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Cubic To Provide Air Combat Training Support To Middle East Customer

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Monday, April 28th, 2014

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Cubic To Provide Air Combat Training Support To Middle East Customer

Cubic Corp. [CUB] April 28 said it was awarded a 21-month contract valued at more than $11 million to provide air combat training support to a long-time Middle East customer at multiple sites. The prime contract covers operation, maintenance, logistics support, and management of air combat maneuvering systems (ACMI), as well as the training necessary to satisfy the customer’s military operational requirements. Cubic developed the instrumentation training system used by the customer that has been operational since 2003, and provides…

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