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03/04/2024
JUST IN: Qatar Positions Itself as Special Operations Training Hub
The Qatari armed forces are setting up an international school that will train special operators and counterterrorism units from at home and abroad. -
03/01/2024
Navy's Push for Blended Training Picks Up Steam
While using a blend of live, virtual and constructive techniques to prepare warfighters for battle is not new, Navy officials have said the sea service has lagged implementing the concept. However, that appears to be changing. -
02/16/2024
Marines Going Virtual to Address Lack of Training Grounds in Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific may be vast, but the areas where Marines can train in the region are not. -
02/05/2024
Navy Looks to Industry to Digitize Ships
Most software aboard Navy ships is older than the sailors and less sophisticated than home gaming systems. Bridging the digital gap presents the biggest opportunity for the defense industry since the Cold War, a Navy official said. -
02/02/2024
Reaching Pentagon’s CJADC2 Goals to Require ‘Bridging Solutions’
The Defense Department has a vision: take each service’s sensors and shooters, tie them all together in a seamless network that lives on a combat cloud and employ artificial intelligence to make decisions quicker than opponents can. The vision is known as Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, and despite the “joint” in the name, the Army, Navy and Air Force are pursuing their own programs. -
01/08/2024
Air Force Overhauling Training To Take On Near-Peer Foes
The Air Force is undergoing a top-to-bottom reorganization to transition from counterterrorism operations to competition with more powerful rivals, and its training and simulation systems will be a part of the overhaul. -
01/02/2024
Large Language Models Have Pitfalls for National Security
ORLANDO — Generative artificial intelligence: eerie or exciting? Experts suggest the increasingly intelligent large language models are not something to be feared, but rather tools to make human lives easier, revolutionizing how we learn and train. We just need to learn how to use them effectively. -
12/29/2023
Army to Replace ‘Laser Tag’ System for Soldier Training
ORLANDO — For more than four decades, the Army, other militaries and law enforcement agencies around the world have used a laser-based system to train personnel using small arms in force-on-force exercises. -
10/27/2023
Boeing Delivers First Jet Trainer To Air Force, But Delays Continue
Despite achieving its inaugural flight in 2023, the Air Force’s Red Hawk T-7A trainer jet is still suffering from extended delays that will cost the service precious time and money, a recent government report said. -
10/12/2023
Marine Wargames Blending AI with Human Thinking
Wargames, as old as civilization, have evolved from lines in the sand to bytes in the cloud. Despite evolving technologies, experts insist the games remain human-centric — but that doesn’t mean artificial intelligence can’t help.