New Cubic System Helps Eliminate Deaths from "Friendly Fire"

SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 22, 2008—In the Persian Gulf War (Desert Storm) 35 Americans were killed and 72 wounded by "Friendly Fire." There were a number of Americans killed by friendly fire over Kuwait in 2004 when a British plane was shot out of the air because no one was able to identify if it as friend or foe.

Cubic after five years development has designed a system which identifies, in two tenths of a second, whether a soldier, aircraft or tank is Friendly or Foe.

The system, presently, is under evaluation by the military.

For further information, please contact Steve Sampson at Steve.Sampson@cubic.com.