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CAE USA to continue T-44C training services
Latest contract extends a relationship dating back to 2013.
CAE USA has received a contract from the USN to continue providing comprehensive T-44C Pegasus aircrew training services at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas.
The contract is worth more than $70 million with a baseline performance period of 12 months and additional 12-month options until mid-2027, CAE announced on 6 January.
CAE USA provides T-44C aircrew training services to the Chief of Naval Air Training under a contractor-owned and contractor-operated training programme.
The company began delivering T-44C aircrew training to the USN in 2013. The T-44C is the USN variant of the King Air aircraft used for intermediate and advanced multi-engine pilot training.
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