CAE wins defence contracts valued at more than C$75 million

CAE today announced it has won defence contracts valued at more than C$75 million. Contracts include upgrading visual and display systems at the German Army Aviation School, renewing a long-term CF-18 systems engineering services agreement for the Canadian Forces, upgrading C-130J simulators for the U.K. Royal Air Force and upgrading a C-130H simulator for an undisclosed North African defence customer. "CAE's commitment to customers goes beyond the initial sale of training systems by providing support solutions throughout their program lifecycles. With these contracts we will be addressing our customers' needs for updates and upgrades to existing systems as well as renewing a long-term services agreement," said Martin Gagne, CAE's Group President, Military Products, Training and Services. "Our ability to serve our customers with a comprehensive portfolio of products and services is especially important as defence forces look to increase and extend their use of simulation-based training to contend with tightening budgets and operational demands". German Army Aviation School:. Germany's procurement office BWB (Bundesamt fur Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung) has awarded CAE Germany a contract to upgrade the image generator and visual display systems on the 12 CAE-built helicopter simulators located at the Hans E. Drebing simulator centre of the German Army Aviation School in Bueckeburg. The CAE Medallion-6000 image generator will be used as part of the overall upgrade of the visual systems on the helicopter simulators. The state-of-the-art training facility includes two UH-1D, two CH-53, and eight EC135 helicopter simulators that are used to deliver initial and advanced pilot training to the German Armed Forces.