Cubic tailors mortar simulator for the US Army
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
Saab has received an order from prime contractor Boeing for the US Air Force’s new T-X Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft programme.
Boeing and Saab were selected by the air force in September for the T-X programme, for which the companies will deliver 351 aircraft and a ground based training system.
This order covers the first - Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) - phase of the programme. During this phase Saab and Boeing will industrialise the T-X aircraft together with the customer. It also covers testing, US military flight certification and the delivery of five jets. The EMD phase will be followed by a serial production phase.
The order will run until 2022.
Saab and Boeing have developed the T-X aircraft together. Saab is a risk-sharing partner with Boeing in the development.
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
The company will operate in two new locations in the coming years to better support US services.
This type of tool provides more realistic training easing the incorporation of new scenarios that accurately represent the threats of the battlefield.
The Engineering Corps has been conducting individual instruction using FLAIM Systems’ Sweeper and should start collective deployments in 2025.
The next-generation platform is motion-compatible and can be used in OTW and NVG applications.
The system can be used to prepare soldiers for both drone offensive operations and CUAS missions.