CAE has continued to refine its approach to building flight simulators, aiming not only for higher fidelity, but for a much-shortened development period. 

CAE is investing in its Canadian pilot training network to meet the increased demand for pilots with the upcoming deployment of a B777 full-flight simulator (FFS) at its Toronto training centre. The move follows the installation and start of customer training on new B737 MAX and B787 FFSs at the expanded Toronto site.

Founder and chief executive officer of C² Technologies Inc, Dolly Oberoi, is the winner of the 2022 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Kathleen P. Sridhar Small Business Executive of the Year Award.

Marc Parent, CAE's president and Chief Executive Officer, and Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Maryse Carmichael, CAE's Solution Lead, Future Aircrew Training, have been inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. 

Spirit Airlines and CAE have launched the Spirit Wings Pilot Pathway program that aims to expand the carrier’s pipeline of highly skilled, professional pilots. 

CAE and Clay Lacy Aviation have signed a two-way organizational cross-training and job-sharing agreement, which calls for CAE instructors to be trained to company standards enabling them to fly with Clay Lacy, and for Clay Lacy senior pilots to be approved to conduct training and check flights for CAE. 

CAE has begun training on Gulfstream aircraft platforms at new US locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Savanah, Georgia, and will start training in November at a new Asia Pacific location in Singapore. 

AirAsia India and CAE are collaborating to integrate the CAE Rise Training System into the airline’s simulator training program. 

As part of a series of articles focussing on the conference content for EATS 2022, we start by looking at how organisations are tacking the challenges in aviation training.

CAE has signed an exclusive 15-year agreement with the Qantas Group to develop and operate a new pilot training centre in Sydney, Australia.