Cubic Upgrades US P5 Combat Training System For More Accuracy, Coverage

Cubic Global Defense has upgraded US P5 Combat Training System for more accuracy as well as expanded coverage.

The enhancement includes Earth Center Earth Fixed (ECEF) coordinates to accurately map its position anywhere on earth, the company announced today.

The upgrade also increases the coverage of large training areas; the ability to transition across several exercise regions without losing fidelity; and improved weapon simulations and data capture for after action debriefs.

“This essential upgrade enables long-range missions to run across multiple adjacent ranges without having to load different coordinate planes. The use of ECEF coordinates will not only facilitate range management for large force exercises, it will also greatly improve accuracy, especially over long distances,” said Bill Toti, president of Cubic Global Defense.

The P5CTS is designed to provide real-time and post-mission training for air-to-air, air-to-ground and surface-to-air combat missions by displaying the live-air picture, recording mission data, and relaying time, space and positioning information between participating aircraft during training sorties.

Key components of the system include GPS-enabled, aircraft-mounted airborne instrumentation “pods” plus ground stations which will help aircrew conduct, monitor and control air combat training and post-flight debriefing.