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I spent a few days this week at SIG SAUER during a Defense Products Group media event. We were invited into CEO Ron Cohen’s office and I spied a plaque with models of their machine gun variants and the words, “Suck Less,” a mantra that many of us heard in the military on how to be better. It was cool to see it being used by SIG’s team.
The biennial defence and security event, DSEI, will proceed as planned in September 2021 with a new digital offering running alongside the much-anticipated live exhibition.
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) has confirmed it will take place as originally scheduled from 14-17 September at ExCeL London. The decision to proceed follows close consultation and discussion with the UK Government and industry stakeholders.
After a lengthy global shutdown of the exhibition sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, feedback from across the defence and security industry has shown a strong appetite to come back together in person at DSEI – an event that provides a critical and unmissable forum for many thousands of companies. A range of new online opportunities to complement the live event will be introduced. ‘DSEI Connect’ is a digital platform that will bring participants from around the world together with those attending the event in London to create a flexible and accessible “hybrid” format.
The new digital offering gives registered participants a secure and regulated platform to build relationships, share knowledge and develop business. DSEI’s connection portal, MeetMe, enables users to view recommended contacts through its supply chain listings, identify networking opportunities and arrange secure online or in-person meetings at the event.
DSEI Connect will feature an exclusive series of live and on-demand presentations from eminent international guests, including keynote speeches from military figureheads outlining pressing equipment requirements and opportunities, in addition to podcasts and exclusive interviews with senior government officials discussing key policies and strategies.
DSEI Event Director, Grant Burgham explains:
“The DSEI team has been in constant communication with our customers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision to run a live event reflects their feedback. We’ve taken into account the increasing confidence in the improving public health situation and we’ll continue to work closely with our partners to ensure we deliver a safe and valuable event for our customers.”
“DSEI has been shown to accelerate the trajectory of businesses that attend. The last year has encouraged us to think more imaginatively about our long-term offering to the defence and security sector and analyse what makes DSEI so important for the industry. As such DSEI will now provide a wider range of opportunities for those who don’t normally – or this time cannot – attend in-person, and we are pleased to take this opportunity to introduce DSEI Connect to the market”.
More details about DSEI Connect will follow throughout the weeks leading up to the event. DSEI visitor registration will open on 7 June.
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division conducted Exercise Lightning Forge 21 here from May 10 to 14 as part of a larger ongoing Army effort to modernize, test, and evaluate its Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF).
These efforts focus entirely on defeating a competitor’s Anti-Access and Area Denial capabilities.
As part of these efforts, the 25th Inf. Div. conducted Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) targeting exercises, which allowed Soldiers to test systems and further develop concepts and methods for training and integrating Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence equipment as part of tactical operation.
Lightning Edge 21, in simultaneous conjunction with Exercise Northern Edge 21 in Alaska, validated over-the-horizon targeting integration between the 25th Inf. Div. and its higher headquarters, as well as the MDTF’s All Domain Operations Center (ADOC).
“The 25th Inf. Div. continues to play a significant role in the integration of these capabilities that support the MDTF,” said Maj. Peter Hwang, an officer assigned to the 25th Inf. Div. Intelligence section. “We understand that this integration of capabilities provides deterrence options for combatant commanders, which is why we train to achieve target refinement, handover, prosecution, and integration of MDO capabilities.”
Beyond the initial set-up and training that took place, the 25th Inf. Div. remotely connected to the MDTF through the ADOC at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington in order to enable a shared Common Operating Picture (COP), exchange over-the-horizon data, and to take action against simulated targets on Oahu.
“As America’s Pacific Division, we must train and be prepared to fight in a joint environment,” said Lt. Col. Michael Kotich, the 25th Inf. Div. chief intelligence officer. “This requires synchronization, being embedded with other services, and, most importantly, integrating our own systems to allow us to see the COP in order to explore ways to deter competitors.”
“These are the sort of processes that we can only become experts at through multiple iterations of training exercises like Lightning Edge,” Kotich added.
The first MDTF originally had a field artillery brigade at its core that merged with an Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space, or I2CEWS, at JBLM.
A second MDTF is being planned for activation in Europe later this year.
These total force capabilities take into consideration the requirements that future battlefields may have.
“It is critical that we train accordingly and to do our best to integrate multi-disciplinary capabilities to achieve dominance across all domains,” said Hwang.
By MAJ Tania Donovan
The Estonian Defence Forces Artillery Battalion used Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS UGVs in a live-fire exercise to provide advanced situational awareness, conduct casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and to support units manoeuvre while providing direct fire support from various positions.
During the exercise held in April, two THeMIS UGVs were used by the Artillery Battalion: the THeMIS Combat Support integrated with FN Herstal’s deFNder® Light Remote Weapon System (RWS) with a 7,62 mm machine gun and the THeMIS Observe with Acecore’s tethered drone.
The THeMIS Combat was tasked with supporting an advance force that consisted of an antitank weapons team and a forward observer’s team. The main task of the UGV was to provide covering fire and support the retreat of the two teams to main positions as well as transporting their anti-tank weapons. At the main battle position the UGV was used for casualty evacuation.
The THeMIS Observe provided overwatch and enhanced the battalion’s situational awareness. The use of a tethered attachment to the THeMIS UGV provides tactical units with 24 hours of constant observation of the operational area that is essential in the situational awareness prospective as well as peace time live-fire safety perspective.
“Taking part in the live-fire exercise of the Artillery Battalion was a great opportunity for us to validate our new infantry support UGV with end users in an actual combat scenario,” said Jüri Pajuste, Director of Defence Research at Milrem Robotics. “The THeMIS Combat Support as well as other unmanned ground systems will enhance various combat capabilities and help reduce loss of life during combat operations,” Pajuste added.
“We found several benefits in including UGVs into our battle scenario,” said Lt Mari-Li Kapp, Commander of operations and training section (S3) in the Artillery Battalion. “Having UGVs as a part of the reconnaissance force that prepares the arrival of the main unit, the UGVs could secure the indirect fire and anti-tank teams by providing direct fire support during an engagement and whilst some units are withdrawing. UGVs could also act as front guards all by themselves since they can provide situational awareness and act as forward observers for indirect fire,” she added.
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