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SECOND SWISS CTC COMPLETED

RUAG has launched a new range of live simulators.

RUAG Electronics has completed its work on the Swiss Army’s second Combat Training Centre (CTC) at St Luzisteig which has now been accepted by the Swiss authorities. St Luzisteig now joins the centre Bure near Wahlenstadt, to provide the Swiss armed forces with two national CTCs, both of which are equipped with the RUAG SIMUG live training architecture.

Late 2009 also saw RUAG Electronics handover the first Simulateur de Tir d’Equipage et de Section (STES) to the French DGA procurement organisation at the Canjeurs French army base. Ten further STES systems are due to follow over the coming months. STES is used as a pre-deployment training system and has been developed in conjunction with RUAG’s French industrial partner, GAVAP. The total order is valued at around $22 million.

The programme comprises 12 STES (48 cabins) systems located at 10 sites which will be used to train units up to company level. The trainer is based on the VBCI vehicle and other vehicles are generated by CGF. Each system has its own AAR suite.

In other RUAG news, the company has recently launched its latest generation live training harness. Known as Gladiator, the system comes in three variants providing different vulnerability models and hit displays. The company says that other key components include robustness and user friendly operation.