Latest UK Army Warfighting Experiment urban exercise underway
The Storm 2 personal EW is designed to detect a range of signals across broad spectrum. (Image: Thales)
The series of exercises focuses on war fighting in the urban environment with the intention of aligning experimentation to tactical functions and integrating them all during a final experiment.
The latest iteration of the UK’s Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE): The Urban Series 2022–24 is taking place at a training ground in southern England until the end of November with a continued focus on built-up environments.
The exercise involves British Army soldiers and personnel from other countries evaluating equipment and concepts of operations to provide the evidence to inform decisions on which capabilities should be invested in and developed.
It is the latest of a series of events over the past two years to define the digital backbone for future forces and leverage the latest technology from companies to fight the
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