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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.
CAE employs more than 6,000 people at more than 75 sites and training locations in 20 countries. The company has the largest installed base of civil and military full-flight simulators and training devices. Through CAE’s global network of 27 aviation training centres, equipped with over 115 full-flight simulators, the company trains more than 75,000 crewmembers yearly. CAE also offer modelling and simulation software to various market segments and has a professional services division assisting customers with a wide range of simulation-based needs. CAE was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Canada. With clients in over 100 countries, CAE has the broadest global reach of any simulation and training equipment and services company on the market. Ninety per cent of CAE's more than C$1 billion annual revenues are derived from worldwide exports. CAE's shares are traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges (TSX: CAE; NYSE: CGT).  Download Company Profile (PDF)
In May 2006, CAE established a company-wide group devoted to innovation. The goal of the group is to identify opportunities for CAE to leverage its expertise and leading-edge technologies into core and adjacent markets. CAE’s revenues are balanced 50-50 between products and services and 50-50 between civil and military. The company has four primary business segments:
The major priorities of Civil Training & Services are to increase revenue per simulator within the company’s global network of training centres, and to deliver the most cost-effective and competitive training service in the marketplace. To reach these goals, the segment is currently consolidating training centres where duplication exists, and reallocating a number of simulators to ensure maximum yield. The main goals of Military Training & Services are to provide the defence market with technological excellence in modelling and simulation, increase the company’s market share of the military training market, and explore opportunities in non-traditional areas of the defence market, including such areas as Homeland Security, as well as needs analysis and planning. Simulation Products (Civil and Military) encompasses all manufacturing activities and includes engineering, program management, global procurement, and the marketing and sales of equipment. A key focus is to substantially reduce the costs associated with manufacturing simulation equipment intended both for sale to third parties as well as for installation in the company’s own global network of training centres. This reduction is being accomplished by reducing the manufacturing cycle time and by modularizing the products.
With over 115 full-flight simulators in over 24 aviation training centres serving over 3,500 airlines, aircraft operators and manufacturers globally, CAE is a world leader in aviation, maintenance and crew training services. CAE offers tailored training services ranging from integrated training programs to deployable ground school capabilities and e-learning solutions. Partnerships CAE has teamed with airlines and original equipment manufacturers to offer better services to customers, and now offers training solutions for every segment on the market. Partnerships include:
In July 2006, CAE introduced the CAE Global Academy, a new training alliance designed to address the global shortage of pilots. CAE Global Academy is a network of flight training organizations offering pilot candidates the training required for a commercial pilot’s license and a clear path, via the global CAE training network, to continue on to a specific type-rating and a career as an airline pilot. In addition, through its Pilot Provisioning program CAE has contracts with several airlines to help fast-track flight crew requirements, expediting candidates from ab-initio through type rating. Continual growth CAE is continually expanding its training network to ensure that customers enjoy maximum capacity and convenience. Over the past two years, CAE expanded commercial aviation training centres in Zhuhai, China, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and in Santiago, Chile. In 2007, CAE also announced plans to build its first Indian training centre in Bangalore, which will train up to 1,000 pilots a year for airlines based in the region. CAE now has four training centres dedicated to business aviation, located in Dallas, Texas, Dubai, UAE, Burgess Hill, U.K., and Morristown, New Jersey. CAE recently added four bays to the Burgess Hill centre, and announced plans to add another four.
CAE provides its military customers with turnkey training solutions as well as comprehensive portfolios of training support and simulation-based professional services from over 60 locations worldwide. Services range from training of pilots, maintenance technicians and crew members to technical services, support training in engineering and maintenance, modelling and simulation consulting, and training centre design and operation. Comprehensive training facilities CAE’s Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) at RAF Benson in the U.K. represents the company’s full range of capabilities. Owned and operated by CAE, the centre offers a fully integrated training environment to train Royal Air Force and other operators of the Puma, Chinook and Merlin helicopters. CAE also operates a C-130 training centre in Tampa, Florida and has a long-term teaming agreement with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to be the training provider of choice for the C-130J Hercules aircraft. In Italy, CAE partnered with Agusta to form the Rotorsim consortium, a helicopter training centre in Sesto Calende that provides integrated training solutions for AgustaWestland helicopters. The centre began operations with two simulators, the A109 and AW139, both of which achieved industry-first Level D certifications. An industry consortium consisting of CAE, Eurocopter, Rheinmetall Defence Electronics, and Thales is building three new training centres that will provide NH90 helicopter training in Germany. Located in Bückeburg, Fassberg and Holzdorf, the centres are slated to begin opening in the last half of 2008. CAE Professional Services CAE Professional Services applies technology and know-how developed for defence forces to emerging markets like homeland defence, urban security and emergency response. Virtual reality and simulation can be used to prepare and train for civilian emergencies like natural disasters, train derailments, biological and radiological attacks, or terrorism. Through modelling and simulation, different scenarios can be simulated with a number of different players to evaluate alternative responses and to be able to prepare faster and better for any situation. CAE’s Professional Services division offers a range of services in project management, human factors, capability engineering, modelling and simulation and emergency management.
