Turkish, U.S., U.K. Aviators Will Train In CAE Sims
Three different military contracts worth over $84 million have
been awarded to CAE, the company announced Wednesday. The deals
including a program to provide its CAE Medallion-6000 image
generator for Turkish Air Force fighter and trainer aircraft
simulators, a program to continue providing training services to
the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force and a contract to provide airborne
tactical mission training solutions for the UK military.
Turkey's leading simulation and training company Havelsan has
selected CAE to deliver more than 190 CAE Medallion-6000 image
generators for a range of Turkish Air Force flight simulators. In
addition, Havelsan and the Turkish Air Force have adopted the
CAE-developed Common Database (CDB) architecture to significantly
enhance the ability to correlate and rapidly update databases to
support training and mission rehearsal requirements. The CAE
Medallion-6000 image generator will be used on flight simulators
for the Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter, T-38 jet trainer, and KT-1T
basic trainer.
Turkish Air Force F-16
As the prime contractor, Havelsan will have overall
responsibility for integrating the CAE Medallion-6000 image
generator with the F-16, T-38 and KT-1T training devices. The suite
of training devices supporting the Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter
includes full-mission simulators, weapons tactics trainers, and a
forward air controller trainer, all of which will include CAE
Medallion-6000 image generators. Each of the F-16 full-mission
simulators will feature a 25-channel CAE Medallion-6000 image
generator with a 360 degree by 135 degree field-of-view dome
display. The T-38 and KT-1T training devices include instrument
flight trainers and operational flight trainers that will feature
the CAE Medallion-6000 image generator.
CAE will also support Havelsan and the Turkish Air Force with
establishing a database generation system based on the CDB. The
CDB, originally developed by CAE for the United States Special
Operations Command, is a standard, open database architecture that
is both rapidly updateable and enables correlated distributed
mission training.
"We are pleased that after a competitive evaluation, Havelsan
has selected the CAE Medallion-6000 image generator for the Turkish
Air Force's demanding combat and trainer aircraft flight simulation
requirements," said Ulrich Aderhold, Managing Director of CAE's
military operations in Europe and Africa. "The CAE Medallion-6000,
combined with the common database architecture, truly gives
military customers a state-of-the-art visual solution that helps
contribute to enhanced synthetic training and mission
readiness."
CAE USA was recently awarded a contract for the second year of a
five-year training services contract with the Naval Air Warfare
Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). CAE provides simulator
operation and maintenance as well as simulator and classroom pilot
instruction for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps at three
locations in Japan – Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Marine Corps
Air Station Iwakuni, and MCAS Futenma. The training services
contract supports multiple aircraft platforms, including the
KC-130J, CH-53E, CH-46E, EA-6B, F/A-18, and E-2C.
F/A-18 File Photo
In addition, small business C2 Technologies awarded CAE USA a
subcontract to continue providing training services for the U.S.
Air Force Air Combat Command at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. CAE
provides contract aircrew training (CAT) and courseware development
(CWD) services for the A-10 and EC-130 aircraft.
And finally, Cobham Aviation Services has awarded CAE a contract
to provide airborne tactical mission training solutions for the UK
military. Cobham is responsible for the modification and
maintenance of four Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350ER aircraft which
will provide flying hours for the Rear Crew Stage 1 training
service as part of the United Kingdom's Military Flying Training
System (MFTS) program. CAE will provide airborne tactical mission
trainers to be used in the King Air 350ER aircraft for training
Royal Navy observers. This involves configuring the ground-based
tactical mission trainer being developed by CAE under a separate
contract to Lockheed Martin for use in an airborne environment.
CAE's airborne tactical mission trainer features high-fidelity
sensor and subsystem simulations, including Electronic Support
Measures (ESM), surface search track-while-scan radar, Tactical
Display and Data Link.
King Air 350ER
The UK MFTS program is a partnering arrangement involving the UK
Ministry of Defence and Ascent Flight Training, a joint venture of
Lockheed Martin and Babcock International Group. The program is
responsible for providing comprehensive training to all new UK
military aircrews across the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force
(RAF).