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27 Apr 22. This August, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will make its highly anticipated return with this year’s Show, Voices. Staged on the iconic Edinburgh Castle Esplanade between 5-27 August, the Show will be a celebration of expression, giving a stage to performers and acts from around the globe to share their voice. This year’s Show is the first from the Tattoo’s new Creative Director, Michael Braithwaite, who along with new partners in production design, lighting, audio, costume, and projection will showcase his vision for Tattoo this year. Voices draws inspiration from people across the globe who, despite physical separation, continue to connect and share their voices creatively through spoken word, song, music, and dance – languages common to all. Over 800 performers from across the globe will take part in this year’s Tattoo, bringing with them incredible music, dance, and performance talents. There will be cultural showcases and musical presentations by performers from Mexico, The United States, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand along with homegrown talent from the UK. Military acts will continue to play a central role in the performance, with the Army confirmed as the lead service this year. Audiences can expect to hear the legendary sound of the Massed Pipes and Drums that will echo around the Esplanade as part of Voices, supported by Tattoo Pipes and Drums, Tattoo Dancers, Tattoo Fiddlers, and musicians from UK Military Regiments. Joining the already announced iconic The Top Secret Drum Corps, over 100 performers from the Banda Monumental de Mexico will return to the Esplanade this year bringing energetic, colourful carnival energy to the Show.
The renowned and incredibly talented Highland Divas will make their Tattoo debut this year, bringing their showstopping vocals to Voices. The crowd will be taken on an exhilarating musical journey showcasing the Divas’ eclectic repertoire including the Folk Music of Ireland, Scotland, and New Zealand.
Fan favourites New Zealand Army Band will also be part of the Tattoo’s triumphant return this summer. This will mark their seventh appearance, having last appeared at the Castle Esplanade in 2019, and audiences can once again expect an energetic performance that will dazzle and amaze.
Celebrated as the Musical Ambassadors of the Army, The United States Army Field Band will make their Tattoo debut this year, exciting and entertaining the crowd with a marching, military mash up of traditional and contemporary music. While The United States Air Force Honor Guard, the official ceremonial unit of the Air Force, will make its return to the Tattoo this year with its dynamic display of precision drill.
In 2023, the Tattoo will present Stories on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. A show curated to share the stories of the performers and acts from around the globe. While 2022 will give a voice to these acts through the theme Voices, 2023 will see this continued through storytelling elements. For the first time ever tickets for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will go on sale during the August run for the following year. The full line up for 2022 also includes: The Royal Regiment of Scotland Band, British Army Band Colchester, British Army Band Sandhurst, The Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra, 2 SCOTS P&D, 3 SCOTS P&D, 4 SCOTS P&D, CUOTC P&D, RAF Pipes & Drums, The Crossed Swords Pipes and Drums, Brisbane Boys College, Paris Port Dover Pipes & Drums and City of Christchurch Pipes and Drums.
The Show will run from 5-27 August 2022. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at edintattoo.co.uk/tickets or on the phone on 0131 225 1188.
26 Apr 22. IT²EC returns to London to chart the future of training and simulation. This week IT²EC 2022 reunites the modelling, simulation and training community at the ExCel Centre in London to connect and share knowledge about the technologies underpinning current and future training solutions. The show welcomes thought leaders and innovators from across the sector for a three-day event structured around the central theme of ‘Navigating rapidly evolving technologies for Training and Education’.
Day One of the conference will begin at 10:00 with opening remarks from Gary Waterfall, Senior Defence Advisor, Clarion Defence & Security, and Rusmat Ahmed, IT²EC 2022 Committee Chair.
The keynote address will follow at 09:45 from Air Marshall Ian Gale MBE MBA MA CMgr FCMI, Director-General, Defence Academy and Joint Force Development, UK Strategic Command; who will be joined at 10:00 by Colonel Heath McCormick, Commander of the Joint Multinational Simulation Center, ATC, and Major General Richard Oppelaar, Commander, Netherlands Defence Academy, for the Keynote Discussion.
The Keynote Panel will take place at 11:30. Chair Matthew Smith, Director of Analysis, Shephard Media, will be joined by Karen Saunders, Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, United States Army and Nick Taylor, Head of Soldier, Training and Special Project Portfolio, DE&S, for a discussion on the US/UK Procurement Act.
