I/ITSEC 2025

By combining innovative technology with flexible delivery models, CAE’s Next-Generation Training Environment ensures that today’s warfighters are mission-ready, resilient, and prepared for the evolving demands of modern warfare. Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) training uses AI-enabled instruction, immersive technologies, and open architecture systems to deliver scalable, adaptive, and mission-relevant training.

The Next-Gen Training Environment features Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) which seamlessly integrates third-party tools and enables rapid capability upgrades, for interoperability across platforms and Us, alliance and coalition partners. Accelerated learning, connected simulators and assets across domains, geographies and nations, continuous improvement, scalability, and employability contribute improving efficient and effective readiness.

The Next Gen Training Environment is NGTS and JSE compatible and integrates capabilities such as training with collaborative combat aircraft (Project CCA), air-to-air refueling (CAE HIFARS), ISR for situational awareness (CAE VISTA) enabling a comprehensive mission simulation experience.

Gaming Engine-Powered for Ultra-Realistic Immersive Training

Experience the future of visual immersion in aviation training with the CAE Prodigy Image Generator. CAE leverages Epic Games’ Unreal Engine—a leading-edge gaming platform—to deliver stunningly realistic visuals by combining high-fidelity graphics with physics-based simulation, creating training environments that are not only visually impressive but also instructionally impactful.

Watch as terrain, weather, lighting, and airport environments come to life, in real time, with extraordinary detail and accuracy, enhancing situational awareness and supporting deeper learning.

CAE is the first in the industry to successfully integrate advanced game engines into Level D-qualified full-flight simulators, certified by civil aviation authorities in several countries.

Automating Training to Address Personnel Shortages

CAE explores innovative ways to accelerate training, reduce instructor workload, and lower costs— while delivering quality and readiness.

AI Wings showcases the potential of automated coaching, guidance, and instruction powered by a virtual AI instructor. Delivered through an XR headset and paired with CAE’s Sprint Immersive Training Device (ITD), this solution offers a compact, cost-effective alternative to traditional full-mission simulators.

The virtual instructor guides students through the training syllabus, providing real-time feedback and adaptive instruction. This approach supports higher student throughput, reduces reliance on live instructors and enhances skill acquisition through task-oriented repetition and muscle memory.

Ideal for early-stage training or platform familiarization, this immersive solution enables defence forces to scale training capacity, standardize instruction, and build foundational skills in an affordable, flexible, deployable format.

CAE’s HiFARS is a powerful training capability designed to support realistic, scalable, and networked air-to-air refueling operations. Immersive training for both Probe-and-Drogue and Flying Boom-Receptacle refueling methods are delivered over Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) networks to support joint and coalition training environments.

Showing the emulated boom operator functionality with realistic boom movement, control, in real-time, HiFARS high-fidelity physics and visual modeling provides accurate refueling representation for training both the ownship as a tanker and/or for the synthetic tanker. Interoperable architecture enables easy integration into full-mission simulators and networked training exercises. Currently KC-130J, KC-135, and KC-10 tankers are supported.

Aircrew can rehearse complex refueling procedures in a safe, repeatable, and cost-effective environment - enhancing proficiency, coordination, and mission readiness.

Virtualized OFP running on SCARS OPE

SCARS is a mission-critical enterprise solution designed to unify and modernize USAF simulator infrastructure. As the prime contractor for SCARS, CAE USA delivers cyber-resilient, hybrid-cloud technology that supports over 2,400 simulators across 300 locations. It enables rapid updates and cyber sustainment, secure distributed training, and seamless integration with the Joint Synthetic Environment. SCARS enhances operational readiness, reduces lifecycle costs, and ensures consistent, scalable training across legacy, 5th Gen, and 6th Gen platforms.

Project PIAB virtualization speeds up system updates and deployment, supports reuse by reducing hardware dependency, scales easily without adding new equipment, and cuts down physical footprint—lowering both operating and maintenance costs.

Through a single USAF-wide operations center and shared infrastructure backbone, SCARS allows all USAF simulators to leverage common applications, rapidly update and maintain ever-green modeling and simulation capabilities and ensure cyber resilience — all while minimizing life cycle costs.

Project PIAB virtualizes the F-16 platform as the centerpiece of the capability demonstration. Project PIAB’s virtual F-16 is supported in the demonstration by AI instruction; collaborative scenarios with unmanned combat aircraft; enabled air-to-air refueling; and access to ISR data in real time.  These capabilities leverage a compact, cyber-resilient architecture housed in a mere two computer racks versus the standard seven – demonstrating significant gains in efficiency and deployability. At scale, there is an 80% reduction in required square footage for a 4-cockpit configuration – from 28 computer racks down to 6.