Blog
11 December, 2024
Time flies and it’s a moment to celebrate.
Last December, we signed a multi-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for platform upgrades and...
28 October, 2024
Time flies and it’s a moment to celebrate.
Last December, we signed a multi-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for platform upgrades and...
08 October, 2024
In today’s unpredictable world, the demands on those who protect us have never been higher. Operating in the public eye and under constant pressure, responding with speed and precision during critical...
27 August, 2024
Great read: the need for speed is a quality on it’s own.
With a spot on 🎯 quote from Palantir’s Shyam Sankar “Today the bureaucracy tries to minimize risk to programs, but paradoxically maximizes...
18 June, 2024
The MoSaiC consortium held a crucial plenary meeting on June 18th and 19th, led by Fondazione SAFE and hosted by CAFA Tech in Tallinn, Estonia. This meeting marked the midpoint of the project’s implementation...
08 April, 2024
We’re delighted to be back at the IT2EC exhibition in London, the European event showcasing the latest in training, simulation, and education technologies for Defense. It’s an exceptional platform...
29 March, 2024
We’re excited to announce we’ve won the tender of European Defence Agency’s (EDA) Explore Defence Digital Twins (EDDI) project. This initiative leverages the potential of Digital Twin...
11 January, 2024
Facing a critical shortage of officers and evolving challenges, law enforcement agencies worldwide are reevaluating their training methods. Traditional approaches, often focused on physical and technical...
03 August, 2023
We partnered up with HTX and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to implement our cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) system capable of recreating and customizing various building-fire scenarios....
21 July, 2023
After the successful participation in the SHOTPRO project the police in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are set to revolutionize their training methods by incorporating virtual reality (VR) technology. The...
10 May, 2023
What a great weekend in Brussels. We were selected by DG Migration & Home Affairs to present our H2020 SHOTPROS project for Virtual Reality (VR) Police Training, as the highlight next to Europol and...
27 April, 2023
We just wrapped up an interesting day at #GPEC 2023 with Eli Feildboy from Project Gecko. Together, we conducted short lectures discussing the challenges, (lack of) training analytics, virtual reality...
09 February, 2023
Dutch Police Academy uses VR to match rapidly evolving learning needs and increase efficiency
Solving the challenge of the Dutch Police Academy using VR
Society is constantly changing, as the pace of...
08 February, 2023
Dutch Police discover the power of VR for Scenario Based Training
Challenge
Law enforcement agencies (LEA) are tasked with many routine tasks that do not necessarily involve violence. However, there are...
04 February, 2023
Dutch Military prepares for Room Clearing with
RE-liON’s VR solution
Challenge
Room clearing – also named close quarter battle (CQB) or close quarter combat (CQC) – is one of the hardest indoor tasks...
04 February, 2023
This paper explores the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in training police officers for high-stress situations. It summarizes the results of our three-year H2020 SHOTPROS project which looked at requirements...
14 January, 2023
Dutch Military uses VR to better prepare their units for Urban Operations
Challenge
Like most armies, the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Dutch Marine Corps face, tremendous difficulties in fitting...
03 January, 2023
RE-liON wins European Defense Fund contract to enhance C4ISR with Immersive Technologies
We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a contract by the European Defense Fund for Project MoSaiC...
30 September, 2021
Last week during the H2020 Review, the SHOTPROS consortium presented the first results of the VR world used in the second high-stress terrorism scenario. Both scenario and the VR world are being co-developed...
12 September, 2021
You might wonder: what’s a Smartvest and why is it smart anyways? It’s smart due to all the electronics in it that are interacting together in a way that benefits instead of disturbing the user.
Let’s...
25 June, 2021
We collaborated with Twente Fire Services to create this short video. They use REDSUIT to train reconnaissance skills and compartment fire-fighting.
Some time ago, Twente Fire Services recognised the limits...
21 February, 2021
A team of RE-liON supported a 2-week BLACKSUIT training event for 2 tactical units of the Custodial Institutions Agency (MinJ&V BOT/LBB). The event proved to be an excellent test case for the new hard-...
01 February, 2021
We can finally share a little progress update on our new SUIT release. Following weeks of development, I am happy to share some details of the progress. We’re planning to release this new SUIT Mk2...
20 December, 2020
Many courses take place at the (central) training centres. This is not always practical nor efficient. This is especially visible during this pandemic, now we’re all forced to work from home and limit...
13 December, 2020
Made it just in time before the end of my week.
Every once in a while, you come across articles that are worthwhile spending time on. This is an article about After Action Reviews (AARs) that includes...
12 December, 2020
Last week’s post was about the Horizon 2020 Shotpros project. This week as well. I can finally give you a peek of our deliverables now that we’re past the mid-term review.
The University of...
27 November, 2020
Some of you know that we’re part of the Horizon 2020 SHOTPROS consortium. We’re now approximately half-way the project and last week, the North Rhine-Westphalia Police in Germany released this...
12 October, 2020
We’re happy to be supporting the NLD/DEU Helicopter Weapon Instructor Course SOF exercise using our Command Kit for Mission Planning of ground and rotary wing units.
Another solution co-developed...