Urban combat facility to enhance British Army training
Landmarc Support Services, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and Story Contracting have begun to work on an Urban Fighting Skills Facility at Whinny Hill, Catterick Training Area in Yorkshire, the partners announced on 13 December.
The programme is being procured by DIO on behalf of the British Army and is set to deliver a network of National and Regional Urban Training Facilities (NUTF/RUTF) across the UK.
The facilities ‘are being designed with the levels of realism, complexity and density that replicate the range of urban environments likely to be encountered by military personnel deploying on operations', the partners noted in a statement.
Related Articles
IT2EC 2022: 4GD to deliver smart urban warfare training targets to the British Army
I/ITSEC 2022: First team to bid for British Army CTTP strategic partnership reveals itself
The first complex will cost £5 million ($6.1 million) and will augment the current Catterick facilities with an indoor urban training facility.
This will have briefing and debriefing rooms, preparation and close-down rooms, a server room and welfare services for roughly 40 soldiers at a given time.
Urban combat training specialist 4GD will install its SimWall and 4GAV system across all urban fighting skills facilities.
SimWall allows the facility to be constructed in different ways allowing for a variety of scenarios, whereas 4GAV will enhance the facility by light, smoke and sound effects.
4GAV also provides a detailed after-action review.
More from Training
-
Royal Jordanian Air Force takes delivery of five new Bell 505 aircraft at Farnborough
The five helicopters complete an order of 10 Bell 505s placed in 2022.
-
NSPA and Airbus sign mission simulator contract for MRTT fleet at Farnborough
The A3330 MRTT simulator is expected to make simulator training easier and more regulator for both pilots and refuelling operatives.
-
Australia’s ‘Top Gun’ exercise in Top End reaches unprecedented scale in face of Chinese military build up
Fast-jet exercise focuses on interoperability and cooperation between allies amid growing regional security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region.
-
US Navy contracts for EW training flight hours awarded
The electronic warfare (EW) jets contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with work scheduled to begin in August 2024 and completed in August 2029.
-
Rheinmetall receives rocket order from German armed forces for Tiger helicopters
The Tiger attack helicopter was developed for the French and German armies, prior to also being procured by Spain and Australia, with a total of 185 ordered. Germany, however, has planned to retire its 55-strong fleet.
-
How US marines and sailors trained for humanitarian assistance in Indo-Pacific region
US Marine Corps and US Navy personnel enhanced their humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities during a training exercise in Papua New Guinea.