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Associated Press
03-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Cubic Awarded Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Contract Supporting Indo-Pacific Region
Continuing to provide Combat Training Center (CTC) market expansion, Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems (TESS), instrumentation and exercise control software solutions SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire Cubic announces FMS award to deliver its Live Training Systems (LTS) product lines to support Force-on-Force (FoF) and Force-on-Target (FOT) training programs in the Indo-Pacific region. The advanced training solutions enable the region's partners to conduct realistic, interoperable and effective training exercises, providing operational readiness, designed to perform seamlessly with U.S. Partner and Allied Forces. 'Cubic's LTS product lines are deployed at multiple locations through the Indo-Pacific region, our customers are increasingly conducting multinational exercises and training to support regional security initiatives.' said Russell Marsh, President of Cubic Defense. 'Our focus is on innovation to address evolving threats and the future needs of the operational commanders who need to make critical and timely decisions, anywhere, anytime.' The program award will provide the host country Cubic's LTS-Soldier and LTS-Vehicle systems, the combined systems support multi-code laser standards, supporting interoperability with multiple live training systems. The program includes Cubic's CATS Metrix Exercise Control (EXCON) software and its LTS-Instrumentation systems, supporting the country's ability to conduct instrumented After Action Reviews (AARs). The program also includes associated support equipment and New Equipment Training (NET). The combination of Soldier, vehicle, exercise command and instrumentation systems allow Indo-Pacific allies to run a combat training center without external augmentation or assistance. Cubic's LTS-Soldier and LTS-Vehicle Systems are based on the U.S. Army's I-MILES Individual Weapon System - 2 (IWS-2) and I-MILES Tactical Vehicle System (TVS) Programs of Record (PORs). Cubic's LTS-Instrumentation Systems are based on the U.S. Army's Army Mobile Instrumentation Training System (AMITS) POR. Cubic's CATS Metrix EXCON software is deployed at over 30 locations worldwide supporting FoF, FoT, and constructive training missions. To learn more about Cubic products and services, visit About Cubic Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people's lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is driven to solve global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. Part of Cubic's portfolio of businesses, Cubic Defense provides networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions and is a leading provider of live, virtual, constructive, and game-based training solutions for both U.S. and Allied Forces. These mission-inspired capabilities enable assured multi-domain access; converged digital intelligence; and superior readiness for defense, intelligence, security, and commercial missions. For more information, visit
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Arkansas lawmakers advance bill to create military committee
House Speaker Brian Evans and Lieutenant Gov. Leslie Rutledge preside over a joint session of the Arkansas House and Senate on Jan. 14, 2025. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate) A bill to create the Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs is headed to the Arkansas Senate for a final vote following approval by a legislative committee Thursday. House Bill 1056 is sponsored by House Speaker Brian Evans, who told his House colleagues earlier this month that now's the time 'to show those who serve us in uniform that we are going to take their work more seriously.' The Senate does not have a committee focused on military affairs, but the House has the Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs. If HB 1056 is approved, Evans said a resolution would be needed to remove 'military affairs' from the committee's name. The Cabot Republican noted that his district is home to a large veteran population and cited several other military communities across the state, including central Arkansas' Little Rock Air Force Base and Camp Robinson, as well Fort Smith, home to Ebbing Air National Guard Base, which has been selected as as the new site of the Foreign Military Sales Program Pilot Training Center. 'As a body, [we] will do everything that we can possibly do with intent and with passion to make sure that we are providing those benefits that we can as a state and those opportunities and those protections for their families while they are out serving for us,' Evans said. The new Joint Committee to Military and Veterans Affairs would consist of 12 representatives and eight senators. The Speaker would designate a House co-chair and co-vice chair while the chair and co-chair of the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs would fill those positions on the Senate side. The new joint committee could meet at any time at the call of the chairs. Bills or resolutions introduced during a legislative session pertaining to military or veterans affairs 'may be referred' to the joint committee, according to an amendment adopted Thursday. Bart Hester, Senate President Tempore and HB1056 co-sponsor, explained to the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Thursday that changing the word 'shall' to 'may' would allow the parliamentarian to send a bill pertaining to veterans and military affairs to another committee when appropriate. Addressing concerns about the efficiency of creating a joint committee and challenges of scheduling a meeting during the legislative session, Hester said he'd 'be shocked' if the new group met more than twice during the current session. HB1056, which will likely be considered by the full Senate next week, contains an emergency clause and would be effective immediately upon the governor's signature. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
