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Curious to see who will be attending Land Forces Training Summit where attendees gain unrivalled insights from senior military leaders from the U.S. and allied nations?

View the sample attendee's snapshot to find out which companies of key stakeholders in training and doctrine, training technology, tools, and simulation, to collaboratively focus on how warfighter readiness can be optimized for the future operational environment and emerging threats, will be at the 2024 conference.

Speaking at our event, Colonel Steve Banks delivers this exclusive interview in preparation for our Land Forces Training Conference. This piece is ideal for anyone wanting to better understand NATO efforts in training the next warfighter. It maps out the current priorities of the Modelling and Simulation Learning Technology branch as well as the technologies that have caught its attention. Furthermore, it delves into the impact the Ukrainian War on training concepts.

In the age of near-peer competition, the warfighter must be ready to take on more challenges than ever before. To prepare the warfighter training must adapt to suit the needs of the battlefields of the future which will arguably be more complex and lethal. We had the privilege of interviewing the Major-General Roch Pelletier, Commander of the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre (CADTC). Here he delves into:

• How CADTC is preparing Canadian forces for future combat in the current geopolitical landscape.
• The role technology and industry play in training the warfighter.
• How to set the appropriate limitations for training.
  

As our doctrine shifts towards multidomain warfare, our training and simulation tools must also adapt. Partner to the Land Forces Training 2024 conference, Team Orlando’s mission is to maximize DoD resources to deliver these first-rate training capabilities to the nation’s Warfighters by coalescing the training, simulation, and modelling communities. Find more about Team Orlando’ efforts by reading this interview with the organization’s Director, Daniel Torgler.

Professor David Benson delivers commentary on the evolving area of study of video games in the military. He delves into how video games play a critical role in “force development” and maintaining readiness and why it is a worthy area of study. In his preliminary research, he covers:

• Gaps in the public research
• What video games offer the military domain
• How video games can help to maximize the proficiency of our forces
• A call to action for further study across stakeholders
  

Land Forces Training is a complex, multifaceted domain in constant evolution as new technologies and ways to fight emerge. In this survey, we asked several representatives from military, academic, industry and government backgrounds to answer questions based on the current state of play and the future of the domain. The results were both revealing and surprising as they gave insight into the following:

• The barriers to mission readiness
• The opinions of Synthetic Training vs Live Training
• The dissonance in priorities between the military and industry
  

The importance of training cannot be understated. The age-old axiom of “the more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat” remains as true as ever. In this piece, IDGA gives a quick birds-eye-view of the key training initiatives happening world-wide in 2023; ideal for someone wanting a quick update in the latest happening in the domain.

Curious to see who typically attends Land Forces Training Summit where attendees gain unrivalled insights from senior military leaders from the U.S. and allied nations?

View the attendee's snapshot to find out which companies of key stakeholders in training and doctrine, training technology, tools, and simulation, to collaboratively focus on how warfighter readiness can be optimized for the future operational environment and emerging threats, who attended in 2023.

Training methods for land forces need to be re-assessed, as ground combat doctrine moves towards multi-domain operations against peer competitors. Commercial off-the-shelf technologies are put under the spotlight as NATO nations turn towards them to enhance their troops’ training and readiness.

Ahead of Land Forces Training, Defence IQ surveyed experts from the armed forces – both serving and retired – from all around the world. In the results of the survey, learn more about:

• What will impact land forces the most in the next 10-15 years
• What they want to achieve through training and the challenges they encounter
• Their investment priorities in simulation training
• How they rate the importance of training and the consequences of insufficient training
• Their opinion on the current industry offering for training solutions

Chemring Technology Solutions is preparing its widely anticipated LoRIS (Long-range Radio Initiation System) for international demonstrations and full verification of its safety and suitability for military application, following a successful product launch in March. Ahead of Land Forces Training 

Today, the live training environment is not conducive to many of the training needs of fifth generation platforms: live training ranges are spatially too restricted, fail to produce realistic threat scenarios, and risk revealing the unique war fighting attributes of platforms. These barriers are pressing military operatives to rethink live training in favor of more realistic missions in virtual environments. In this exclusive article, Jennifer argues why a blend of techniques, known as live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) training is increasingly viewed as the future of military training.

The battlespace is increasingly complex and requires land forces to be flexible and have mobility while preserving their lethality, using systems that are more and more digitised.

This exclusive interview with General David G. Perkins, Commanding General at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, provides insight into the next generation warfare and its implications on the procurement decisions and assets design for the land forces of tomorrow.

Land power is indispensable to achieve strategic objectives on the ground. The battlefield is changing and new threats and enemies are emerging, creating new procurement requirements and challenges for armed forces and the armoured vehicle community needs to adapt to this evolution.

In this exclusive interview with Major General Karl Engelbrektson, Commander of the Swedish Army who will speak at the Land Forces Training conference, learn more about how the Swedish Army is preparing for the future operating environment. Download this interview to find out more about his take on:

• The 2025-2035 operating environment
• What Sweden is doing to ensure current training capabilities will be effective at preparing personnel in the future operating environment
• The role and importance of new technologies for land forces training
• The importance of industry in the design and delivery of new capabilities

In this exclusive interview, Major General Stephen Cadden, Commander of the Canadian Army Doctrine & Training Centre and speaker at this year’s Land Forces Training discusses the modernization of the Canadian training programme, and the importance of industry in delivering the right solutions to prepare for future operations.