We are thrilled to announce that for the first time ever, Defence Simulation, Education and Training (DSET) 2024 will feature a Sustainability Partner – Lockheed Martin UK. This partnership marks a significant milestone in our commitment to sustainability and our goal to become carbon neutral.

The importance of hosting a sustainable conference cannot be overstated. At DSET, we recognize our responsibility to reduce our impact on climate change and to lead by example in the defence and technology sectors. With an increasing focus on nurturing the next generation of talent, we are dedicated to providing an environment that fosters not only professional development but also a positive impact on the planet and our stakeholders.

Lockheed Martin UK shares our vision for a sustainable future. Together, we are investing in various initiatives aimed at reducing our carbon footprint and promoting environmental stewardship. This includes funding carbon removal programmes, supplying sustainable business merchandise, and investing in local rewilding and carbon removal projects. These efforts are designed to make a tangible difference and set a new standard for sustainability in the industry.

Our collaboration with Lockheed Martin UK underscores our shared commitment to creating a sustainable future. By integrating these green practices, we aim to inspire other organizations to follow suit and prioritize environmental responsibility. This partnership is more than just a step towards carbon neutrality; it’s a pledge to support a healthier planet for future generations.

Join us at DSET 2024 and be part of this groundbreaking initiative. Together, we can drive change and demonstrate that innovation in defence and education can go hand-in-hand with sustainability. Let’s make a positive impact on the world, one conference at a time.

“At Lockheed Martin we champion environmental stewardship through resource efficiency. From flexible hybrid working, a four-day working week, a significant reduction in business travel and 100% green energy contracts, we are creating long-term resiliency as a leader in global security and aerospace,” said Emlyn Taylor, Group Managing Director for Lockheed Martin UK. “We constantly seek to learn, understand and adapt, ensuring a strong business model for a sustainable future.”

“It’s one of the centrepieces of European shows. It has a unique place, a unique concept, and a real community atmosphere.”

– Rusmat Ahmed, SVP Sales EMEA

is full-featured simulation solution development platform makes it easier for systems integrators and developers of complex simulation solutions to build and deploy their capabilities faster and at lower costs to serve the critical needs of their defense customers in simulation, training, mission planning, mission rehearsal, and wargaming.

Read more about VBS Builder Edition here

Mantle 

is a custom–built platform based on proven commercial–off–the–shelf (COTS) components and expert design/development services for creating simulated terrain for training, mission rehearsal, visualisation, and terrain analysis. A Mantle installation delivers a cloud–capable custom terrain pipeline that works with your data, processes, servers, and runtimes, integrating with your existing terrain capabilities or delivering a full end–to–end solution from scratch.

Read more about Mantle here

VBS4 

is a comprehensive, robust, easy–to–use virtual training software application for combined land, air and sea collective training, mission rehearsal, and experimentation.VBS software is the world’s most widely adopted military tactical training simulation, deployed in over 60 countries and training hundreds of thousands of soldiers annually. Guided by military Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and almost two decades of iterative software development, VBS4 is, by far, the most capable tactical training simulation available. This is evidenced by its widespread use, including landmark programs like the US Army’s Synthetic Training Environment (STE) and the UK MOD’s Defence Virtual Simulation 2 (DVS2). In addition to the powerful capabilities provided by VBS4, BISim offers training courses, industry–leading support, and professional services to extend VBS4 to meet new and evolving training needs.

Model AI behavior: VBS Builder Edition includes the VBS Control Editor, which allows the construction of new behaviors for soldiers and vehicles within VBS. Using the editor, developers can create new behaviors based on custom doctrines, e.g., for emerging adversarial threat.

Control AI will now also be default in VBS4 24.1, which the company says is a “big step towards removing all legacy ‘game’ AI from the product”.

Read more about VBS4 here

VBS Blue IG 

is a state–of–the–art, CIGI–compliant, 3D whole–earth image generator designed to support the full spectrum of land, sea, air and space use cases for collective and individual training. VBS Blue IG has been built from the ground up and optimised to create highly realistic visual and sensor scenes, with long–view distances and large numbers of moving entities on a whole-world terrain unbounded by resolution or detail.

