Cubic Receives
$30 Million Contract to Supply Small Arms Trainers to
Saudi Arabian National Guard
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – March 17, 2010 – A defense unit of
Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) has been awarded a contract
worth more than $30 million to supply small arms training
systems to Saudi Arabia.
Cubic
will provide its EST 2000 Engagement Skills Trainer
to the Saudi Arabian National
Guard under a contract from the U.S. Army’s Program Executive
Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO
STRI). The contract is Cubic’s largest ever involving
a foreign customer for the EST 2000 small arms trainer.
Manufactured
by Cubic’s Simulation Systems Division in
Orlando, EST 2000 uses digital video projectors, high-definition
screens, game-based computer graphics, and ballistically
accurate simulated weapons to create lifelike virtual
combat scenarios. The systems are used for teaching and
maintaining marksmanship skills, team and squad training,
and for “shoot/don’t shoot” simulations for soldiers
and security teams.
The
Saudi Arabian National Guard will use an enhanced version
of EST 2000, incorporating
a new graphics engine that produces graphics that
are detailed and realistic. The SANG systems will also
operate
in English or Arabic as selected at startup.
“Cubic is
honored that the Saudi Arabian National Guard has chosen
the EST 2000 as its small arms training system,” said
John Naff, Vice President of Business Development for
Cubic Defense Applications. “The systems will be deployed
across the Eastern, Central and Western Provinces, for
training members of the National Guard.”
Cubic
is teamed with a local company to provide the building
infrastructure
to accommodate the EST 2000 systems, as well
as 12 months of maintenance support.
Cubic
has fielded more than 1,000
EST 2000 systems to the U.S. military and
to customers around the world.
Cubic
Simulation Systems, Inc. is part
of the Defense Systems business of Cubic
Corporation.
Cubic Corporation is the parent company
of three major business segments: Defense Systems,
Mission
Support Services
and Transportation Systems. Cubic Defense
Systems is a leading provider of realistic combat
training systems
and defense electronics. Mission Support
Services
is a leading provider of training, operations,
maintenance, technical and other support services.
Cubic
Transportation
Systems is the world’s leading provider
of automated fare collection systems and
services for public transit
authorities.