IDEX 2023

The JTC TRS is a mission critical simulation system used to train new Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) to provide close air support by controlling aircraft weapons delivery on enemy forces. It is a fully immersive system enabling JTACs to train for complex missions in a simulated and controlled environment. The JTC TRS training system offers three configurations for JTAC training: a 270-degree field of view projected dome, a desktop configuration with flat screens, and a deployable configuration with a small footprint for individual training. Our dome and desktop configurations are Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) capable and provide pilot and instructor stations as well as emulated military equipment to enhance the training environment. Additionally, JTC TRS system includes the Joint Theater Air-Ground Simulation System (JTAGSS), which provides a live-virtual-construction and DMON enabled training environment for Air Support Operations Center personnel to coordinate air delivered fires on the battlefield.

The JTC TRS is being developed by CAE USA in Arlington, Texas and currently delivers to 38 designated training locations around the world. CAE USA will support the installation and ongoing maintenance of the simulation systems required for Joint Terminal Attack Controller training.

CAE's experience building simulation technology for Canadian customers has resulted in the creation of our Naval Combat System Simulator (NCSS) product line. NCSS is based on Multi-purpose Reconfigurable Trainers (MRT) that can represent any system or collection of systems on any ship. At the core of the Royal Swedish Navy's Naval Warfare Training System (NWTS) and the United Arab Emirates Navy's Naval Doctrine and Combat Training Centre (NDCTC), NCSS trains sailors and officers in multiple naval warfare areas.

The CAE Dothan Training Center, which officially opened in March 2017, is a 79,000 square-foot training facility designed to provide comprehensive fixed-wing flight training to the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and other customers. Located at the Dothan Regional Airport in Dothan, Alabama, CAE and its team of industry partners use CAE’s Dothan Training Center to deliver academic (classroom,) and simulator training, and utilize the adjacent Dothan Regional Airport to deliver Aircraft Flight training.

The primary customer at CAE’s Dothan Training Center is the U.S. Army. Under the Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training program, CAE is responsible for providing the training required to fly the Army’s fleet of more than 350 fixed-wing aircraft. The training is provided to Army rotary-wing aviators transitioning to fly fixed-wing aircraft, and CAE is also supporting the Army’s implementation of a new Initial entry fixed-wing (IEFW) training program so that entry-level Army students can begin their career track to fixed-wing aircraft much sooner.

The U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI (FSXXI) trains approximately 1,500 new student pilots and 1,600 rated Army aviators annually, supporting the Army’s goal to bring individual aviators, crews, and units to a higher level of proficiency. FSXXI graduates aviators with advanced aircraft skills who are ready to perform unit level missions with minimum impact on unit training and operations. In addition, FSXXI supports complex, large-scale Army Aviation training exercises that enable aviators to hone their tactical skills prior to deployment. Through the FSXXI program, the U.S. Army can conduct 38 percent of aviator training for eight percent of its overall training budget. In support of FSXXI and its mission to produce highly proficient aviators CAE has delivered over 30 Advanced Aircraft Virtual Simulators (AAVS), including Reconfigurable Collective Training Devices (RCTDs). We also provide contractor logistics support for these training devices, which to date have a record of 99.7 percent availability. AAVS training devices are FSXXI’s highest fidelity simulators while RCTDs, which can be changed from one helicopter configuration to another within 30 minutes, provide the capability to train multiple crews and leaders in collective exercise scenarios.

Operational flight trainers

For FSSXI, we have delivered OFTs to support UH-60A/L/M Black Hawk, CH-47D/F Chinook, and OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter platforms. The full-motion, high-fidelity CH-47D/F OFTs and UH-60A/L/M OFTs are currently being used to train Army aviators at Ft. Rucker. Each high-fidelity OFT cockpit is mounted on a 3 degree-of-freedom (DOF) vibration platform. The vibration platform is mounted on a 6-DOF electric motion system. A 200-degree horizontal x 45-degree vertical visual display, supplemented with pilot and co-pilot chin windows, supports out-the window imagery. High-fidelity software modeling provides accurate simulation of the aircraft’s onboard components, including the engine; electrical; hydraulic; navigation and communication systems; and aircraft survivability equipment. These simulations support highly realistic malfunction and emergency procedures training. Each OFT contains a physics-based blade element model and an electrically driven servo flight control system. The cyclic and collective controls replicate actual aircraft hardware.

Reconfigurable collective training devices

RCTDs provide collective aircrew training that enable Army aviators to arrive at their units considerably more proficient in basic combat skills. These fixed based, reconfigurable training devices provide terrain and threat environment specific training for all aviation units as the last training and evaluation event prior to deployment to combat theaters. RCTDs — which are interoperable with the U.S. Army’s Close Combat Tactical Trainer — can simulate the Army’s fleet of combat helicopters, including UH-60A/L/M Black Hawk, CH-47D/F Chinook, and AH-64A/D Apache platforms.

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