Thales Supports Finnish Defence Forces
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Thales has signed a contract with the Finnish Defence Forces to upgrade its Leopard 2A6FIN main battle tank simulators. This is Thales’s first training & simulation contract for Finland’s land forces.
With the upgraded systems, the Finnish Army will have astate-of-the-art training solution incorporating the latest virtual andmultilevel simulation technologies to provide both technical instruction forcrewmembers and tactical training at platoon level. The instructor station isdesigned to supervise up to four exercises at the same time, with up to fourvehicles taking part in each exercise. The simulation includes a high-fidelityturret with gunner and commander stations, a co-located driver position and asimulated ammunition loader function.
This contract is a success for Thales’s new AFV Core rangeof armoured fighting vehicle simulation solutions. AFV Core simulators featurean open, high-reliability, scalable architecture and synthetic environmentcompliant with the latest international standards.
