United Industrial Corporation has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary AAI Corporation has been awarded a $13.8 million contract by the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) to provide an advanced moving target simulator (AMTS) system for air defense training for the nation's armed forces. They will also provide logistics support for a period of 15 years. The simulator, designated Stinger Trainer by the RNLA, will be installed at the Joint Air Defense School at De Peel Air Force Base.

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The AMTS is AAI's third-generation air defense trainer. The contract requires development, installation, and testing of a fully immersed, computer-generated, simulated environment inside a 64-foot diameter hemispherical dome trainer where gunners and crew chiefs will be trained on the use of Stinger missiles against aggressor aircraft.

"The innovative simulation training technologies of our AMTS system deliver superior training while eliminating the need to fire actual weapons—a very significant cost savings for users," said Frederick M. Strader, president and chief executive officer of United Industrial and AAI.