Cubic Wins Contract to Develop a New Version of MILES Combat Training System Featuring Wireless Technology.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) has received a $25 million contract from an Asia Pacific customer for a new version of Cubic's widely used laser-based combat training system featuring wireless technology. Military trainers around the world use Cubic's 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) to track and record the performance of soldiers as they participate in force-on-force exercises. MILES has two basic systems -- manworn and vehicle. Manworn systems include laser detectors worn on player vests and helmets, and laser transmitters mounted to actual weapons. Vehicle systems consist of laser transmitters and detectors used during simulated battles. Under the new contract, Cubic Defense Applications and its New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. subsidiary, Oscmar International OSCMAR International Limited is a manufacturer of training and simulations systems for military forces around the world. It is based in Auckland, New Zealand and owned by an American company Cubic Corporation. Ltd., will develop new manworn systems and vehicle systems for both armored and softskin vehicles. The new manworn systems will feature smaller and lighter weight wireless technology that is universally configurable to fit on any army's vest to meet any training requirements. The new systems will also be compatible with previous Cubic Oscmar MILES systems with industry-standard Radio Frequency (RF) links. "With Cubic and Oscmar's new wireless technology, our customers will be on the forward edge in training systems technology," 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 in charge of Cubic's Training Systems Business Unit. A Cubic internal research and development program provided initial funding for the new technology, building on Cubic's many years of experience supplying MILES equipment to diverse customers in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. Ernie Armijo, general manager of Cubic Oscmar, said the company is the leading supplier of MILES in the Asia Pacific region. "This new wireless technology carries the potential to increase our footprint in the Asia Pacific market even further," Armijo said. The Training Systems Business Unit and Oscmar International Ltd. are part of the Cubic Defense Applications Group (CDA (1) (Compact Disc Audio) The compact disc file extension that is seen on the computer in Explorer or some other file manager. CDA files are actually pointers to the locations of the individual tracks on the CD medium. See CD-DA. ). CDA is a world leader in realistic combat training systems, mission support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other 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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