⊲ Varjo ⊳ Juny, a Uruguayan combat veteran wounded three times by FPV drones while serving with Ukrainian Special Forces, now works with Applied Virtual Simulation on the Horizon Guardian...
Category: Military & Security
CAE Urges Pilot Training Overhaul
⊲ CAE ⊳ CAE's 2026 Blueprint argues that allied defence forces must overhaul pilot training to meet a more volatile geopolitical era. Legacy fixed-curriculum programmes are ill-suited to Generation...
Digital Twins Reach the Battlefield
⊲ Medium ⊳ David Burden explores how digital twins are moving beyond industrial systems into military operations, creating detailed battlefield models that combine platforms, infrastructure and...
Simulator Supports Ukraine Air Defences
⊲ Euromaidan Press ⊳ Ukraine's Defense Ministry has approved a domestic laser simulator for training operators of the FIM-92 Stinger missile system, developed by Skiftech. This simulator allows...
Ukrainian Medical Simulator Reaches NATO Nations
⊲ The Defender ⊳ The LifesaverSIM tactical medical simulator is now available across NATO member states, expanding from its original Ukrainian focus into 44 countries. Developed by a startup in...
ANSYS Secures $82m USAF Simulation Contract
⊲ Defence Blog ⊳ The U.S. Air Force has awarded Ansys Government Initiatives an $82.1 million contract for advanced modelling and simulation software at Edwards Air Force Base, effective until May...
GTA V Becomes War Tool
⊲ Business Insider ⊳ Ukraine's defence ministry has revealed that FPV drone pilots train using Grand Theft Auto V between real missions, with a video showing a pilot flying a bomb into highway...
Norway’s 4 Year Contract with OneArc
⊲ UK Defence Journal ⊳ Norway's Armed Forces have secured an enterprise licence upgrade to VBS4, the flagship virtual training and mission rehearsal system from BAE Systems' OneArc division. The...
Rethinking Military Flight Training Effectiveness
⊲ Joint Air Power Competence Centre ⊳ The article examines how military aviation training can be improved by applying modern learning science, focusing on deliberate practice, feedback, and...
New Facility Supports British Army Readiness
⊲ Saab ⊳ Saab UK has officially opened a new training & simulation facility in South West England, its fifth such site in the UK. Opened by Kit Malthouse MP for North West Hampshire, the...
Ukraine Gets Mobile F-16 Simulators
⊲ Kyiv Post ⊳ Ukraine's Air Force has received mobile F-16 flight simulators programmed to replicate the terrain and weather conditions pilots face in combat. Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said...
Survey Finds Over 37% Deploy XR in Training
⊲ Varjo ⊳ Varjo's State of XR in Simulation Training 2026 report, drawing on survey responses from over 100 defence and training professionals, finds that extended reality has shifted firmly from...