CAE wins subcontract for CSC ship program

On the eve of CANSEC, Canada’s global defence and securityshow, CAE announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Lockheed MartinCanada to begin work during the design phase of the Canadian Surface Combatant(CSC) ship program.

During the design phase over the next several years, CAEwill support combat systems training needs analysis and training media analysisthat will contribute to the overall CSC training system design. In addition,CAE will provide human factors engineering and professional services to inputto the design of critical spaces aboard the ship as well as support theestablishment of an integrated data environment.

Lockheed Martin Canada was awarded the CSC design contractby CSC prime contractor and shipbuilder, Irving Shipbuilding. IrvingShipbuilding is overseeing CSC design development efforts and will build all 15CSC ships at its Halifax Shipyard.

In addition to CAE, Lockheed Martin Canada is supported inits role by BAE Systems, L3 Technologies, MDA and Ultra Electronics. The CSC isbased on BAE Systems’ Global Combat Ship and will include Lockheed Martin’sCanadian-developed CMS 330 combat management system.