CAE is the world's leading supplier of civil full-flight simulators, with over 700 simulators and flight training devices sold to more than 115 airlines, aircraft manufacturers and training centres. CAE has simulated almost every modern airliner, regional jet, and business jet. CAE applies its leading-edge technology across the industry’s broadest range of training solutions, from desktop trainers and three-dimensional training devices to CAE 5000 Series and CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators. Leader in developing prototype simulators CAE has a wealth of experience in developing prototype simulators for new types of aircraft. Projects include:
Prototype simulators developed by CAE include: Airbus: A380, A319, A321, A330-200 Enhanced, A340-600 Boeing: B777, B737-300/400, B737NG, B767-400, B717, MD-11, MD-10 Bombardier: CRJ200/700/900, Global Express, CL 604 Dornier: Do328 jet Embraer: EMB170, EMB190 Dassault: Falcon 7X CAE 5000 Series In March 2007, CAE launched the CAE 5000 Series, a breakthrough new full-flight simulator family that expands and complements the world’s largest portfolio of simulation based solutions. The CAE 5000 Series addresses new training methods and markets, anticipating a changing regulatory environment, and establishing a new standard for value.
CAE is a market leader in the design of military training systems for air, land and sea applications, and enjoys preferred supplier status with manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin, EADS CASA and Agusta Westland. CAE has designed the widest range of helicopter simulators in the world, and more training systems for the C-130 Hercules than any other company. CAE is the global leader in rotary-wing and transport aircraft training solutions. Simulation contracts in the U.S. The Company has contracts with all branches of the U.S. military and major prime contractors. CAE’s experience covers a variety of aircraft platforms, including helicopters, such as the CH-47 Chinook and MH-60S/R Seahawk, and transports such as the C-130 Hercules. In 2006, CAE won a major contract with the U.S. Navy to design and manufacture its MH-60R helicopter simulators. The Navy will take delivery of more than 500 new MH-60S/R helicopters over the next decade, and CAE is developing a range of training systems to support the training of its helicopter crews. In 2007, the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment – Airborne put into service a new CAE-built MH-47G Chinook combat mission simulator. Boeing has tasked CAE with upgrades and new training devices for the U.S. Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), which will see several hundred C-130 aircraft upgraded with a “glass cockpit.” Boeing also recognized CAE with its Outstanding Supplier Award, citing the company for the quality of its work. Around the world CAE is part of the Merlin Capability Sustainment Program team in the U.K., and is responsible for upgrading the Royal Navy’s EH101 Merlin Training System. In 2006, CAE won a series of land training systems contracts, including the development of 36 Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) Gunnery Turret Trainers for the British Army. In Germany, CAE won a new program to provide the German Navy with a comprehensive P-3C Orion training system and the German Armed Forces with virtual maintenance trainers for the NH90 helicopter program. Introducing Presagis In 2007, CAE unveiled Presagis, its new modelling and simulation software company. CAE combined its acquisitions of Engenuity Technologies, MultiGen-Paradigm and TERREX and an existing CAE commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software team to create an independent, industry-leading company specializing in COTS modelling and simulation software. As part of CAE’s military simulation products business, Presagis solidifies CAE’s position as a significant player in the COTS modelling and simulation market.
Full-flight and full-mission simulators: CAE is known for the realism, quality and reliability of its full-flight simulators and full-mission simulators. Pilots around the world regard CAE’s simulators as the closest thing to the true experience of flight. They can take you anywhere you want to go, in any kind of weather, without ever leaving the ground. In a full-flight simulator, pilots can practice in complete safety maneuvers that are too dangerous or impossible to try in a real aircraft. CAE Tropos™-6000: CAE’s latest visual system for the civil aviation market, CAE Tropos-6000 uses satellite imagery of the whole planet as well as sophisticated lighting and weather effects to create realistic training scenarios. CAE Simfinity™: Transforming the way that pilots and maintenance technicians learn while setting a new standard in aviation training, CAE Simfinity comprises a suite of products based on the same high-fidelity Level-D software used in CAE’s full-flight simulators. Student pilots and maintenance technicians are able to immerse themselves in a virtual cockpit from their first day of training. Allowing for advanced training on procedure trainers in ground-school and on the web, the suite of products includes both two-dimensional and three-dimensional training devices. One example is the Integrated Procedure Trainer (IPT), a three-dimensional trainer that uses six to seven touch-sensitive screens to display a cockpit. It helps students learn critical motion skills, procedures, cockpit scanning flows, and crew interactions. The IPT is not dependent on aircraft-specific hardware and can be reconfigured to fit multiple aircraft types. CAE Medallion™-6000: The latest member in CAE’s powerful Medallion image generator family, CAE Medallion-6000 uses the power and capabilities of the latest commercial-off-the-shelf workstation graphics to provide a highly modular, scalable and portable visual solution designed to satisfy a full range of military training needs. CAE GESI™: A combat simulation system being used by a growing number of NATO allies in Europe, GESI effectively moves CAE beyond flight simulation into the simulation of land-based activities. Presagis: CAE’s COTS modelling & simulation software company Presagis brings together best-in-class software for modelling, simulation and creation of embedded applications. Products include AI.implant, Creator, Lyra, STAGE, S-Mission, Terra Vista, VAPS and Vega Prime. |
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