Preparing for the next global pandemic: What a recent wargame teaches us

Preparing for the next global pandemic: What a recent wargame teaches us
Preparing for the next global pandemic: What a recent wargame teaches us

Dan Mahaffee of the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress lays out lessons learned from a recent pandemic-related war game.

Navy pilot program to plug ships into shore-based infrastructure in new deal with Port of San Diego

Navy pilot program to plug ships into shore-based infrastructure in new deal with Port of San Diego
Navy pilot program to plug ships into shore-based infrastructure in new deal with Port of San Diego

The Navy’s deal with the city to generate energy credits is a “first-of-it-kind” agreement between San Diego Port and a Pentagon agency.

Air Force Plans Wargames, Tech Experiments To Flesh Out Arctic Strategy

Air Force Plans Wargames, Tech Experiments To Flesh Out Arctic Strategy
Air Force Plans Wargames, Tech Experiments To Flesh Out Arctic Strategy

The Air Force is wargaming with allies on how to counter Russia and China in the Arctic, looking to “understand the nature of the competition, as well as the range of capabilities that each of us bring to the problem,” said Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, the service’s lead strategist.

F-15EX To Fly In Indo-PACOM’s Northern Edge

F-15EX To Fly In Indo-PACOM’s Northern Edge
F-15EX To Fly In Indo-PACOM’s Northern Edge

During the exercise, the F-15EX will test the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) EW suite, Lt. Gen. David Krumm says.

Army Artillery’s AI Gets Live-Fire Exercises In Europe, Pacific

Army Artillery’s AI Gets Live-Fire Exercises In Europe, Pacific
Army Artillery’s AI Gets Live-Fire Exercises In Europe, Pacific

“We have data collection managers onsite, with stopwatches, [timing] how long does it take the data to get… from Point A to Point B to C,” said Army APNT director Willie Nelson.

‘Land Forces Are Hard To Kill’: Army Chief Unveils Pacific Strategy

‘Land Forces Are Hard To Kill’: Army Chief Unveils Pacific Strategy
‘Land Forces Are Hard To Kill’: Army Chief Unveils Pacific Strategy

A new strategy paper from Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville says forward-deployed Army forces will survive inside Chinese missile strikes and fatally disrupt the PLA’s plans.

Army EW Targets Foes For Infantry

Army EW Targets Foes For Infantry
Army EW Targets Foes For Infantry

In wargames at Fort Benning, troops used radio sensors to detect “enemy” forces long before patrols stumbled across them.

EXCLUSIVE: Army Airpower To Strike Deep In EDGE21 Wargame

EXCLUSIVE: Army Airpower To Strike Deep In EDGE21 Wargame
EXCLUSIVE: Army Airpower To Strike Deep In EDGE21 Wargame

New drones – launched by helicopters in flight and built by the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office – will reach out “hundreds of kilometers.” Marine F-35s, 82nd Airborne troops, and Special Ops will also participate in exercise EDGE21.

Navy, Marines Plan Big Wargames For Big Wars: Virtual Is Vital

Navy, Marines Plan Big Wargames For Big Wars: Virtual Is Vital
Navy, Marines Plan Big Wargames For Big Wars: Virtual Is Vital

Future multi-domain combat will be so complex and long-ranged that the military will rely heavily on simulations to train for it, because battles have become too big for real-world training ranges.

DARPA Wants Wargame AI To Never Fight Fair

DARPA Wants Wargame AI To Never Fight Fair
DARPA Wants Wargame AI To Never Fight Fair

Gamebreaker is about building an AI that can play a wargame in the best and most unfair way against its opponents.

Navy Kicks Off Most Advanced Wargames Since 1930s

Navy Kicks Off Most Advanced Wargames Since 1930s
Navy Kicks Off Most Advanced Wargames Since 1930s

Facing down a assertive China and resurgent Russia, the Navy is overhauling its strategy development, education and wargaming offices.

Army Invites Air Force ABMS To Big Network Test: Project Convergence

Army Invites Air Force ABMS To Big Network Test: Project Convergence
Army Invites Air Force ABMS To Big Network Test: Project Convergence

This fall’s experiment will study how the Army’s own weapons can share target data, Gen. Murray said, but in 2021 he wants to add the Air Force’s ABMS network.

COVID-19: Army Futures Command Takes Wargames Online

COVID-19: Army Futures Command Takes Wargames Online
COVID-19: Army Futures Command Takes Wargames Online

While the pandemic’s halted field exercises, tabletop wargames can continue long-distance. The catch? Getting classified bandwidth so you can discuss specific military capabilities.

COVID-19: Army Postpones Wargames, Cancels Drills

COVID-19: Army Postpones Wargames, Cancels Drills
COVID-19: Army Postpones Wargames, Cancels Drills

A Washington state National Guard brigade will stay home to help the governor with coronavirus response, while the Army Reserve has halted monthly “battle assemblies.”