DSET 2019: Canadian Army outlines simulation plan blueprint
The Canadian Army is set to invest C$2.2 billion ($1.66 billion) in simulation programmes and over C$4 billion in networks and instrumentation over the next 25 years, according to Lt Col Victor Sattler, the G5 Capability Integration with the Canadian Army Training Authority at the Army Doctrine and Training Centre.
The Future Integrated Training Environment (FITE) comprises a number of different programmes that when integrated, will allow the Canadian Army to conduct networked exercises across the country.
Sattler told delegates at the Defence Simulation, Education & Training (DSET) conference in Bristol on 19 March that ‘the current simulation training system
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