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CAE Wins Follow-on U.S. Army Flight-training Contract

The CAE Army contract is valued at $250 million through 2032, including option years, and encompasses virtual, simulation, and aircraft training.

Military personnel walking toward U.S. Army King Air on airport ramp — A new contract is extending the training that CAE has provided to the U.S. Army since 2016. (Photo: CAE)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

January 20, 2023

CAE Defense & Security this week received a competitive recompete award valued at up to $250 million to provide fixed-wing flight training to the U.S. Army. The contract includes an initial base period and seven single-year options through 2032.

CAE—which won the first Fixed-Wing Fight Training Program contract in 2016—will continue to provide the training at its facility in Dothan, Alabama. Supporting both initial and recurrent training for fixed-wing and transitioning rotary-wing pilots, the program encompasses academic, simulation, and aircraft flight training. This includes CAE’s Trax Academy, which combines ground-based training with self-paced virtual and augmented reality in C-12 Beechcraft King Airs and Grob G 120TPs.

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