Cubic Security
Training Institute Opening Draws Large Crowd
From Military, Law Enforcement and Security Organizations
ORLANDO, Florida – February 17, 2010 – An
Orlando-based defense unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE:
CUB) has opened a new instrumented training facility
and live-fire range for military, law enforcement and
security personnel. Cubic’s Simulation Systems
Division today officially launched the Cubic Security & Enforcement
Training Institute, or CSENTRI, with a dramatic tactical
scenario starring the Orange County Sheriff’s SWAT
team.
The action scenario – featuring SWAT team members taking down a fugitive
in a barricaded apartment -- was repeated hourly during grand opening festivities
at the CSENTRI facility. Located on Oak Ridge Road, the multi-building facility
may be rented by law enforcement, military and security organizations to practice
tactical scenarios and marksmanship.
“Cubic wants to extend to law enforcement and security teams the superior
training capability we currently provide the military,” said Brooks Davis,
sales and marketing manager for Cubic Simulation Systems Division in Orlando. “Cubic’s
live and virtual training systems allow personnel to practice tactical scenarios
without live ammunition, and receive objective electronic assessments of how
they performed. Law enforcement and security officers who utilize CSENTRI can
also train with live ammunition, and Simunitions or UTM training ammunition.
We want CSENTRI to be
the
most comprehensive private tactical training facility
in the country.”
Invited to the opening of CSENTRI were representatives from the State of Florida
and Federal law enforcement, the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation
and Training Instrumentation (PEO STRI), the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR),
security management professionals and gun club members.
Features of the CSENTRI facility include:
* an indoor live-fire pistol range
* a “Hogan’s Alley” area for live judgmental “shoot-don’t
shoot” training
* a Defensive Tactics training room with padded floors and walls for practicing
the physical self-defense skills required in tactical situations
* two classrooms equipped with audiovisual systems
* Cubic’s Engagement Skills Trainer (EST), which allows soldiers, law
enforcement officers and security teams to hone their skills in marksmanship,
collective and judgmental training.
The facility also features an instrumented urban operations training area consisting
of a multistory building with a rappelling tower. The U.S. Army uses the Reconfigurable
Armored Tactical Personnel And Collective (RATPAC™) training system to
train soldiers for urban warfare. UXB International, Inc., headquartered in
Blacksburg, Va., developed RATPAC and Cubic provided video cameras and microphones,
a public address system, power outlets, equipment for generating artificial
smoke
and smells, pop-up targets for shoot-don’t
shoot drills, and software and computer systems for after-action
reviews. All the Cubic systems are controlled from a
single computer station. Cubic’s complete package
of urban training instrumentation is branded ASAULT,
which stands for Advanced Systems Architecture for Urban
Live Training.
Cubic is evaluating adding an indoor rifle range and additional areas for urban
and maritime security training as it continues to leverage its technology growth
plans in the Urban Operations Training domain.
Cubic is teaming with international business partners to offer classes at the
facility, and may eventually teach classes of its own for specialized markets.
The businesses that are working with Cubic on CSENTRI include specialists in
ammunition, armament safety, explosives and ordnance disposal, self-defense
training, and tactical training gear, weapons and vehicles.
Cubic Simulation Systems, Inc. is part of the Defense Systems business
of Cubic Corporation. Cubic Corporation is the parent company of three major
business
segments: Defense Systems, Mission Support Services and Transportation Systems.
Cubic Defense Systems is a leading provider of realistic combat training systems
and defense electronics. Mission Support Services is a leading provider of
training, operations, maintenance, technical and other support services. Cubic
Transportation Systems is the world’s leading provider of automated fare
collection systems and services for public transit authorities. For more information
about Cubic, see the company's Web site at www.cubic.com.