The UK Army has awarded a contract to Saab to provide maintenance support services for the delivered training systems currently used for combat training.
The combat training system uses radio data communication between exercise participants and a base station, as well as GPS data.
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Based on the instrumented GAMER (gunnery and manoeuvre exercise) training system, the training system provides increased realism and enhanced evaluation capabilities.
GAMER man pack is a man-portable, instantly deployable system used with existing Saab BT 46 laser-based simulators.
The system supports basic and advanced gunnery training exercises as well as tactical training up to company level.
The contract worth around Skr150m ($21.2m) enables the army’s high-performance combat training in the UK, Canada and Germany.
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By GlobalDataThe two-year contract has options to extend the support to the combat training systems.
