Training & Simulation
Army scrambles to improve drone training
One unit created its own virtual trainer with software used by Ukrainian troops.
Trump’s F-15 basing decision adds to Air Force’s training troubles
Service already had too few jets to prep pilots.
Add special operators to the Joint Simulation Environment
The X-Men have the right idea: training needs to include the whole team.
Teach how to think, not what to think
Professional military schools should not go overboard in interpreting the SecDef’s anti-DEI memo.
Recoil, hold the smoke: the latest in military sims
A walk around the floor at the I/ITSEC training-and-simulation conference.
Navy F-35s can’t play well with others, so the service is betting big on sims
The service is bringing its hyper-realistic Joint Simulation Environment to more bases.
As sims at sea help one carrier’s aviators stay sharp, the Navy wants more
Air Boss wants the rest of the strike group to get networked simulators as well.
New joint data standards could come in early 2025
The anticipated document would help ensure compatibility between training and simulation systems across services.
Wanted: realistic simulations for digital warfare
The military must do more training in all domains, faster, to stay ahead of adversaries, says Adm. Christopher Grady.
Army, Marine Corps want more ground vehicle simulators
It’s a lot cheaper to blow up or damage a simulation than the real thing.
Two years after rollovers, Marines’ ACV is landing on Pacific beaches
Amphibious Combat Vehicles were sent ashore in South Korea amid “negligible” waves.
Army puts new unit loaded with cutting-edge tech to the test
The reconnaissance unit is the poster child for Army plans to field more drones, electronic warfare, and communications equipment across the force.
Air Force announces new Pacific exercise to test how it would fight China
The service is in the midst of a “reoptimization” effort to prepare for future high-end conflict.
Should NATO help the NGOs that train Ukrainian soldiers?
The leader of one such organization says he’s getting good results at less cost, time, and political risk.
Space operations boss wants more virtual simulations to boost training
After a recent demo, Lt. Gen. David Miller said Space Operations Command needs realistic simulations to train at the highest levels.
Sophisticated Army training goes mobile to knit a farflung Pacific coalition
The service took its Hawaii-based center to the Philippines, part of a regional campaign of joint and combined training.
A leading military simulation tool gets an AI upgrade
An interview with Pete Morrison, co-founder of VBS4 maker BSIM.
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How US special operators are training Ukrainians—and what they’re learning in return
The Ukrainian troops bring battlefield experience that is helping to reshape the U.S. Army’s own special operations.
At Army’s special-ops school, the biggest changes in a generation
Ukraine, robotics, and more are driving a six-year plan to improve training in irregular warfare, technology, and psyops.
Army SOF's new drone course teaches gamer and maker skills
By graduation, the students will know how to build their own drones and teach foreign partners on tactics.