The main conference will then split into three strands: ‘Human Factors and Performance’, ‘Technologies and Architectures’, and ‘Emerging Solutions’.
In the DisTec theatre, the first session will begin at 11:30 with a presentation on ‘The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA): Tackling defence challenges for a safer future’ from Anita Friend, Head of DASA. Presentations will follow across the day with speakers from Hadean, Cervus Defence, BAE Systems, MAK Technologies, Varjo, Epic Games, Lockheed Martin UK, Vertex; and a session looking at ‘Using Data to Accelerate Live, Virtual, and Constructive Training in the US Marine Corps’, from Garrett Loeffelman, Science, Technology, and Analysis Lead, Training and Education Command (TECOM), Jesse Attig, Modeling & Simulation Officer for MAGTF Training Command (MAGTFTC) aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), and Ryan Brown, Resource Integration Coordinator, Training and Education Command’s Training Support Center, USMC.
On the exhibition floor, organisations will be showcasing and demonstrating cutting-edge training and simulation technologies and services. In addition to leading industry innovators, visitors will find NATO represented by the Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT), where visitors can learn more about the M&S Application Area of Military Training and M&S Standardization, uses of M&S in research, concept development and experimentation, and advanced distributed learning.
The UK’s DASA will also be represented on the show floor, showcasing how it finds and funds exploitable innovation for the defence and security of the UK, and supports UK prosperity.
IT²EC 2022 visitors will also find a new Technology Lounge as part of DisTec, where exhibitors will host live demos of wearable tech, AI/Machine Learning, Robotics and 5G networking. The lounge is entirely free-of-charge and will offer attendees a hands-on experience of real-life applications, such as arson investigation, firefighter training and armed police response.
25 Apr 22. CDSL Additive Manufacturing as a Service – Exec Group & Work Stream Meeting – 26 May 2022.
CDLS has tasked the Defence SpTx Innovation team to test the feasibility of pursuing ‘Additive Manufacturing (AdM) as a Service’, to:
- Examine the choices available in the marketplace in respect of who should produce components in the context of a centralised strategic base capability;
- Establish the degree to which the model could be extended into the MOD Supply Chain.
This is to be explored via the CDLS Additive Manufacturing Challenge, which has been notified via a Prior Information Notice on the Defence Sourcing Portal – Project: 703280451 – Metal Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge (Defence Sourcing Portal) (mod.uk).
To assist this activity, and running in parallel to the ‘AdM Challenge’, a series of joint Industry / MOD co-chaired Work Streams are being held to ensure that the right questions and challenges are being identified covering the certification, IPR, inventory management and the ‘Digital Thread’ areas.
Following on from the previous Work Stream session, held at the Digital Manufacturing Centre, the next meeting will be held on the 26 May at Thales, Reading. A detailed agenda will be published via the Team Defence Information website, but will consist of a centralised briefing session from the Defence SpTx team, together with case study presentations from Thales and other MoD/Industry members, followed by individual Co-Chair led work stream activities accross the Certification, Inventory Management and Digital Thread areas. Lunch and refreshments will be provided, kindly sponsored by ThalesUK.
Those interested in attending are requested to email stating their preference of Work Stream for the breakout session, together with any dietary requirements.
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AOC Europe
AOC Europe connects organisations and individuals across government, defence, industry, and academia to promote the exchange of ideas and information, and review the latest advances in electromagnetic and information-related fields. With a history spanning more than 25 years, AOC Europe is the Association of Old Crows’ flagship international event with 70+ manufacturers and 1000+ attendees from 40+ countries coming together to engage, innovate and network and to discuss all things within this dedicated sector.
Our 2022 conference theme:
Integrating Electromagnetic Effects across all Domains
The control of the electromagnetic spectrum is a fundamental requirement in modern warfare in all domains whether land, sea air, space, information or cyber. Systems operating in these domains must be able to communicate, make decisions, share information and take actions in a coordinated, controlled and effective manner using the electromagnetic spectrum.
To achieve and maintain this dominance, electronic warfare, radar, navigation, situational awareness and other information and communication systems require significant levels of integration and interoperability across all types of platforms and in all domains. Innovative integrated systems requirements, applications and enabling technologies will be considered from intelligence data gathering, analysis and data fusion through to the deployment of countermeasures and other actions that use the electromagnetic spectrum.
For more details on exhibiting/sponsoring, submitting a paper or attending the event visit www.aoceurope.org
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