Modern operational readiness depends on more than platforms and personnel
It depends on training environments that evolve alongside the pace, integration demands, and complexity of today’s battlespace.
As the Canadian Army modernizes its capabilities, the Land Integrated Training System (LITS) represents an important step toward an integrated training enterprise that evolves alongside operational requirements.
Through a recently announced collaboration agreement with Calian, ADGA Group is supporting the exploration of next-generation approaches to land training and simulation aligned with the Canadian Army’s training architecture.
“World-class, modern training that replicates operational complexity builds decision advantage, cohesion, and lethality ensuring forces deploy prepared, resilient, and effective when they are needed.”
— LGen Jean-Marc Lanthier (Ret’d), CEO & President, ADGA Group
Traditionally, training and simulation capabilities have often been delivered as discrete capabilities supporting individual exercises or training events.
The Land Integrated Training System concept represents a shift toward a persistent, digitally connected training environment that allows the Army to train more closely to how it operates.
In operational terms, this enables:
- collective training across distributed formations and headquarters
- integration between command systems and training environments
- participation across live, virtual, and constructive environments
- realistic rehearsal of degraded communications and contested conditions
- scalable training aligned with joint and coalition partners
This approach supports the principle of training inside environments that more closely mirror operational networks rather than separate simulation systems. The objective is closer alignment between training and operations.
Closing the Gap Between Training and Operations
As new technologies, digital capabilities and operational concepts emerge, the pace of Army modernization continues to accelerate. Modern conflict environments are increasingly shaped by digital integration, cyber effects, unmanned systems, and compressed decision timelines.
As a result, the historical separation between operational systems and training environments is narrowing.
“By working together with ADGA, we can scale secure, integrated training environments that evolve with the modern battlefield and grow alongside the Canadian Armed Forces—so our troops are prepared, confident and able to return home safely.”
— Chris Pogue, President, Defence and Space, Calian
The Land Integrated Training System concept reflects this reality by supporting training architectures that:
- connect training environments with operational command and information systems
- enable rehearsal within digitally integrated C5ISRT environments
- support adaptation as threats and technologies evolve
- scale across formations and geographic locations
As noted in recent coverage of the collaboration, the intent is to help “close the gap between simulation and real life” so that soldiers train inside environments that reflect how they will operate in theatre.
The Role of Canadian Industrial Collaboration
Delivering integrated training capability requires more than advanced simulation technologies. It depends on governance, systems integration, secure digital infrastructure, operational engineering, modelling and scenario development, and the ability to connect training architectures with operational command environments already in service.
The collaboration between ADGA and Calian brings together complementary strengths across:
- digitally integrated C5ISRT architectures
- advanced synthetic and simulation training environments
- secure digital infrastructure and cyber resilience
- operational engineering and program delivery inside mission environments
Supporting Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy Priorities
Training has been identified as a priority sovereign capability area within Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy.
Strengthening domestic expertise in integrated training and simulation contributes directly to Canada’s ability to sustain readiness while adapting to emerging operational requirements.
Collaborative approaches across Canada’s defence industrial base are essential to sustaining this capability as operational requirements continue to evolve.
The ADGA–Calian collaboration reflects that approach by aligning complementary Canadian capabilities in support of the Army’s land training environment.
Training as a Foundation of Operational Readiness
As the Canadian Army modernizes for an increasingly complex operational environment, training must evolve alongside new capabilities, technologies and doctrine. Achieving that objective requires integrated architectures, sustained collaboration and Canadian industrial expertise capable of supporting readiness over the long term. Through our collaboration with Calian, ADGA is supporting the exploration of integrated approaches to land training that strengthen operational readiness and align with the Canadian Army’s modernization priorities.