Aptima will contribute critical domain knowledge and small and medium enterprise innovation to Team PALADIN throughout the ACTS competition
Team PALADIN and Aptima, Inc. are delighted to announce their joint commitment to collaborate on the maturing requirement for the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS).
Aptima’s multi-disciplinary approach to human-centered engineering within mission-critical settings, innovation pedigree, and experience in driving successful collaborations are closely aligned and complementary to Team PALADIN’s capabilities, ethos, and culture.
As a Team PALADIN Design Partner, Aptima will contribute critical domain knowledge and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) innovation to Team PALADIN throughout the ACTS competition.
Aptima uses technology and science to create solutions that improve the way people work together, to make individuals, teams, and organizations more effective.
This can include injecting training science into live and synthetic collective training, developing tools to enhance collaboration, or creating systems to improve decision making.
Dr. Christina Balis, Team PALADIN Capture Director, said “This is a truly exciting collaboration built on shared goals and values. Aptima’s expertise aligns entirely with Team PALADIN’s approach to Army collective training by balancing near-term practicality with a longer-term vision for modernization.”

Dr. Shawn Weil, Chief Growth Officer, Aptima, Inc.
Dr. Shawn Weil, Chief Growth Officer and Principal Cognitive Scientist at Aptima, noted “We are thrilled to be a Team PALADIN Design Partner, working to ensure that new concepts in live and synthetic collective Army training are based on a solid training-science foundation.”
Together, we are committed to delivering the benefits of ACTS by working across industry in a whole force approach to shape and deliver collective training for the future.
To learn more about Team PALADIN or to engage with us, please email us at engage@TeamPALADIN.uk
Michigan National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Ames
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