Cubic tailors mortar simulator for the US Army
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
Orlando-based Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price FMS contract for an undisclosed number of M1A1 Abrams Situational Awareness Platoon Mobile Advanced Gunnery (SAPMAG) training systems.
The devices will be used to support the Iraqi Army’s M1A1 vehicles, also supplied under FMS, that started being shipped in 2010. Initial training for Iraqi Army M1A1 crews was undertaken by the US Army at Camp Taji, Iraq.
This sole source contract also includes mobile pre-brief and after action review capabilities, spare parts, installation, on-site testing, training, design, development, test, management, documentation, hardware and software.
The devices
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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.