Cubic Joins Warrior Training Alliance in Bid for Major U.S. Army Training Procurement.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- The defense segment of Cubic Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : CUB) announced today it has joined the Warrior Training Alliance (WTA WTA Washington Trails Association WTA Women's Tennis Association WTA World Transhumanist Association WTA Willingness to Accept WTA Winner-Take-All WTA Winner Takes All WTA World Toilet Association (Singapore) ) to pursue the U.S. Army's Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) program. Warfighter FOCUS is a new procurement created to supply life-cycle contractor support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for U.S. Army training and training devices worldwide. As a member of the WTA, an alliance of companies dedicated to providing integrated training support to the U.S. Army warfighter, Cubic brings its vast experience in constructive computer-based simulation training. The Cubic Defense Applications Group has supported some 15,000 simulation-based training exercises, and currently provides constructive simulation training at U.S. Army installations worldwide. Key Army contracts include the National Simulation Center at Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth (lĕv`ənwûrth'), U.S. military post, 6,000 acres (2,430 hectares), on the Missouri River, NE Kans., NW of Leavenworth; est. 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. The oldest U.S. , Kansas, and the Joint Readiness See: readiness. Training Center (JRTC JRTC Joint Readiness Training Center (Fort Polk, LA, USA) ) at Fort Polk Fort Polk, U.S. army post, 200,000 acres (80,937 hectares), SW La.; est. 1941 and named for the Rev. Leonidas Polk. It is a major army warm-weather training center. , Louisiana. As the mission support contractor at the JRTC, Cubic plans, coordinates and executes 10 or more brigade-level training rotations each year that are designed to replicate the environment that U.S. forces encounter during an operational deployment. Cubic integrates both live and constructive simulations to support this training. The company also provides battle command training and education services for military customers around the globe. "Cubic is excited about this opportunity to be a member company of the Warrior Training Alliance and to provide the Army with innovative, cost-effective training support solutions for Warfighter FOCUS," said Rich Bristow, vice president and general manager for Cubic's Operations Support Division, based in Hampton, Virginia, the division lead for Cubic in the WTA effort. "Cubic's extensive training experience provides subject matter expertise to help the WTA address a wide range of Army training support requirements." About the WTA The Warrior Training Alliance is a coalition of industry leaders in training support with proven, current and relevant experience across all training environments. With a combined legacy of successfully executing large-scale and complex programs, the WTA is organized to apply the right resources to successfully accomplish each task and to deliver the best value, lowest risk solutions. Additional information is available at www.warriortrainingalliance.com. About Cubic Defense Applications The Cubic Defense Applications Group, one of Cubic's two major segments, is a world leader in realistic combat training systems, mission support services and defense electronics. The corporation's other major segment, Cubic Transportation Systems, designs and manufactures automatic fare collection systems for public mass transit authorities. For more information about Cubic, see the company's website at www.cubic.com. |
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