Textron’s TRU Dives into Business Aircraft Training
Acquisition of ProFlight is “an important next step as we build our business aviation pilot training capabilities.”

An acquisitive Textron has assembled a new flight simulator manufacturing and training company–TRU Simulation + Training–that its leaders believe will offer strong competition to entrenched players FlightSafety International and CAE. TRU’s president and CEO is James Takats, one of the founders of Florida-based simulator manufacturer Opinicus, which became a Textron property in November last year. After also snapping up Montreal-based Mechtronix last December, Textron combined the two companies with a portion of its former AAI Logistics and Technical Services division to form TRU.

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