Cubic tailors mortar simulator for the US Army
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received a $17.3 million follow-on task order to continue to provide training support to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), the company announced on 3 January.
The task order was issued by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division against a US foreign military sales sole-source, three-year, IDIQ contract to provide training-related products and services in a variety of disciplines to the RSNF.
The contract has a potential value to Kratos of $99 million, depending on the number of task orders issued and anticipated contract modifications. To date, the company has received $80 million funding.
The award will see Kratos continue to provide its extensive military-focused training and instructional services for air, ground and sea platforms to the RSNF as it modernises its growing naval fleet.
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.