TRU unveils Canadian FAcT strategy

31st May 2019 - 12:15 GMT | by Trevor Nash in London

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TRU Simulation + Training has announced that it is offering aircraft and synthetic training equipment to a number of the bidders on the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) programme.

TRU, part of the Textron group, said that it has the aircraft and simulation expertise to meet the needs of the RCAF.

‘We can supply the T-6, King Air variants as well as a range of Bell rotary-wing platforms and simulators to meet the needs of any of the bidders,’ John Hayward, SVP and GM of TRU’s military business area told Shephard.

Hayward told Shephard that

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