Includes Subcontract To Design And Manufacture Four Additional
C-130J Simulators For USAF
CAE
announced in a news release Tuesday that it has been awarded a
series of military contracts valued at nearly $101 million,
including a subcontract to design and manufacture four additional
C-130J simulators for the United States Air Force (USAF) as well as
contracts in Germany to provide support services for the German Air
Force's Eurofighter simulators and to upgrade Tornado flight
simulators.
"The recent contracts for new C-130J simulators as well as the
services and upgrade contracts in Germany are indicative of the
opportunities we are now seeing as militaries look for ways to save
money," said Martin Gagné, CAE's Group President, Military
Products, Training and Services. "Synthetic training is one way for
militaries to reduce some of the costs related to live flying, yet
still maintain required levels of proficiency and readiness."
Under terms of a subcontract from the prime contractor, CAE will
design and manufacture four C-130J weapon systems trainers (WSTs)
to support the USAF's Air Mobility Command (AMC), Air Combat
Command (ACC), and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
Three of the simulators will be HC/MC-130J WSTs for ACC and AFSOC,
and one will be a C-130J simulator for AMC.
"Over the past two decades, CAE has developed more training
systems for the C-130 than any company, including all the weapons
systems trainers for the latest C-130J variant," said Gagné.
"We are pleased to continue building on this experience to provide
high-fidelity C-130J simulators that will enable the USAF to
increase the amount of synthetic training done for this
aircraft."
Prime contractor GFD Gesellschaft für Flugzieldarstellung
mbH, a subsidiary of Cassidian, has contracted CAE Elektronik GmbH
to provide a range of maintenance and support services for the
German Air Force's Eurofighter full-mission simulators and cockpit
trainers over the next four years. CAE will also support the CAE
Medallion visual system on the Eurofighter training devices, as
well as provide scenario generation services for the German Air
Force.
CAE Elektronik GmbH was awarded contracts to perform several
upgrades to the German Air Force Tornado full-mission simulators.
CAE will upgrade the Tornado development simulator at CAE's
facility in Stolberg with a new radar warning system simulation to
ensure concurrency with upgrades being performed on Germany's fleet
of Tornado aircraft. In addition, the Tornado simulators at
Lechfeld and Jagel will be upgraded with the CAE Medallion-6000
image generator, including enhancements to the weather simulation
so additional training can be conducted in a synthetic
environment.