ARMY AND MARINES TO CONSOLIDATE GUNNERY TRAINING DEVICE

摘要

The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are developing common software in an effort to standardize a multitude of gunnery training systems. Current gunnery training programs for the Abrams tank and the Bradley fighting vehicle are supported by eight different virtual gunnery trainers built by three separate contractors, said Army Maj. Lee Dunlap, assistant program manager for ground combat tactical trainers, at the program executive office for simulation, training, research and instrumentation. The Army currently pays for redundant developmental and life-cycle support costs for three distinct baselines, said Dunlap. A common-gunnery architecture could save the Army and Marine Corps more than $66 million, he added. The eight trainers currently in service are the advanced gunnery training system, the combat vehicle training system, conduct-of-fire trainer, advanced gunnery training system, Abrams full-crew interactive skills trainer, the advanced Bradley full-crew interactive skills trainer, the conduct-of-fire trainer, the Bradley advanced training system and the Bradley conduct-of-fire recap.