Cubic’s mortar simulator. (Photo: Cubic Defense)
Cubic Defense has developed an improved version of its instrumented mortar trainer based on feedback gathered from soldier touchpoints conducted with US Army personnel. The simulator has undergone trials carried out by the Army Futures Command Synthetic Training Environment Cross-Functional Team (STE CFT).
Speaking to Shephard earlier this month at I/ITSEC 2024 in Orlando, Florida, Benjamin Dils, VP of business development at Cubic Defense, stressed that after those demonstrations the capability received software and hardware design enhancements including modifications in its shell and the weapon.
“Feedback [from soldier touchpoints] has largely been around what we call ‘the reality of service’, which
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