The Lithuanian Armed Forces ordered RBS 70 simulators from Saab to be delivered in 2018, the company said Tuesday.
The contract includes simulators, training services, and spare parts. Saab is set to work with the Lithuanian-based Baltic Institute of Advanced Technology (BPTI) on the integration of customized 3D maps onto the RBS 70 simulators to help visualize real operational environments for Lithuanian forces. The quantity under the contract was not disclosed.
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The RBS 70 itself is a short-range man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) aimed at anti-aircraft warfare.
The new RBS 70 simulators will allow the country to train a potential missile operator to engage difficult targets, the company said. The simulator is PC-based and has a large number of flight paths with the instructor able to create any aerial threat situation with various kinds of targets.
“The Lithuanian Armed Forces will have a significantly improved training capability with this integration. The 3D maps developed by our local partner BPTI gives them a realistic training environment. They can then practice their deployment and engagement of targets in an exact ‘virtual’ replication of the real world environment that they operate in,” Michael Höglund, head of marketing and sales at the missile systems business unit of Saab’s dynamics business area, said in a statement.
Lithuania’s military has been a customer of the Saab RBS 70 since 2004.