You are here: silicon.com > Management > IT Director

IT Director

Photos: Virtual war tests new technology

Getting muddy at the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration

Tags: army, virtual, war, mod

By Gemma Simpson

Published: 14 June 2007 16:42 GMT


In a small field near Portsmouth, a war has been raging for the past couple of weeks.

Fortunately this is only a virtual war - part of the global Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) to test whether the armed forces' latest technologies can cope with battlefield conditions.

CWID UK (the UK's arm of the virtual war) is part of the wider US-led CWID event held online and around the world with countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand involved in testing and developing new military technologies.

It is an annual field trial which runs military scenarios over three weeks to put the tested technologies in context and uses employees from industry and the military to help out with the demo.

Stephen Borthwick, an RAF wing commander, said the industry involvement is key because the Ministry of Defence (MoD) "does not have all the bright ideas".

Pictured is the field on a military base near Portsmouth, UK where the trials are taking place.

The field itself is the 'war zone' and houses a selection of tents containing the 42 technology trials being run as part of the event.

Photo credit: Gemma Simpson


  1. Zones
  2. Management
  3. Networks
  4. Software
  5. IT Services
  6. Hardware
  1. Verticals
  2. Public Sector
  3. Financial Services
  4. Retail & Leisure

Tim Ferguson How CIOs can achieve post-recession success Q&A: McKinsey & Company on living in the 'new normal' business world

Richard Leyland Does your business really need an office? Future Company: Banishing physical workplace brings perils as well as perks


  • Jobs
Technical Sales / Sales Engineer - Satellite products / Satellite Uplink

Satellite products – antenna systems, uplink amplifiers, microwave receivers satellite broadcast equipment – Military, Defence, ...

Communications Infrastructure Architecture

Technical Strategy Manager - Communications Infrastructure Architecture Fully accountable for effective management of the UK-based Subject Matter ...

SCC Operations - Implementation Engineer (junior level c6-12 mo

SCC Operations - Implementation Engineer (junior level c6-12 months post grad) based Stevenage salary to25k This role would suit a Graduate with a ...

Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.





Quick Sitemap Links: