Cubic tailors mortar simulator for the US Army
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
The unveiling of any new aircraft generates a certain amount of excitement, but when two are revealed in the space of a few days, that excitement is clearly magnified.
Furthermore, when the aircraft in question are both contenders for the US Air Force’s 350 aircraft T-X programme, the bar is raised yet again.
Such has been the case with the photographs taken at Mojave Airport, California of Northrop Grumman’s so-called Model 400 undergoing high-speed taxiing tests. The photographs that appeared on social media on 19 August show a single-engine, low wing aircraft with anhedral wing and tailplane.
Although Northrop
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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.