The new training system of the Armored Corps.
Designed to improve the corps' performance and operational competence (Photo: Elbit Systems)
Elbit will build, operate and maintain an advanced training facility for the Armored Corps, in a deal whose value is estimated at NIS 400 million.
The training facility will allow armored personnel carriers, from the professional training phase, through training before operational employment to training to maintain the competence of reserve units, to train in various and challenging titles from the level of a single tank to the level of a company.
In addition, the systems will allow for integrated recording and investigation capabilities that will allow replay of events, documentation and data analysis, as well as monitoring the performance of the trainees.
The facility will strengthen and improve the skill of the individual and the team in operating the tank systems and will be an infrastructure for training future platforms.
The project was led by the land procurement unit in the Ministry of Defense's procurement directorate, the land arm and the planning division of the Agency.
President and CEO of Elbit Systems, Bezalel (Butzi) Machlis: "We are proud to support the IDF's efforts to raise the level of training of the commanders and fighters of the Armored Corps" (Photo: Israel Sun)
Deputy Director General and Head of Directorate at the Ministry of Defense, Avi Dadon
: "This is a leap forward in the ability of the Armored Corps to train its soldiers and prepare them in the best possible way for the challenges of the battlefield. The trainer will strengthen and improve the skill of the individual and the team in the operation of the military and will form an infrastructure for the training of future platforms.
Menhar are proud to be partners in the process of intensification in land procurement, which has been at the heart of the activity for the past two years."
The commander of the land arm, Major General Tamir Yedai
: "The new armor trainer is part of the trend of expanding the trainers on land. The new trainer has great potential for increasing the effectiveness of training, considerable efficiency in resources, and maximum flexibility especially in front of the reserve fighters. The land arm in cooperation with Manhar will continue to promote the digital revolution In the field of coaches in the upcoming 2018 for additional formations on land".
President and CEO of Elbit Systems, Bezalel (Butsi) Machlis
: "We are proud to support the IDF's efforts to raise the level of training of the commanders and fighters of the Armored Corps.
Militaries around the world are reshaping their training capabilities in an effort to improve both readiness and effectiveness.
Winning this contract emphasizes the leading position we have in this field."
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