20 Jun 2007
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The TERRIER vehicle training system
The TERRIER Programme will deliver the next generation air-transportable armoured combat engineer vehicle for the Royal Engineers.
Overview
- The requirement is for a wide utility vehicle with reduced logistic support requirements that will support both the current force structure and the future with FRES (Future Rapid Effects System).
- The contract value is 350 million and covers development, production and the initial phase of Contractor Logistic Support (CLS).
Key Facts/Figures
- BAE Systems Land Systems awarded with the contract for the TERRIER programme in 2002 by UK MOD.
- TERRIER replaces the Combat Engineering Tractor (CET).
- BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte) received contract from Land Systems in 2005, valued at £10 million, to provide TERRIER Training Systems.
- Insyte's systems enable the training of British Army crews in driving, digging and maintenance of the TERRIER vehicle, providing a comprehensive, cost effective and environmentally friendly approach to training.
- The training systems are key to ensuring that the TERRIER programme achieves its In-Service Date of the middle of 2008.
Performance
- The Insyte solution includes the provision of four high fidelity Driver/Digger Simulation Systems built on motion platforms, as well as a Diagnostic Emulation Training System (VoRTEX).
- There is also an option for further Simulation Systems to be built to support the eventual outcome of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (REME) re-balancing programme.
- Insyte's TERRIER Training Solution was launched on 8 February, 2007, at its dedicated facility at Hillend, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
- The TERRIER vehicle training system is the first simulator to provide training using synthetic digging with motion feedback, delivering a comprehensive, cost effective and environmentally friendly approach to training.
- Operational benefits for the UK's Royal Engineers, (TERRIER's end-user), include the ability to train for driving, digging and maintenance in different environments, previously only available through overseas deployment.
- The system provides increased flexibility through the simulation of operations on sand, gravel, and mud at any time of the day or night, at the click of a mouse.
- It represents a dramatic step forward in the fidelity with which the Army can conduct training and points to the future of simulation and blended training.
- It addresses the affordability and technological challenges set by the UK's Defence Industrial Strategy
