Babcock has secured a second contract from Nato’s Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) to offer expert advice on wargaming activities.
The contract, spanning one year, will see Babcock’s specialists stationed at the JWC in Stavanger, Norway, and extending their services across Nato’s command headquarters.
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The company is expected to offer support in the design, delivery, and management of professional wargames aimed at strategic and operational level participants.
Wargaming serves as a tool for military strategists, creating a risk-free environment to test and improve defence readiness.
It further strengthens the command, control, and decision-making processes within headquarters.
Babcock Training managing director Jo Rayson said: “Wargaming is critical for developing military strategies and maximising battle readiness – and as a leading provider of individual and collective military training, Babcock is ideally suited to support Nato as it evolves its wargaming offering.”
This new training agreement with Nato comes on the heels of a five-year contract awarded to Babcock in January 2025, for providing subject matter experts to support JWC exercise play functions.
Under the terms of the agreement, Babcock will supply exercise control staff to assist in the planning and implementation of training for Nato’s multinational headquarters through computer-assisted command post exercises.
Additionally, the JWC hosted the inaugural JJJJ Conference on 11 and 12 February 2025, aiming to optimise collaboration between Allied Command Transformation’s four subordinate organisations.
These include the Joint Warfare Centre, the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre, the Joint Force Training Centre, and the Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre.
