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Aptima’s Software to Support U.S. Navy’s Distributed, Multi-simulator Training

As net centric warfare changes the nature of air and combat operations, the U.S. Navy is modernizing its aviation training, combining its various simulators into a unified platform to better replicate these complex missions. To improve the training value of these networked exercises, Aptima, the R&D firm specializing in human-centered engineering, is providing the Navy [...]

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Training, Investment Create Sustainable Afghan Army

Training and financial investment are critical to helping Afghanistan’s security forces become self-sufficient, a senior participant in the effort said.
Army Brig. Gen. Gary Patton, the deputy commanding general for programs with Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, shared his insights during a March 6 “DoDLive” bloggers roundtable on how U.S. and NATO forces are supporting the [...]

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US Urges Allies To Ratchet Up Afghan Training Effort

 The United States urged NATO allies to send thousands of trainers to help strengthen Afghan security forces and exploit a window of opportunity to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
The request came as the top commander in Afghanistan, US General Stanley McChrystal, said that security was no longer deteriorating but that the corner had not [...]

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