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What might next-generation military aircrew training look like?

26th December 2025 - 09:15 GMT | by Edward Hunt in London, UK

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Leonardo’s M-346 aircraft has been pitched as a GCAP trainer. (Photo: Leonardo)

Changing roles for combat aircraft fleets, the rise of simulation and LVC technologies, and the increasing cost of flight hours could all be leading to a paradigm shift in military pilot training.

There are many reasons why Russia has failed to conquer Ukraine, but behind them all sits a grave miscalculation: the Putin administration thought the global response would be limited because Moscow would achieve a rapid and decisive military victory. In this it was clearly quite wrong.

Russian air and ground forces have always relied upon mass over capability. While manpower and equipment depth are nice to have, the more advanced the latter, the less useful the former. The key to this is the sophistication and capability offered by platforms, systems and weapons. Ukraine has also underlined the need for a

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