CAE helo training triggers protest
The US Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) in Fort Eustis, Virginia, has awarded Tampa-based CAE USA a $11.12 million contract for advanced helicopter flight training support services at the US Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence in Fort Rucker, Alabama.
However, the announcement prompted an unsuccessful bidder to lodge a protest.
The contract covers what the US Army refers to as “go to war” aircraft — the AH-64, UH-60 and CH-47 — and sees CAE providing classroom, simulator and flight instruction.
Instruction includes VFR, IFR, NVG, day, gunnery, tactical assault and evasive flying manoeuvres, where the company will work
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