Cubic Wins $12 Million Contract to Supply Laser-Based Combat Training System to Army.Business Editors 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. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 2002 Cubic Corp. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CUB) has won a contract valued at $12 million to supply its new-generation laser-based combat training system to the U.S. Army. Tec-Masters Inc., of Huntsville, Ala., awarded the contract to Cubic Defense Applications under its contract with the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI PEO STRI Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (US DoD) ). The purpose of the award is to support a Stryker Brigade Rotation from Fort Lewis, Wash., to the Joint Readiness See: readiness. Training Center 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. , La. Cubic's next-generation Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System The Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System or MILES is used by the United States Armed Forces and other armed forces around the world for training purposes. It uses lasers and blank cartridges to simulate actual battle. (MILES) allows troops to fire laser infrared "bullets" from the same weapons and vehicles that they would use in actual combat. "Hits," "misses" or "kills" are then recorded, replayed and analyzed in detail during after-action reviews, where participants can review their performance after the training exercises. Deliveries of the MILES equipment will begin next February and last through April 2003. The shipments will include helmets and torso vests equipped with laser detectors, and Small Arms small arms, firearms designed primarily to be carried and fired by one person and, generally, held in the hands, as distinguished from heavy arms, or artillery. Early Small Arms The first small arms came into general use at the end of the 14th cent. Transmitters designed for mounting on rifles, machine guns and heavy machine guns. Cubic will also deliver a quantity of Controller Devices, which training exercise observer-controllers use to transfer training event data and to provide exercise participants with ammunition reloads and reset and resurrect commands after a casualty assessment. "This continues the fielding of a product that provides superior combat training," said Ray Barker For the baseball player, see . Ray Barker (Dec 10, 1889 - Jun 28, 1974) was a Major General of the Allied Forces, and served in the European Theater of Operations During World War II. , senior vice president of Business Development for the Cubic Defense Applications group. "Cubic's MILES system is smaller and lighter in weight than legacy systems currently used at many military installations, and offers improved fidelity for force-on-force training exercises, which ultimately leads to improved combat readiness and, most importantly, results in saved lives for our men and women in uniform." Background Information: The Cubic Defense Applications Group, one of Cubic Corp.'s two major segments, produces instrumented air and ground combat training systems, battle command training, analyses and studies, and simulations and simulation support for U.S. and allied military forces. The group also produces high technology avionics, data links and communications products for government and commercial customers, and a wide range of technical and logistics services. 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 Web site at www.cubic.com. |
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