Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ: KTOS) will provide hands on trainers hardware for the U.S Army‘s program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation on a multi-million dollar award.
Kratos will help deliver maintenance trainers for version two of the M1A2 Abrams system enhancement package and the M1A1 Abrams situational awareness main battle tanks as a subcontractor on a CAE USA award
CAE will perform final hardware and software integration and testing, whereupon the systems will be delivered to the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga., the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Fort Lee, Va. and the Army National Guard Total Force Training Center at Gowen Field, Id.
“We are very pleased to work closely with CAE USA to assist the U.S. Army to ensure the readiness, reliability and operational effectiveness of the M1A2 Abrams SEP V2 and M1A1 Abrams SA, ” said Phil Carrai, president of the Kratos’ technology and training division.
“As a leading manufacturer for maintenance training systems for over 10 years, Kratos is an established partner for high performance training systems. Kratos has again been selected as a key partner of CAE USA for the delivery of high performance training systems for the Abrams and Bradley platforms.”
