China Trains Border Defence Drone Pilots

January 21, 2021

Border defence cadets and police officers from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in northwest China, recently took part in drone pilot training.

Russian Military Trains Against UAVs

January 18, 2021

Atul Chandra

The Russian military recently concluded an exercise with air defence units from its Central Military District training to defend ground targets against Unmanned Aerial Vehicle strikes.

Russian Air Force Receives New Su-34 Simulator

January 14, 2021

Atul Chandra

The Russian Air Force has received a new Su-34 flight simulator that will be based at the Military Educational and Scientific Center in Chelyabinsk.

Australia to Resume In-Person International Military Training

January 12, 2021

Atul Chandra

Australia’s Department of Defence has announced that it will resume international training with foreign military partners in 2021.

Progressing Reality in India

January 4, 2021

Atul Chandra

An increasing amount of work is being done in India in the fields of augmented reality/virtual reality technologies and visual databases for training and other applications. Atul Chandra reports.

New Underwater Training and Testing Ranges for Australian Navy

December 23, 2020

Atul Chandra

Australia’s Department of Defence recently announced that tenders for new maritime underwater tracking ranges will be released through Austender by late January 2021.

Australian and Indonesian Armies in Distributed Exercise

December 22, 2020

Atul Chandra

The Australian Army and Indonesian Army, Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Darat completed the latest edition of Exercise Wirra Jaya in a virtual format to overcome travel restrictions imposed as a result of Covid-19.

US, Canadian & Australian Warships & Simulators in Distributed Naval Warfare Exercise

December 18, 2020

Atul Chandra

Fleet Synthetic Training – Joint 20/72, a virtual trilateral naval warfare exercise held this month, featured participation from the USA, Canada and Australia.

Russian Baltic Fleet Hovercraft Train for Seaborne Assault

November 24, 2020

Atul Chandra

Russian Navy Project 12322 Zubr Class air cushion landing craft (hovercraft) - Evgeny Kocheshkov and Mordovia recently participated in exercises off the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

PLA Navy Ramps Up Carrier-Based Pilot Training

November 23, 2020

Atul Chandra

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy recently completed carrier qualification onboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning for a new batch of pilots directly recruited from high school for its carrier-based aircraft.

WATS 2021 - Call for Papers Closing Soon

The Call for Papers for WATS 2021 will close on 22 January 2021, be sure to submit your presentation abstracts before the deadline.

Air Astana – An Effective ‘Just Culture’

The astonishing events recounted in the incident involving a post-major servicing ferry flight of an Air Astana Embraer 190 aircraft are worthy of huge admiration. The follow up by Air Astana after the close call is equally impressive. Chris Long reports.