Climate change is likely to increase the need for HADR training in the armed forces to deal with events like major flooding. (Photo: Canadian Armed Forces)
Climate change is beginning to affect every aspect of human activity and this impact is only likely to increase. Defence is no exception to this.
The recent UK House of Commons Defence Committee (HCDC) report Defence and Climate Change, published in August, opens with the statement: ‘In January 2023 the World Economic Forum listed climate change as the cause of the top six most severe risks to the planet over the coming decade. This directly matters to defence.’
While this will be felt across all defence activities, its impact on training is likely to be significant. The most obvious
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The service has shown an interest in a range of training solutions from individual to battalion levels and plans to award multiple contracts ahead of new programmes set to run from FY2024 to FY2031.
VirTra has unveiled the integration of VBS4 and BlueIG into its simulator systems with the aim of enhancing the capabilities of its technology for military training.
The company has also used its platform at I/ITSEC 2023 to announce a new partnership with the Switzerland-based firm EDMS.
SAMT, a laserless, plug-and-play mobile system, can incorporate small arms, anti-tank weapons, military vehicles and remote weapon stations.
For the first time CAE exhibited a digital F-16 cockpit integrated with the Simulators Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) marking a major step forward in training equipment virtualisation.
Deploying several simulation solutions with different operating systems and programming languages has been a challenge for armed forces worldwide.
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