CAE’s Defence and Security business unit expanded its operations in the United Arab Emirates by moving to new facilities in Abu Dhabi. The offices in Abu Dhabi will house staff from CAE and CAE Maritime Middle East LLC, CAE's local UAE-based company that is serving as the prime contractor and...

United States Marine Corps and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces conducted aerial integration training using the Marines’ MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and Japanese CH-47 Chinook helicopters during exercise Forest Light 17-1 in the Soumagahara training area of Gunma prefecture, Japan on March 10, 2017. This portion of the exercise familiarized both nations'...

L3 Technologies and HNA Group L3 Technologies won a contract worth more than $115 million from HNA Group’s Hainan Sky Plumage Flight Training Co., Ltd, to provide 11 full flight simulators (FFS) and auxiliary training equipment over the next 18 months. L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) will deliver RealitySeven...

Sikorksy and Bristow Group are working to enter into a long-term agreement that establishes Bristow as Sikorsky's preferred supplier for ab initio pilot training for Sikorsky aircraft customers at Bristow Academy. The intent of the agreement is to allow Sikorsky BlackHawk, S-70i, S-92, S-76 and Light Helicopter customers to complete...

One of CAE USA's senior instructor pilots on the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) recently participated as one of the aircrew during the ceremonial "final flight" of the MQ-1 Predator at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in New Mexico. In total, seven pilots and seven sensor operators participated in...

The Empire Test Pilots' School (ETPS) has been recognised by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as an Approved Training Organisation (ATO), certified to train test pilots to civil standards. The accreditation means ETPS is one of three schools in the world, and the first in the UK, able to...

CAE USA has celebrated the grand opening of the new CAE Dothan Training Center located at the Dothan Regional Airport in Alabama. The first class of United States Army aviators officially started training at the center in mid-February, including the first class for the Initial Entry Fixed-Wing training track created...

TRU Simulation + Training Inc., a Textron Inc. company, completed modifications to the United States Air Force’s (USAF) C17 MTS Maintenance Training System (MTS) and a Maintenance Training Device (MTD) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The modifications, a combined award value of more than $30 million, were completed...

FlightSafety International is now offering FAA-approved Part 142 Night Vision Goggle initial training for Airbus Helicopters H135, Bell 212, and Bell 412EP using Level D qualified simulators. FlightSafety has also introduced an NVG eLearning recurrent course. "The ongoing expansion of our NVG training for helicopter pilots demonstrates our investment and...