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Training and Simulation
06/05/2026
NATO Wants More AI to Streamline Training, Simulation
NATO has used artificial intelligence to help organize one of its major exercises for the first time, but on a small scale. The alliance’s leadership is now asking organizers to expand its use, a senior official recently said. -
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Marine Corps News
06/04/2026
Marines to Make Weapon Integration a Priority
The Marine Corps is working to operationalize its long-term vision known as Force Design, and its armament goals are a combination of kinetic and non-kinetic effects that the service needs to integrate seamlessly to operate in an evolving landscape. -
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Logistics and Maintenance
05/26/2026
JUST IN: Pentagon Using AI to Address Weapon System Readiness Challenges
The Defense Department is facing major challenges sustaining its weapons systems, and it has turned to artificial intelligence to improve the readiness of key capabilities. -
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Training and Simulation
04/15/2026
JUST IN: Army Rebrands its Training, Simulation Acquisition Office
The Army organization formerly known as the Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation is now the Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training, Test and Threat. -
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Army News
04/15/2026
JUST IN: Company Lands Army Contract for First Simulated Grenades (UPDATED)
A Florida small business has landed a $21 million contract with the Army to provide it with a family of simulated proximity explosive weapons such as hand grenades and Claymore mines. -
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Army News
04/14/2026
JUST IN: Army Moving Toward ‘Embedded Training’ to Blend Live, Simulated Exercises
The Army wants to “embed” more of its high-tech simulators into its real-world platforms and break down the barriers between the “boxes” that contain the software and the equipment soldiers actually use, a service technology leader said. -
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Industrial Base
03/30/2026
Vital Signs 2026: Supercharging the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
Over the last three years, the National Defense Industrial Association has advocated for more focused and bipartisan attention on the interdependent link between a strong U.S. defense industrial base and effective national deterrence. -
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Cybersecurity
03/20/2026
The First 100 Days of CMMC, And What Comes Next
Following a multi-year rulemaking process, the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program crossed the regulatory finish line on Nov. 10. For much of the defense industrial base, that moment carried a simple question — now that CMMC had moved from concept to reality, what would change first? -
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Modeling and Simulation
03/16/2026
Modeling and Simulation Could Strengthen Indo-Pacific Partnerships
The vast region of the Indo-Pacific creates a complicated landscape for training among partners and allies, but modeling and simulation could be the connective tissue to help stitch together an increasingly collaborative presence. -
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Emerging Technologies
03/06/2026
Physics AI Models Have Potential to Speed Weapon Development
San Mateo, California-based startup Luminary Cloud has released three new physics artificial intelligence models aimed at dramatically accelerating the design of collaborative combat aircraft, submarines and pump systems.
