The Permanent Representative of Italy to NATO, Ambassador Francesco Maria Talò, visited the NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence (NATO M&S COE)
Rome – H. E. Ambassador Mr. Francesco Maria Talò, Permanent Representative of Italy to NATO, and Counsellor Alessandro Neto (Diplomat NATO of MAECI), visited the NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence (NATO M&S COE) at the Cecchignola military compound.
Rear Admiral Gaetano Virgilio, Chief of Italian Defence Innovation Office, and Colonel Stefano Lo Storto, Director of M&S COE, received the Ambassador’s delegation.
The visit is part of a broad cooperation program between Brussels and the M&S COE. In this context, Modelling & Simulation (M&S) represents an essential tool for the Alliance to face some of its more difficult challenges.
The delegation attended a presentation about the Centre, its mission and capabilities, and participated in demonstrations on the various research projects in progress. At the end, Ambassador Francesco Maria Talò, thanked the Centre for the opportunity to visit and learn more about what the M&S COE is doing in its support to NATO.
The Director of M&S COE, Col. Stefano Lo Storto, said in the closing greeting: “We thank you for the interest given to our Centre and for its activities. Today, the M&S COE is not only working on its four transformation pillars but also focusing to contribute and develop NATO’s ability to use M&S in support of the NATO Warfighting Capstone Concept that is a key element in the next generation of military thinking in NATO”.
Written by Lt.Col. Cristoforo Russo – NATO M&S CoE
The NATO M&S COE is dedicated to the promotion of M&S in support of operational requirements, training and interoperability. The Centre act as a catalyst for transformation through the involvement of NATO, governments, academia, industry, operational and training entities, by improving the networking of NATO and nationally owned M&S systems, the cooperation between Nations and organizations through the sharing of M&S information and developments and serving as an international source of expertise for transformation in the related domain.
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