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14 May

Air

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon, July 10, 2025. The event was hosted to portray the Secretary of Defense’s initiative of Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alondra Y. Lopez Gonzalez)

Pentagon Sends Reps to Absorb Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Techniques

The US Department of Defense has deployed representatives to Ukraine to study drone combat and apply battlefield lessons to American military operations.

13 May

Americas

211214-M-HB658-1322 GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 14, 2021) Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducts a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden. During the demonstration, the Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapons System Demonstrator Mark 2 MOD 0 aboard Portland successfully engaged the training target. The photograph was captured utilizing a short wave infrared lens and optical filter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert)

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Opens Laser Weapons Course for Sailors

The US Navy has launched a new training program for sailors operating laser weapons at its Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory in California.

Apr- 2026 -

30 April

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Lockheed to Supply Training Package for US Navy TACAMO Aircraft Program

Lockheed Martin will provide training devices and support services for the US Navy’s ongoing Take Charge and Move Out modernization program.

28 April

Exercises

NATO and Ukraine are expanding training cooperation.

Giulia Bernacchi

NATO Taps Ukrainian Drone Operators to Replicate Battlefield Threats in Drills

NATO is integrating Ukrainian drone operators into its military drills to replicate battlefield conditions shaped by the war against Russia.

22 April

Air

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Apache Training Enters AI-Assisted Era With DigiFlight’s ‘Phoenix’ Simulator

Training for the AH-64 Apache helicopter could soon look less like rehearsal and more like the real thing.

22 April

Americas

Giulia Bernacchi

Second Bend Labs Launches Multi-Domain Training Site

Second Bend Labs has launched a privately operated defense training and testing site on the border between Georgia and Florida.

15 April

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

South Korea Plans 11,000-Drone Purchase to Expand Military Training

South Korea’s military plans to acquire around 11,000 commercial drones for training by the end of the year.

15 April

Technology

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Operator XR Elevates Counter-Drone Training With New Virtual Reality Tech

Australian firm Operator XR is advancing counter-unmanned aerial systems training with Interceptor, a virtual reality system designed to simulate realistic scenarios.

14 April

Air

Instructor Pilots with the 340th Flying Training Group, 39th Flying Training Squadron, and 559th Flying Training Squadron flew a T-6 Texan II four-ship formation on Mar. 23, 2023, over Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The sortie also marked the final flight of Lt. Col. Mark Pasierb, former Undergraduate Flying Training program commander, who will have approximately earned a combined 6,000 flight hours in the C-5 Galaxy and T-6.

Rojoef Manuel

Textron to Provide T-6 Texan II Fleet Support for US Military

Textron Aviation Defense has secured a contract valued at more than $150 million to deliver program management and maintenance support for the US military’s T-6 Texan II training aircraft.

10 April

Air

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Chile’s New T-40 Newen Trainer Moves Pilot Training Into Digital Era

Chile is reworking how it trains military pilots with the debut of the T-40 Newen, a next-gen trainer aircraft built around advanced systems and a connected training approach.

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