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2020-04-01

IRON DRAGON Exercise Prepares Personnel for the Future

Inzpire Limited’s Collective Training Division recently delivered the final Exercise, IRON DRAGON, under the Distributed Synthetic Air and Land Training (DSALT) programme.

Since 2017, Inzpire’s synthetic training experts have delivered three iterations of the weeklong IRON DRAGON exercise, providing divisional level training at the Air Battlespace Training Centre at RAF Waddington, UK. The Exercise content has developed over the three-year period, with lessons learned from iterations one and two, culminating in the design and delivery of the most recent Exercise.

Over the three years, Exercise IRON DRAGON prepared personnel for future military exercises both in the UK and the U.S. and enabled trainees to develop skills in tactics, procedures, drills, and processes across Joint Fires and ISR domains. Personnel were taught how to operate within their cells and the Exercise presented them with realistic challenges that they are likely to face in future exercises and operations.

Exercise IRON DRAGON 2020 provided training to the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. During IRON DRAGON 2020, exercise personnel also included allies from the U.S.’ 75th Field Artillery Brigade who provided insights in to how the training should be carried out to maximise learning potential ahead of future training in the U.S.

Training Objectives

Throughout the three-year training period, 3rd (UK) Division set their own training objectives, which Inzpire’s experts have used to create tailored Exercises. To ensure future military requirements were met, the Exercises were designed to incorporate other British Army personnel including 3 Army Air Corps and Offensive Support Group.

To enhance this bespoke training offering, before IRON DRAGON 2020, Inzpire representatives visited Exercises taking place both in the U.S. and on Salisbury plain to enable them to replicate the challenges in a synthetic domain.

Inzpire’s experts have been integral not only to the design but also to the delivery of these DRAGON Exercises with their expertise leading to the creation of a fully immersive learning environment. Its personnel used their array of military operational experience to role-play specific air, land and maritime platforms.

Inzpire’s team also ran the after action review for each mission. After action review is one of the most vital parts of the training, giving participating personnel the opportunity to discuss team challenges, frictions and lessons that had been experienced during the Exercise.

In a display of the Whole Force Approach in action, the Inzpire team worked alongside serving military, QinetiQ, Plexsys and Boeing personnel.

Commander 1st Artillery Brigade, Brigadier Mark Pullan MBE said: “The Inzpire Operations Team have repeatedly delivered a first-class immersive training environment, through which we have trained, tested and validated the Divisional Joint Air Ground Integration Cell (JAGIC). The IRON DRAGON series provides the perfect opportunity to conduct operational ‘sets and reps’, expedite the kill chain and enhance Joint Fires lethality.

Photo Credit:

Major Al Ireland, SO2 Land, Air Battlespace Training Centre

Reference Text:

www.inzpire.com

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