Flight School Training Support Services (FSTSS)

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, full-flight simulators for the CH-47F and UH-60M platforms, to meet the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence’s 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 reconfigurable collective training devices.

Located at the U.S Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE), the FSTSS program represents the world’s largest helicopter simulation training program, replacing the former Flight School XXI (FSXXI) program, which supported simulation and training for nearly two decades. The FSXXI program trains approximately 4,000 Army aviators annually, bringing Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) and graduate-level pilots, crews and units to a higher level of proficiency.