CAE awarded military contracts valued at up to C$106 million
August 13 2008 - 8:26AM
Marketwired
(TSX: CAE)(NYSE: CGT) - CAE today announced a series of military
contracts valued at up to C$106 million. The contracts are with
Canada's Department of National Defence, L-3 Communications, the
United States Navy, Eurofighter Simulation Systems (ESS), and small
business prime contractor C2 Technologies. The contracts include
more than C$71 million in firm orders with an additional C$35
million in contract options.
"We continue to see strong opportunities in the global military
market for our portfolio of products and services, as evidenced by
these contracts valued at up to C$106 million in addition to our
Rotorsim announcement last week which is worth more than C$40
million to CAE," said Marc Parent, CAE's Group President,
Simulation Products and Military Training & Services. "It is
encouraging to see defence forces looking more and more to
modelling, simulation and support services to address challenges
such as maintaining readiness, high operational demand on aircraft
and increasing fuel costs. With our global footprint and expanding
capabilities to serve the entire defence systems lifecycle, CAE is
well-placed for success in our military business."
Canada's Department of National Defence
CAE was selected as prime contractor in Canada for a program
called the Air Force Integrated Information and Learning
Environment (AFIILE). Under this program, CAE's Professional
Services group will provide an integrated information and learning
environment that gives the Air Force a common operating platform
for training. CAE has assembled a team of service and technology
partners to deliver the AFIILE solution, including xwave, Saba,
Outstart Evolution, Britannica Fox Knowledge Systems Fox,
Atlantis-Eduplus, and NGRAIN.
"The AFIILE program helps further establish CAE's leadership
position in military training services in Canada," said Parent. "We
will deliver a performance-oriented training solution to Canada's
Department of National Defence that will reduce the training time
required to achieve proficiency while increasing overall training
capacity."
L-3 Communications
CAE has been awarded a one-year contract by L-3 Communications
MAS (Canada) Inc., a subsidiary of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL)
for CAE to continue providing avionics software upgrades,
integrated logistics support and data management services for the
Canadian Forces CF-18 aircraft. L-3 MAS has been prime contractor
on the CF-18 service and support program since 1986 and CAE has
been performing systems engineering support services for the CF-18
fleet for more than twenty years.
United States Navy
The United States Navy exercised a contract option for CAE USA
to design and manufacture another MH-60R tactical operational
flight trainer (TOFT). The MH-60R TOFT will be the fourth that CAE
is now under contract to deliver to the Navy. CAE won the MH-60R
program in 2006 and will begin delivering MH-60R TOFTs later this
year to Naval Air Station Mayport.
CAE USA has also won a new five-year contract from the Navy to
provide services for a range of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps
(USMC) training devices. Under a program called the Western Pacific
Contractor Operations and Maintenance Services, CAE USA will
provide maintenance services on aircrew training devices at three
sites in Japan.
Eurofighter Simulation Systems
CAE has received a contract from Eurofighter Simulation Systems
to update and deliver enhanced synthetic environment software for
the full mission simulators (FMS) and cockpit trainers as part of
the Eurofighter Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids (ASTA) program. The
enhanced synthetic environment software is for Eurofighter ASTA
production systems in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Additionally, for the German systems, CAE is responsible for
installation and commissioning of the Eurofighter training devices
in Germany.
C2 Technologies
C2 Technologies, a small business in the United States, has
subcontracted CAE USA to provide contract aircrew training and
courseware development services for the United States Air Force's
A-10 and EC-130 training program. The services will be provided
over the next five years at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in
Arizona.
About CAE
CAE is a world leader in providing simulation and modelling
technologies and integrated training solutions for the civil
aviation industry and defence forces around the globe. With annual
revenues exceeding C$1.4 billion, CAE employs approximately 7,000
people at more than 75 sites and training locations in 20
countries. We have the largest installed base of civil and military
full-flight simulators and training devices. Through our global
network of 27 civil aviation and military training centres, we
train more than 75,000 crewmembers yearly. We also offer modelling
and simulation software to various market segments and, through
CAE's professional services division, we assist customers with a
wide range of simulation-based needs.
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Contacts: CAE contacts: Nathalie Bourque Vice President, Public
Affairs and Global Communications 1-514-734-5788
nathalie.bourque@cae.com Trade media: Chris Stellwag Director,
Marketing Communications, Simulation Products and Military Training
& Services 1-813-887-1242 chris.stellwag@cae.com Investor
relations: Andrew Arnovitz Vice President, Investor Relations and
Strategy 1-514-734-5760 andrew.arnovitz@cae.com
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