Tech Exploitation for Mission Planning and Rehearsal: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and the Front Line
A gap has opened between the technology defence develops and the static tools troops actually use to plan. Learn how deployable, interactive rehearsal capability can close it.
Executive Summary
- Defence is developing advanced technology in AI, autonomy, digital twins, and simulation, yet unit and sub-unit mission planning still relies on maps, model pits, whiteboards, and PowerPoint.
- This gap matters most at the level where plans become action: platoons, troops, companies, and specialist teams who need deployable, simple-to-use planning tools.
- The opportunity is not to replace proven military planning processes but to strengthen them with interactive terrain visualisation, route testing, and rehearsal of key decision points.
- Novatech Defence and VRAI are exploring this through the Tactical Planning & Rehearsal Node (TPRN), a deployable capability designed to enhance mission preparation without adding complexity.