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Cubic Wins Marine Corps Laser Training Contract

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

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Cubic [CUB] has received a $49 million dollar contract from the Marine Corps to provide an advanced Instrumented Tactical Engagement Simulation System (I-TESS II). Under the indefinite delivery contract, Cubic will supply a turn-key deployable training capability that includes an environment designed to replicate the stress and threats of actual combat. I-TESS II will be used by Marine force-on-force and force-on-target training exercises. Those exercises include indoor training as well as outdoor urban environment scenarios. I-TESS II is a fully integrated ground…

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