I/ITSEC 2014: Saab Launches MANPACK 300 Portable, Readily Deployable Training System

Saab's (booth #1939) all-new MANPACK 300 is a portable, readily deployable training system that enables instrumented training exercises to be conducted with up to 300 players. It is a complete instrumentation system – fitted in a case – designed to move with the area of interest during a training exercise. It provides the same computing power as a full-scale system, which means that ManPack 300 has what it takes to bring your live training experience closer to reality.

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The ManPack 300 system is housed in a one man lift rugged transit case. The system comprises of an Exercise Command and Control Console (EXCON) housed in a portable ruggedized PC type Laptop Workstation and a 3-channel MDAN 300 BS radio base station transceiver. The EXCON Workstation can be located in a vehicle or in a fixed facility such as a tent, range tower or building. (Photos: Saab)

MANPACK 300 is a development of Saab’s MANPACK 120 and GAMER family of deployable, mobile and fixed CTC-instrumented training systems. It is a real time system that enables exercise command and control, together with during and after action review/statistical analysis of instrumented company-sized forces. The system handles up to 300 players and has the same computing poweras a full-scale system, but with significantly lower procurement and support costs. It is designed to operate in a man portable or vehicle mounted mode. This means it’s a system that can travel with the area of interest as the exercise moves in the terrain.

This radio mobility enables Observer/Controllers to follow a manoeuvre and actively view and control the unfolding action in real time. MANPACK 300 allows the Instructor at any time during an exercise to quickly present a playback of the exercise on the display screen for a small group, or via a projector for larger audiences. The exercise can be selectively replayed, zooming in and jumping to sequences and events of interest. There is a comprehensive set of tools that enhance the feedback and clear the fog of war.

MANPACK 300 has a powerful Windows-based suite of exercise-control tools that enable on-the-spot control of field-simulated indirect fires, minefields, CBRN contamination, improvised explosive devices (IED) and reactive targets. Exercise players are displayed in 3D against a high-resolution 2D or 3D terrain background, providing a detailed real- time situational view of the battle flow and individual events.

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MANPACK 300 supports field training exercises, MOUT/FIBUA, CBRN and Counter-IED training as well as Precision Gunnery Training.