The Land Vehicle Crew Training System project will deliver a training system, connected by a network and housed in purpose built facilities, to enable crews of the principle armoured combat vehicles to train as realistically as possible at their home garrison locations.

The LVCTS will replicate all crew stations within the Light Armoured Vehicle 6.0, the Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank and the Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle with sufficient realism to enable soldiers to train both as individuals and collectively up to the combat team level. This will be achieved using a networked synthetic environment that realistically simulates various terrain and enemy capabilities. The LVCTS will be delivered to the five main Canadian Army garrison locations (Gagetown, Valcartier, Petawawa, Edmonton and Shilo) with sustainment provided at each facility by contractors.

Funding Range: $250 million to $499 million

During I/ITSEC 2022 CAE and Elbit Systems officially confirmed their intention to pursue the LVCTS program together. CAE will act as the prime contractor and training system integrator, while Elbit will be the major subcontractor. The CAE-LVCTS system will allow the Canadian Army to train individual soldiers and the wider combat team while reducing the Army’s reliance on expensive and environmentally costly live vehicle driver and combat system training.

Another company targeting Canada’s LVCTS program is Rheinmetall Canada. Rheinmetall Canada leads a team known as FORC3, which includes Lockheed Martin Canada, Rheinmetall Electronics (Bremen, Germany) and Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Solutions out of Orlando.