First pre-production subsystems for US army

Aitech defence systems, a world leader in the development and manufacture of board and subsystem level products for harsh environment defence, aerospace and space applications, has announced that is has been selected by General Dynamics Land Systems, (GDLS) Sterling Heights, MI to provide the Remote Interface Control Card (RICC) for the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV). Doug Patterson, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for Aitech, said, 'To be brought in on the ground floor of such a revolutionary development is a great honour for Aitech'. 'We are excited to work with General Dynamics and provide advanced subsystems for the FCS MGV, which is one of the largest and most significant US Army programs in recent years'.

The FCS program is the Army's flagship Simulation Based Acquisition program to be executed in accordance with the Army framework entitled Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements, and Training (smart).

Modeling and Simulation is expected to play a crucial role in the early development to achieve product integrity, because it reduces risk and reaches a balance of performance and cost.

Each RICC will be installed in one Remote Interface Unit (RIU) enclosure.

The RIU enclosure will be developed by GDLS.