First Awarded Under OTSP Program
CAE announced Friday the Government of Canada has awarded the
company a contract valued at approximately C$ 329.5 million for a
comprehensive C-130J aircrew training equipment and services
solution. CAE leads a pan-Canadian team that includes xwave, St.
Johns, Newfoundland; Bombardier, Saint-Laurent, Quebec; Atlantis
Systems International, Brampton, Ontario; and Cascade Aerospace,
Abbotsford, British-Columbia.
Under the program called the Operational Training Systems
Provider (OTSP), CAE won a competitive procurement to serve as the
prime contractor to provide the training systems and services for
Canada's tactical airlift, medium-to-heavy helicopter, and
potentially other aircraft fleets.
The contract announced Friday, in support of Canada's new fleet
of 17 C-130J Hercules tactical airlift aircraft, is the first
contract under the OTSP. The C-130J program will create and sustain
approximately 330 jobs for the first three years and 50 jobs for
the next 20 years throughout Canada.
"We are proud to lead the overall
design and development of a Canadian training solution for the
C-130J. This will play a key role in preparing our Canadian Forces
to be mission ready," said Robert E. Brown, CAE's President and
CEO. "By leveraging the capabilities of CAE and other leading
Canadian companies, we are benefiting many provinces across Canada
while also positioning CAE for future international training
systems integrator opportunities."
"CAE is a Canadian success story, its leadership in simulation
and training is widely recognized around the world. This contract
is another prime example of the world-class capability that can be
found throughout Canada's aerospace and defence sector," said
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada. "Our acquisition of
tactical airlift aircraft is providing direct industrial regional
benefits and generating employment throughout the country. This
project is the first step to establishing a world-class training
organization which will significantly contribute to the safety and
operational effectiveness of our troops as well as continue to
develop our expertise in Canada."
The contract related to C-130J training systems and services is
divided into two phases. First, during the acquisition phase over
the next three years, CAE will lead the design and development of a
C-130J training suite. It will include two full-mission simulators
(FMS), one flight training device (FTD), three CAE Simfinity
integrated procedures trainers (IPT), one fuselage trainer (FuT),
laptop-based CAE Simfinity virtual simulators (VSIM), courseware,
tactical control centre, training information management system and
related information technology equipment. Canada's Department of
National Defence (DND) will lead the design and construction of a
new Tactical Airlift Training Centre in Trenton, Ontario.
Following delivery of the C-130J training suite in the first
half of 2012, phase two of the contract will commence with CAE
leading the in-service support for the C-130J aircrew training
program. During the 20-year in-service support phase, CAE will be
responsible for providing a range of training support services,
including simulator upgrades, training device maintenance as well
as hardware and software engineering support. In addition, CAE
staff onsite in Trenton will provide services such as courseware
updates, scheduling, obsolescence management, and database
modelling and generation for common databases (CDB).
CAE will subcontract work to each company of its team, including
the development of the training information management system and
related information technology equipment to xwave, the courseware
development to Bombardier; the design and manufacture of the C-130J
FTD to Atlantis and the design and manufacture of the C130J FuT to
Cascade.