Cubic tailors mortar simulator for the US Army
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting (VATC) has received a training services contract from the US Army, the company announced on 12 July.
The company has received the contract as a member of the Lukos-VATC JV III team. VATC will provide security cooperation and domestic operations training, services and operations, and maintenance to the army, together with other non-standard training aids.
The Enterprise Training Services Contract aims to improve the army’s training and training assistance strategies, in areas such as peacekeeping and natural disaster response and assistance; medical/first responder; combined arms; aviation; and institutional training (classroom or field) at partner nation military academies.
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.