of both NATO and some member nations. However, this is easy to say, more difficult to define, and harder still to do. MS&T’s UK-based special correspondent Dim Jones explores how far down this road the UK is and, crucially, what plans it has for training to achieve its objective.
The U.S. National Guard is testing its response abilities in simulated emergency scenarios including storms, mass casualties, and Search and Rescue scenarios.
PLEXSYS has been awarded a $5.5M contract for the CRC Next Generation Training System at Tinker AFB, providing support and enabling high-end distributed training.
The exercise allows mine countermeasures personnel from across the Alliance to come together to enhance interoperability, hone tactics and procedures, and ensure NATO is ready to work together at a moment’s notice when called upon.
During Exercise Eager Defender, U.S. Marines, Sailors and Soldiers are participating alongside their Kuwaiti counterparts in joint training, focusing on enhancing maritime security, visit, board, search and seizure, and more.