LOCKHEED MATIN UK AWARDED CONTRACT FOR NEW BRITISH ARMY BATTLEGROUP COMMAND AND CONTROL TRAINER

9 September 2003

LONDON, United Kingdom, September 09, 2003 – Lockheed Martin UK Ltd.- Information Systems has been awarded a contract to provide the new British Army Battlegroup Command and Control Trainer (BC2T) by the Defence Procurement Agency. Overall the programme is valued at approximately £10 million.

Lockheed Martin’s CORE-t (Command Operational Readiness Trainer) solution will provide a flexible training environment for the Unit Level Two Battalion/Battlegroup (BG) commander to train sub-unit commanders and staff in both the planning process and the command and control aspects of executing a plan. Additionally, CORE-t provides training within a combined-arms, synthetic environment in order to improve collective/team performance and thereafter sustain a higher level of readiness. This constructive training tool uses computer-generated forces that operate in appropriate doctrines and behaviours to provide tactical decision situations. Higher- and lower-echelon commanders use the system to train with commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and operating systems at PC-based role-player workstations. Support capabilities in the training scenarios include air defence, artillery, combat engineering and close air support.