In 2023, CAE was awarded a contract from General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to support Flight School Training Support Services (FSTSS) at Fort Novosel, Alabama. The contract supports the award to GDIT by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), for simulation capabilities and training support services to prepare initial entry-level and graduate-level rotary wing flight training at Fort Novosel.
Under the 12-year contract, CAE will be building and delivering new, CAE 7000XR full-flight simulators for the CH-47F and UH-60M platforms, to meet the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence’s (AVCOE) rotary-wing simulation services requirements. In addition to owning and operating the new training devices, CAE will also implement CH-47F and UH-60M software configurations for enhanced-reconfigurable collective training devices.
Located at the GDIT Customer Owned, Customer Operated facility in Daleville, Alabama, the FSTSS program supports the AVCOE training requirements and represents the world’s largest helicopter simulation training program. The FSTSS program trains approximately 4,000 Army aviators annually, provides Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) and graduate-level pilot training, and supports individual, crew and unit execution at a higher level of proficiency.
