New Zealand to receive P-8A STE
A P-8A Poseidon Operational Flight Trainer (OFT), Weapons Tactics Trainer and other equipment are scheduled for delivery to RNZAF Base Ohakea in 2023.
CAE has received an order from Boeing to provide a P-8A Poseidon Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) and associated synthetic training equipment (STE) for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).
CAE is the major sub-contractor for Boeing on the P-8A OFT and some items of STE; it previously built devices for the USN, Royal Australian Air Force, RAF and Indian Navy.
The company designs and manufactures the P-8 OFT hardware to FAA Level D standards along with software representing the Boeing 737-800 OFT baseline flight model standard and the simulation-based software lab environment that is used for the P-8 OFT.
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