The Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT) is the British Army's primary tactical battlegroup simulator, consisting of over 150 networked simulators which replicate the interiors of armoured vehicles.[1] It has sites at Warminster in Wiltshire (near Waterloo Lines) and Sennelager in Germany, which can be operated separately or inter-linked.[2]

Built in the 1990s[3] and in use since 2002, the system is a development of the United States Army's Close Combat Tactical Trainer.[4] The simulator can train up to 450 military personnel on a virtual battlefield,[5] and is run jointly by the Ministry of Defence, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems.[2] In 2005, the total cost of the program was stated to be £238 million, and the Defence Procurement Agency claimed it was the largest and most sophisticated virtual training facility in the world.[6] The interior of the Warminster building was refurbished in 2019.[7]

See also

  • AVCATT (Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer) – United States Army
  • SIMNET – United States Army, 1980s and 1990s

References

  1. ↑ "Lockheed Martin Receives Two-Year Combined Arms Tactical Trainer Interim Support Contract". Lockheed Martin. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 "UK Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (UK CATT)". Lockheed Martin. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Army Welfare Service (January 2011). "Service Community Official Guide: Warminster" (PDF). Method Publishing. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (CATT)". Ministry of Defence. Defence Procurement Agency. 16 December 2005. Archived from the original on 1 February 2006.
  5. ↑ "Lockheed to continue support for UK Army's combined arms tactical trainer". Army Technology. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Combined Arms Tactical Trainer - Further info". Ministry of Defence. Defence Procurement Agency. 16 September 2005. Archived from the original on 1 February 2006.
  7. ↑ "Completion of CATT Building". Jordan & Faber. 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.


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