CAE recently said that the Government of Canada has awarded a CAE-led team a contract worth about $265 million for a comprehensive Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130J aircrew training equipment and services solution.
“We are proud to lead the overall design and development of a Canadian training solution for the C-130J,” Robert Brown, CAE’s president and CEO said. “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’s pan-Canadian team includes xwave, Bombardier, Atlantis Systems International and Cascade Aerospace.
According to CAE, the C-130J program will create and sustain about 330 jobs for the first three years and 50 jobs for the next 20 years throughout Canada.
“This will play a key role in preparing our Canadian Forces to be mission ready,” Brown added.
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.
This is the first contract under OTSP and will support of Canada’s new fleet of 17 C-130J Hercules tactical airlift aircraft.
“CAE is a Canadian success story, its leadership in simulation and training is widely recognized around the world,” Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, said. “This contract is another prime example of the world-class capability that can be found throughout Canada’s aerospace and defense sector.”