NXTGEN8 merges CAE and Cubic technologies and eight of their product or service offerings to create a full live, virtual and constructive (LVC) training solution. (Photo: Cubic)
Cubic and CAE will set up the Next Generation Advanced Training Environment (NXTGEN8) at the US Navy Guam base for exercise Valiant Shield 2024, the companies revealed at I/ITSEC 2023 in Orlando, Florida.
The North American firms have merged their technologies and eight of their product and service offerings to create a full live, virtual and constructive (LVC) training solution.
NXTGEN8 fuses Cubic’s SLATE, SPEAR, Live Instrumentation and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Integration capabilities with CAE’s Virtual Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Training Application (VISTA), simulations, distributed edge cloud infrastructure and encryption.
Some of the products have already been in use or have been under
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