⊲ NextGen Defense ⊳ MicroVision has introduced lightweight LiDAR sensors designed to give UAVs real-time 3D mapping and onboard perception. MOVIA Air supports obstacle avoidance, autonomous landing...
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Royal Navy Accelerates Warfighting Readiness
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Project Selborne, the Royal Navy's £1.26 billion shore based training programme, is preparing for Epoch 3, due to begin in April 2027, with a focus on faster warfighting readiness and...
Swiss Simulation Startup Backs Latvia Drone Training
⊲ LIAA ⊳ Swiss startup nordfen AG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with "Drone Force Europe" to develop drone simulation technologies in Riga. Nordfen, which originated from the ETH Zurich...
3D Printing Cuts Simulator Production Costs
⊲ VoxelMatters ⊳ Wraith Systems has expanded production of its F-35 desktop Hands-On Throttle-And-Stick pilot training system by adopting 3D printing, raising output to 75 units each month while...
A Decade On: Revisiting the Simulation Singularity
Spotlight by Andy Fawkes "Will there be a world where the simulation may be just as good as the real world?" That's the rather grand question I put to a lunchtime crowd at London's Digital...
Daily 3D Maps for Uncrewed System Navigation
⊲ Space Daily ⊳ Vantor, the Earth observation company formerly known as Maxar, has launched WorldView 3D, a service producing daily updated three dimensional maps of Earth accurate to 15...
Rifle Becomes New Drone Controller
⊲ Military.com ⊳ The US-based startup PYRRHUS Aeronautics has developed LADRS, a rifle mounted device that lets soldiers control drones through weapon movement rather than a handheld joystick or...
“Sim Pods” for British Army Drone Training
⊲ Halldale Group ⊳ Skua Defence Limited and UFDS EU have partnered to bring Ukrainian Fight Drone Simulator, a Ukraine-developed UAS training system, to UK and allied forces. UFDS has trained more...
Low Energy Spider Eyes for AR
⊲ New Atlas ⊳ Researchers at Northwestern University have built a 3D depth-sensing camera called the SpiderCam, modelled on the multi-layered retinas of jumping spiders. The creature's eyes capture...
A Timely Event for Military Simulation & Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ DSET 2026 opens at Cheltenham Racecourse on 23 June as European NATO defence spending reaches historic levels, raising urgent questions about how much reaches training and simulation....
AI Vision Guides Drone Flights
⊲ The Drone Front ⊳ Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp has introduced AIxVNAV, an AI-powered navigation system that enables drones to operate when GPS signals are unavailable or...
ITEC Showcases Military Training Innovations
⊲ Royal Aeronautical Society ⊳ Tim Robinson reports on the ITEC 2026 event, held in London, identifying key trends including the use of mixed reality for immersive training, the resurgence of...
Simulation + XR for Urgent Drone Training
⊲ 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...
A New Dimension in 3D World Capture
⊲ Digital Camera World ⊳ Ouster's REV8 Color LiDAR chip captures colour and depth simultaneously using a single lens and chip, abandoning the traditional pixel grid in favour of a point cloud of up...
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...
Simulation, Training and Operations Converge
⊲ Halldale ⊳ ITEC 2026, held at ExCeL London in April, brought together military practitioners, NATO officials and industry against the backdrop of conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Air...