Defence
30 January 2026 Patrick Johnston This episode explores how AI is transforming defence training, with leaders from Capita, Raytheon UK and Varjo - including an exclusive update on a new AI capability entering pilot evaluation.
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Game engines have been exploited in defence for many years but the companies behind them are also moving into providing professional services for the simulation and training community. MS&T Special Correspondent Andy Fawkes reports. 16 February 2021
CAE USA has been awarded a contract to provide United States Customs and Border Protection with Aircraft Pilot Training Services. 15 February 2021
Concerns over possible confusion of company ownership – and potential Chinese meddling in software developed for Western military customers – has led Bohemia Interactive Simulations to issue a clarifying press release. 12 February 2021
Soar Technology is addressing spatial disorientation in a pilot training simulation system for the U.S. Navy via the program: WingMAN. 12 February 2021
Former senior leaders of US forces in the UK and US made a case for national synthetic environments, also referred to as National Digital Twins, during CAE’s OneWorld 2021 online conference on 9 February. 11 February 2021
CAE USA and Pinnacle Solutions unveiled their joint venture company Xebec, which will be delivering the first three Littoral Combat Ship Bridge Part-Task Trainers to the US Navy. 10 February 2021
The Spanish Army will receive 28 phase I/II Pizarro Infantry/Cavalry Combat Vehicle simulators from Indra, which will be incorporated into its serious games platform. 10 February 2021
Chuck Weirauch takes an in-depth look at past NASA space program simulators. 9 February 2021
Leonardo has been chosen by the Qatar Computing Research Institute to supply its Cyber Range & Training system. 9 February 2021
On the eve of the start of the CAE OneWorld 2021 virtual conference and tradeshow, Boeing ordered a P-8A operational flight trainer for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. 8 February 2021
Saab has received an order for deliveries of the Carl-Gustaf M4 Ground Combat Indoor Trainer. 8 February 2021
CAE signed a contract with The PYURE Company to assemble air sanitizers using PYURE's technology, which significantly destroys the COVID-19 virus in the air and on surfaces. 4 February 2021
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. unveiled its new comms and sound product, Voisus Solo, a standalone application that can be installed on a desktop or laptop and adapted to training scenarios. 4 February 2021
China’s military has been holding joint army and air force exercises to test combat readiness levels. 3 February 2021
Speel Praha has selected DiSTI Corporation’s GL Studio SC HMI software tool to develop the next-generation advanced trainer jet L-39NG’s Head-Up Display. 3 February 2021
With the formation of the United States Space Force and the majority of NASA astronauts still having a military background, MS&T’s Chuck Weirauch reports on the use of simulation in space operations and why it remains key to success. 2 February 2021
A new facility in Melbourne will provide an immersive 360-degree Augmented Reality (AR) environment for scientists from Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) seeking to assess new technologies for dismounted combatants. 2 February 2021
Lockheed Martin has appointed a new chief executive who will lead its UK business from April this year. 2 February 2021
Close-combat immersive specialist 4GD launched two new products, ECFECTUS and ACIES, expanding their SmartFacility urban training solution. 1 February 2021
The Australian Defence Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies contracts totaling $233 million to deliver secure communications and advanced night vision goggle technology to support the country’s key modernization initiatives. 28 January 2021