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Oct- 2025 -

2 October

Singapore’s Sensor-Packed ‘SAFTI City’ Wins Defense Tech Prize for Next-Gen Combat Training

SAFTI City is a next-gen urban training ground, replicating dense cityscapes with realistic mock-ups to prepare soldiers for complex urban operations.

Sep- 2025 -

29 September

Americas

Gen. Gary M. Brito, TRADOC commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond S. Harris, TRADOC command sergeant major, case the TRADOC colors at the TRADOC inactivation ceremony. (US Army Photo by Jean Wines.)

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US Army Inactivates Training and Doctrine Command After Five Decades

The US Army has officially closed the Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Virginia, ending 52 years of overseeing how soldiers are trained, led, and prepared for service.

26 September

Air

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Canada Takes Delivery of First Planes for Next-Gen Air Force Training Program

The Royal Canadian Air Force has accepted its first aircraft under the Future Aircrew Training Program, a multibillion-dollar initiative to modernize pilot instruction and ground support.

25 September

Americas

From left, Donald Weckhorst, 673rd Air Base Wing executive director, U.S. Army Col. Jeffery Palazzini, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District commander and district engineer, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Case Cunningham, Alaskan Command, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command and Eleventh Air Force commander, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, U.S. Air Force Col. Charles Schuck, 3rd Wing commander, and Mark Prieksat, 673rd Civil Engineer Group break ground at the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center-Elmendorf groundbreaking at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 22, 2025. The JITTC-E will ensure persistent readiness by enabling continuous, scalable training scenarios that support the development of adaptive warfighters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Johnny Diaz)

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US Launches Construction of Joint Military Training Center in Alaska

The US has broken ground on a new complex in Alaska designed to prepare troops for high-threat conflicts and strengthen cooperative military training with allied forces.

24 September

Europe

UK Ukraine training mission Operation Orbital

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Ukraine Allows Training Weapons in Schools as Defense Education Expands

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has approved new rules allowing training weapons to be transferred to defense education facilities, including centers teaching the subject “Defense of Ukraine.”

24 September

Arms

A U.S. Marine Air Defense Integrated System, far left, a Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, left, a Japan Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile, right, and Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile are displayed at a press conference during Resolute Dragon 25 at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 17, 2025. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. The NMESIS and the MADIS are 3rd Marine Division Assets. The Type 12 SSM and the Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile are Western Army assets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Evelyn Doherty)

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US Marines Practice With NMESIS Ship-Killer in Japan Amid Rising China Tensions

The US Marine Corps is training in Japan with a mobile anti-ship missile system while coordinating with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces on moving equipment amid concerns over China’s growing naval activity.

18 September

Air

Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Kearn and Staff Sgt. Christopher Loper verify radar data during a preventive maintenance inspection on a mobile radar system at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Dec. 18. The Airmen are deployed from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Kearn, a 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron ground radar systems apprentice, is a Harrah, Okla., native. Loper, a 727th EACS ground radar systems supervisor, is a Houston native.

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US Clears $10M for New Radar Development at Eglin AFB

The House of Representatives has approved $10 million in development funding for a new radar system at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

18 September

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Lockheed Martin to Modernize South Korea’s F-16 Flight Simulators

Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to upgrade the Republic of Korea Air Force F-16 Block 52 flight simulators to the advanced F-16 Viper standard.

16 September

Technology

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Next-Level Tank Training: ‘World’s Only Full-Crew’ Abrams Simulator Arrives in Australia

Thomas Global Systems has completed delivery of its M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 Immersive Tactical Trainer to the Australian Army, marking it as the world’s “only full-crew simulator” for the platform.

9 September

Europe