ITEC 2018: Australian Army licenses VBSFires

23rd May 2018 - 10:00 GMT | by Trevor Nash in Stuttgart

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SimCentric has announced that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has procured a perpetual enterprise licence for VBS3Fires FST. The contract was signed this month.

The product will be integrated with the ADF’s Meggitt Weapon Training Simulation Systems (WTSS) and Battle Simulation Centres (BSC).

‘We are thrilled to have VBS3Fires FST selected as the ADF’s core Joint Fires Observer simulation training solution for immediate use across multiple ADF sites, configurations and training competencies,’ said the company’s VP strategy, Gareth Collier.

‘The ADF has joined a global user community of this software that spans US Marine Corps, US Army, US Air

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