Cubic tailors mortar simulator for the US Army
The company’s mortar trainer received improvements based on soldier’s feedback.
Typhoon training will be the first to benefit from DOTC(A). (Photo: Trevor Nash)
The Gladiator programme to network RAF synthetic training equipment is now not likely to achieve IOC until March 2022, a slip of 11 months.
Gladiator represents the initial phase of Defence Operational Training Capability (Air) to provide the DOTC(A) Core System and Services contract for the RAF. This will see simulator hosting conducted from the Air Battlespace Training Centre at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
The first part of the programme is marked by networking of the Typhoon simulators at RAF Conningsby in Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, followed by the F-35 training devices at RAF Marham in Norfolk and
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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.