Cubic Awarded $18.3 Million Delivery Order
from U.S. Army
for EST 2000 Small Arms Training Systems
SAN DIEGO, CA., Aug. 4, 2005 — The
defense segment of Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB) has received
an $18.3 million
delivery order to provide its Engagement Skills Trainer 2000
(EST 2000) training systems, simulated weapons and services
to the U.S. Army.
Cubic received the award from the U.S. Army Program Executive
Office for Simulation Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)
under the Army's STRICOM Omnibus Contract.
EST 2000 – the only small arms training system validated
by the U.S. Army Infantry School – teaches marksmanship
skills, squad-level collective defense, and judgmental ‘shoot-don’t
shoot’ tactics. The system trains soldiers in the use
of small arms, as well as the 50-caliber M-2 machine gun
and the 40mm Mark-19 grenade launcher.
Under the award, Cubic's Simulation System Division will
produce and deploy the systems to the U.S. Army Active and
Reserve components.
“Cubic and PEO STRI work as a close-knit team to
ensure our soldiers are the best trained in the world,” said
Terry Kohl, vice president and general manager of the Simulation
Systems Division. “This award confirms our customers’ confidence
in our ability to rapidly respond to the ever increasing
training needs of our dedicated young men and women, and
enables our division to continue expanding our presence in
the Orlando simulation and training marketplace."
Cubic has managed the Army’s EST 2000
program for the past six years. The company has fielded
more than 500
EST 2000 systems to Army installations throughout the world,
including the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii,
Korea, Germany, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
EST 2000 currently is being deployed for
the U.S. Army’s
Initial Entry Training for Basic Rifle Marksmanship skills,
which is required for all new soldiers entering the Army.
Plans are underway to deploy EST 2000 Deployable Shelters
to Iraq for sustainment training.
”When fully fielded, the EST 2000 will train more
soldiers each year than any other Army training system,” said
Kohl.
The Cubic Defense Applications group, one of Cubic's two
major segments, is a world leader in realistic combat training
systems, mission support services and defense electronics.
The corporation's other major segment, Cubic Transportation
Systems, designs and manufactures automatic fare collection
systems for public mass transit authorities. For more information
about Cubic, see the company's website at www.cubic.com.