20th NATO M&S Basic Course – 1st Session 2026

Starts: 16 March 2026 - Ends: 20 March 2026

Published: 13 January 2025

The NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence will conduct from 16 to 20 March 2026 the 20th edition of the NATO M&S Basic Course. The course objective is to deliver basic knowledge about the M&S use in the military context.

The course has been accredited by NATO Joint Force Trainer as “NATO Approved”.

The course will be conducted in Rome in presence.

To be notice: For the necessary additional administrative instructions and fee please check the “Admin Instructions” file posted on the web page.

Below the draft Agenda of the Course:

TOPIC

Admin and logistic information
Introduction into M&S
M&S applications in military
Statistics, Probability, Randomness for M&S
Model Development and use case
M&S in support of training
Interoperability/Distributed simulation
M&S in Concept Development & Experimentation
Verification, Validation and Accreditation
M&S in support of Decision Making
Trends in M&S
EXAMINATION