SAVANNAH, Ga., June 20,
2024 /CNW/ - (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) – CAE today
inaugurated its first Gulfstream-dedicated business aviation
training center, which will be a key component to training more
pilots and maintenance technicians over the coming decades. Located
near Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. headquarters in Savannah, the new center has a capacity for up
to four full-flight simulators (FFS). The first, a Gulfstream G550
FFS, began operating last January, and the second, a Gulfstream
G280 FFS, will be ready for training in July. The maintenance
training program, which will include state-of-the-art virtual
reality, will be offered on Gulfstream G280, G650, and G500/G600
business jets. The Savannah
facility is CAE's fifth business aviation training center in
the United States.
"Savannah has been home to
Gulfstream's worldwide headquarters for more than 50 years," said
Mark Burns, President, Gulfstream.
"I am confident that CAE will reap the same great benefits we've
received from this welcoming community and, of course, the
incredible workforce we have here."
"The inauguration of the CAE Savannah training center is a
significant milestone in terms of the advanced training and
customer experience we offer to Gulfstream operators, making it
more convenient than ever for their pilots and maintenance
technicians to train with CAE," said Marc
Parent, CAE's President and CEO. "CAE Savannah is a showcase
for innovation. Virtual reality, for example, will be used in both
the theoretical and practical elements of our maintenance training
program. CAE Rise™ will also be used on all simulators, empowering
instructors with technology that delivers insights and data to
enrich simulator training for pilots."
CAE Rise™ uses Metrics-Based Insights (MBI) and telemetry data
to show instructors objective data during live training,
allowing them to focus on evaluating soft skills. The technology,
which CAE has developed for both civilian and military
pilot training, also provides analytics to proactively
detect, and ultimately address, emerging safety trends.
The Savannah Training Center represents another significant
milestone in the growth of CAE's business aviation training network
and its commitment to helping to meet the global requirement for an
additional 32,000 business aviation pilots* and 74,000 business
aircraft maintenance technicians by 2032. CAE now has five centers
dedicated to business aviation training in the U.S. in New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Georgia, as well as its center in Montreal, to round out its North American
presence.
A picture is available on CAE's website.
*All forecasts are according to CAE's Aviation Talent Forecast
2023.
ABOUT CAE CIVIL AVIATION TRAINING
CAE – Civil Aviation elevates and advances human performance by
providing holistic and immersive training solutions for
professionals in business and commercial aviation. Whether for
pilots, maintenance technicians, cabin crew or air traffic
controllers, we help keep aircraft in the skies with exceptionally
trained professionals ready to take on any challenge safely. We
operate 70+ facilities on five continents, training over 135,000
business and commercial professionals annually.
ABOUT CAE
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and
solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we
digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation
training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else,
we empower pilots, cabin crew, maintenance technicians, airlines,
business aviation operators, and defence and security forces to
perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the
highest. Around the globe, we're everywhere customers need us to be
with approximately 13,000 employees in more than 240 sites and
training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than
75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission
simulators as well as training programs powered by digital
technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today
and tomorrow, we'll make sure our customers are ready for the
moments that matter.
Read our FY23 Global Annual Activity and Sustainability
Report.
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CAE Contacts:
General Media:
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Communications
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Patrick
Botter, Manager, Public Relations and Content Marketing
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Investor Relations:
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Arnovitz, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and
Enterprise Risk Management, +1-514-734-5760,
andrew.arnovitz@cae.com
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