🎙️ S2. E12: Realism - What does it mean for Military Training? is now LIVE! 🎧

Season 2

April 4, 2024

S2. E12: Realism - What does it mean for Military Training? with Anth…

Strap in. For our penultimate episode of the season we tackle what might seem like a simple question, but proves to be expansive - What does it mean to deliver realism in Training? We are joined by Anthony Pittman who, …

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Feb. 22, 2024

S2. E11: Venture Builders: Unlocking the Nation’s Intellectual Capital

We’re coming back to our favourite topic - how do we get innovative ideas off the ground and into the market for exploitation by the frontline. In past episodes we’ve discussed the ‘Valley of Death’ and the challenge describe...

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Feb. 8, 2024

S2. E10: Evolution of the Learning Ecosystem with Sae Schatz

This week the Warfighter Podcast takes a small tangent - it’s not all running around with a dagger between our teeth. We are pleased to welcome Sae Schatz, who has an extremely diverse career so far, formerly serving as the …

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Jan. 24, 2024

S2. E9: Grey Zone Conflict

Yet another guest that we’ve been dying to get on since last season. We are pleased to welcome Ethan to the podcast to talk about the work he’s been involved in to understand and model the ‘grey zone’ in modern …

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Jan. 15, 2024

S2. E8: TES/MILES Definitely not Laser-Tag!

On a subject we’ve wanted to cover for a while, we are pleased to welcome Andy Gales, who kindly agreed to come and give us all the details about the British Army’s Tactical Engagement System. Which isn’t a single system …

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Dec. 13, 2023

S2. E7: What Next for Virtual Simulation with Pete Morrison

Virtual simulation has been around for a while now, and there has been some great leaps and bounds in its fidelity - mainly through the adoption of commercially available technologies that run on standard (albeit high-end) co...

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Nov. 23, 2023

I/ITSEC Special: Death of the Military Metaverse?

In the run up to I/ITSEC 2023 we are very grateful for Hadean agreeing to sponsor a special episode in two parts. Firstly, we are very pleased to introduce Royal O’Brien, Global CTO for Hadean. Royal has a considerable track …

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Nov. 20, 2023

S2. E5: Crossing that Chasm: Stories from the Frontline of Product De…

As a former Special Forces operator, Gareth Collier has had an impressive career to date, including responsibility for the development of the training and capability development of over 2,300 in the Australian Special Forces ...

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Nov. 6, 2023

S2. E4: Gladiator: The Future for Air Synthetic Training

Following on from the trend of finally getting some of the guests we had shortlisted for Season 1, we are very pleased to introduce Ruari Henderson-Begg. Ruari was previously SO1 Synthetics in Air Capability, and was also the...

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Oct. 10, 2023

S2. E3: Building a Data Ecosystem: A Very Military Problem

While Tom has been battling an annual occurrence of “Flymageddon” on his farm, the team have been busily lining up exciting guests for Season 2. We plan to pick up on many of the themes from Season 1 and start …

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Sept. 21, 2023

S2. E2: Beyond Buzzwords: The Realities of Generative AI in Defence

Well, we said we’d come back to the topic of AI and do a deeper dive into the subject. Since Generative AI sprung into our collective consciousness earlier this year, the hype hasn’t really died down. So we are pleased …

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Sept. 7, 2023

S2. E1: The Future of Land Training

Today’s the day the Warfighter Podcast get to announce its new Sponsor - Babcock International, who have very kindly agreed to back our exciting schedule for the Season 2. To kick things off we are joined by Matthew Chuter wh...

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Aug. 30, 2023

Season 2 Trailer plus Bonus Episode on: The Cultural Challenges for I…

The Cultural Challenges for International Training & Collaboration You thought you’d heard the last of The Warfighter Podcast? We’ve been taking a short break - Tom’s been working hard on the farm and Colin has been off saili...

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