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Dubbed FORC3, the Rheinmetall Canada-led consortium includes Lockheed Martin Canada, Rheinmetall Electronics, Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Solutions, among other local and international partners.
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According to Rheinmetall, the consortium brings together world-leading experts in design, development and implementation of combat vehicle simulation centres, delivering realistic environments that closely mimic the real operating environments likely faced by soldiers in the Canadian Army.
The consortium also includes the ADGA Group, Bluedrop Training and Simulation, EllisDon - Construction and Building Services, Paladin AI and REDspace Incorporated.
The system is designed to enable units to train toward undertaking adaptive dispersed operations, a critical operating concept for the Canadian Army, by integrating hybrid, conventional and emerging threats in a synthetic environment.
“The name FORC3 is all about promoting a partnership between Rheinmetall, Lockheed Martin, and the Department of National Defence (DND), united through excellence to enable training for adaptive dispersed operations,” Pietro Mazzei, vice-president, Rheinmetall Canada, said.
“FORC3 is about Canadian industries uniting with DND to effectively and comprehensively prepare the Army’s women and men for the challenges they will face in the coming decades.”
It is expected that the consortium will build five custom-built centres across the nation, enabling individual, crew, platoon and “higher echelon” training scenarios.
Earlier in the month, Rheinmetall inked a new deal with the US Army for the delivery of a manoeuvrable light artillery cannon prototype as part of the US National Defense Strategy.
The contract for the prototype is valued at US$2.5 million.
It is expected that a newer lightweight artillery cannon would bolster the US Army’s manoeuvrability and lethality required for the US Army’s next generation howitzer fleet.
“This DEVCOM AC project alongside numerous other active science and technology efforts could provide our warfighters a distinct advantage in this increasingly complex security environment,” Colonel Lance Green, military deputy of the Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armament Center, said.
“We are proud to have the opportunity to support the Army in its efforts to develop next-generation long-range precision fires technologies and particularly to prototype what could be game-changing advanced, lightweight howitzer technologies,” said American Rheinmetall Munitions CEO John Somich.
“Rheinmetall is a global leader in artillery technologies including munitions, propellant and cannons and we will bring to bear our tremendous expertise, technology and full commitment to the Army in this effort.”
The announcement outlines the latest partnership in the American Rheinmetall Munition’s decades-long collaboration with the US military.
