A single-sourced contract is expected to be announced in 2025 for CTTP. (Photo: UK MoD/Crown Copyright)
The UK MoD has awarded BAE Systems and Pitch Technologies UK a contract to deliver a new virtual training programme for the British Army.
The effort, called Land Training Rest & Reference Capability, is part of the army’s Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) and is set out to help define an approach to future collective training.
A single-sourced contract is expected to be announced in 2025 with a value of $742 million for the first ten years, plus an additional $245 million in investment money to get the programme going.
BAE Systems and Pitch Technologies will work with the army
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The two remaining bidders for the flagship Army Collective Training Service (ACTS) contract will move on to the next 20-week phase to select the British Army's Strategic Training Partner.
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
The next-generation platform is motion-compatible and can be used in OTW and NVG applications.
Named BITE, the system simulates the battlefield environment with multiple sensorial stimuli.
Analysts have said that making space for the country in the sixth-gen fighter aircraft initiative could give the UK a chance to ease the financial burden of the aircraft’s development.
Rheinmetall is working to open up the US market and the potential billions of dollars on offer. In order to get in the door it has purchased engineering company Loc Performance Products.
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