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Army

Army To Accelerate Development Of Synthetic Training Environment’s Live Component

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

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Army To Accelerate Development Of Synthetic Training Environment’s Live Component

Soldier using a virtual vehicle trainer during a recent Synthetic Training Environment assessment at Ft. Riley in Kansas. Photo: STE CFT

Army senior leaders have tasked the team leading development of the future Synthetic Training Environment (STE) with accelerating the delivery of the system’s live training component, a lead official said Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais, director of the STE Cross-Functional Team, told attendees during a virtual National Defense Industrial Association conference the call to speed up the program’s timeline is required to enable soldiers’ advanced training to support new multi-domain operational concepts. “[Senior leadership’s] concern, amongst many, is that the…

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