CAE awarded military contracts valued at more than C$100 million
CAE has announced a series of military contracts with prime contractors and other military customers valued at more than C$100 million. Key customers include Eurocopter, Airbus Military and L-3 Communications.
“One of our strategic priorities has been to establish close relationships with major defence prime contractors and original equipment manufacturers,” said Martin Gagné, CAE’s Group President, Military Simulation Products, Training and Services.
“Contracts with Eurocopter on major upgrades to the German CH-53 training systems and Airbus Military on two A330 tanker programs are perfect examples of CAE working closely with prime contractors to support military forces around the world.”
CAE has been awarded a contract by Eurocopter to perform major upgrades on two CAE-built CH-53 full-mission simulators operated at the German Army Aviation School at Buckeburg. Eurocopter will be upgrading 40 CH-53 helicopters for the German Army with new avionics, communications systems, night vision capabilities, and other new functionalities.
As part of the CH-53 helicopter upgrade program, Eurocopter has contracted CAE to perform the simulator upgrades that will ensure concurrency with the operational helicopters and the training systems. Specifically, CAE will design and manufacture new CH-53 simulator cockpits, add the latest CAE Medallion-6000 image generator, upgrade the instructor operator stations, and perform a range of other enhancements.
The CH-53 simulator upgrades for the German Army Aviation School are expected to be complete by the end of 2011.
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