The current threat context requires navies from across the globe to find and use the right training tools to enable their fleet to achieve overall readiness at all times. Technology is to have a huge impact on the training landscape, but the real challenge now is to use it in the right conditions. 

Ahead of the eighth annual Surface Warships conference, Defence IQ asked Andy Fawkes, consultant and former UK Ministry of Defence simulation policy lead and speaker at the 2018 edition about his views on the ever-changing training systems and simulation landscape, their relevance in the current threat context, how technology can improve training and how he sees the future of naval training.