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COBRA: Training System Development

SELEX Systems Integration (formerly VEGA) developed the training system for the COunter Battery RAdar (COBRA) programme produced by Thales and Euro-Art on behalf of the Organisation Conjoint de Co-operation en matiere d'ARmement (OCCAR).

Challenge

OCCAR was established by Administrative Arrangement on 12 November 1996 by the Defence Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the UK, with the aim of providing more effective and efficient arrangements for the management of certain existing and future collaborative armament programmes.

COBRA is a collaborative programme between Germany, France and the UK for the production of long-range battlefield radar that is considered to be the world's most advanced weapon location system. Training support for such an advanced piece of equipment was paramount to Thales Defence Ltd and Euro-Art GmbH, so they turned to VEGA to provide support.

How SELEX Systems Integration Helped

SELEX Systems Integration’s Computer Based Trainer (CBT) initially supported training of COBRA cadre personnel (training the trainers) but its main purpose is to provide classroom training of COBRA maintainers. It is primarily a classroom training system, but can also be used in standalone mode on single and dual-screen PCs.

The CBT embeds the power of SELEX Systems Integration's leading Equipment Emulation technology within a traditional computer-based training structure, enabling students to learn maintenance procedures through the philosophy of tell, show, practice and test.

Value Delivered

The CBT is one of a family of training aids being produced by Euro-Art for COBRA which is being procured on behalf of the UK, French and German armies. The CBT is internationalised for Western European languages and delivered in English, French and German.