Read more about VBS Blue IG here

uCrowds

uCrowds and BISim™ have enabled massive crowd simulation in VBS4 through an integration with TerraCrowds®, which provides predictable crowd simulations with best-in-class performance. The integration allows VBS4 users to conduct simulated training exercises in massively populated areas allowing customers to visualize crowd flows in simulated events like riots and evacuations.

Read more about uCrowds here

Founded in 2001, Bohemia Interactive Simulations ( BISim™), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, Inc, is a global software company at the forefront of simulation and training solutions for defence and civilian organisations. Globally, many hundreds of thousands of military personnel are trained every year using BISim’s high–fidelity VBS software products. More than 60 NATO and NATO–friendly countries and over 300 integrators/prime contractors use VBS technology, many making significant funding commitments to extend VBS product capabilities. BISim’s customers include the US Army, UK MOD, French Army, Bundeswehr, Swedish Armed Forces, Italian Army, Australian Defence Force, New Zealand Defence Force, and many major system integrators.

If you are thinking about exhibiting take a look at the packages here, or contact our COO Abbie Pierce here.

Live stream recording from DSET 2023

Watch this live recording of a virtual stream from Bohemia Interactive Simulations at DSET 2023 ‘Let’s Talk Terrain’ where Rusmat Ahmed is joined by Earl Laamanen, and Bill Starmer to discuss the future of terrain building.

Why Bohemia Interactive Simulations chooses to support DSET

We, at Bohemia Interactive Simulations  (BISim), have exhibited and sponsored the Defence, Simulation, Education and Training (DSET) conference and community since its inception. We have always had the highest quality of engagement and it’s an easy decision to repeat that experience and support every year. We are put in front of the very community that we serve. We find that at DSET, Military users, government procurement, industry partners and academic researchers all have the same ethos of answering current and future challenges, sharing experiences, knowledge and expertise. 

DSET is much more than a business conference, it’s where we go to have longer and deeper conversations with our key stakeholders.

With a hybrid delivery, DSET aligns exactly with our own ethos of EASIER. FASTER. GLOBAL. Our mission is to harness the explosive potential of technology to revolutionize training and simulation, around the world.

BISim’s product portfolio enables users to create, simulate and visualize realistic multi-domain, battlespace training scenarios to help enhance warfighter readiness. From desktop simulation and image generation to terrain development and editing to cutting-edge AI and XR, we offer a comprehensive portfolio for your simulation and training needs. See the full range of products here https://bisimulations.com/products

About BISim

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) uses advanced technology and a large, experienced in-house team of engineers to develop high-fidelity, cost-effective training and simulation software products and components for defense applications.

BISim not only delivers a wide range of products, but also provides valuable training and support through the Customer Portal, where you can get access to:

• Live Webinars
• Training courses
• Product/User guides & manuals 
• Professional services

We are excited to be at the DSET this year and would be delighted to discuss opportunities of enhancing warfighter readiness for your organization. See you there!

To find out more about Bohemia Interactive Simulations visit https://bisimulations.com/ 

or to learn more about VBS visit https://vbs4.com/ 

Wargaming Experimentation 

Fight Club International believes that wargaming has vast potential benefits for defence through education, training, analysis and decision making which are not being fully exploited.

We (Fight Club community) do not have time to wait for established organisations, institutions and hierarchies to close the gap themselves. In many respects, we are behind industry with gaming developments and we must quickly adapt to integrate existing technology and methods into government use.

Think. Fight. Learn. Repeat.

“After running Fight Nights in my regiment, our leaders were able to competitively fight each other and learn much more from repetitive gaming against a free-thinking enemy. There were considerable knowledge gaps identified and we learned much faster through this experience than traditional methods. It was truly revolutionary.” —Infantry Captain in the Mercians

How DSET aided UK Fight Club’s Exponential Growth

DSET is a vital event every year that brings a diverse group together to examine the latest in defence simulation technology and techniques. This year we look forward to showcasing our Fight Club methods and gaming techniques. We also look forward to learning from everyone else to inform future Fight Club activity.

It is a privilege to work closely with DSET because of the collision of networks, sparking more collaborative innovations and future cooperation. It is the power of the network that truly advanced the Fight Club mission across multiple countries. This power is magnified at events like DSET

Find out more or join UK Fight Club here www.ukfightclub.co.uk