Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract valued
at approximately US$107 million to provide, operate and maintain
the new Main Battle Tank (MBT) simulation and training centers of
the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) Armored Corps.
The new training centers will train commanders and
soldiers of the Armored Corps and will maintain readiness of both
regular and reserve units.
The centers will be delivered over a
three-year period and the contract includes operation and
maintenance services for an additional period of fifteen years.
The future simulation and training centers will
operate on the IDF’s cloud using the Elbit Systems’ cloud-native
platform-agnostic OneSim simulation software infrastructure.
The
IDF’s new MBT training systems will include high fidelity platform
trainer turrets and high fidelity platform trainer drivers with
accurate physical models.
The training systems integrate the
tank’s operational sub-systems and simulate main and secondary
armament weapon capabilities, all connected to a
common synthetic simulation environment, aiming to provide
commanders and tank crews with the capability to experience a
range of real-life battlefield challenges.
The systems will
support individual and collective training up to company level.
The new training centers will incorporate
dedicated stations designed to train the crews together with
operational intelligence, combat support and logistic units
enabling the training of all the components of the combined arms
company in a range of operational combat scenarios.
Integrated
advanced recording and debriefing capabilities will enable event
reruns, logging and data analysis as well as trainees performance
tracking, from qualification training to training during reserve
duty.
Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, President and CEO of
Elbit Systems, said, “We are proud to support the IDF’s efforts to
elevate its tank training to the next level. Armed Forces around
the world are redesigning their training capabilities seeking to
increase readiness while improving efficiency at the same time.
This contract award underlines our leading position in this area.”
Elbit Systems’ training and simulation
technological solutions have been selected by a range of
customers among them the U.S., Israel, UK, Greece,
Netherlands, Poland and others.
