CAE's Tank/AFV Maintenance Trainers are cutting-edge solutions designed to enhance ground combat maintenance training for military personnel. Leveraging over 20 years of expertise, CAE provides high-fidelity maintenance trainers and hands-on training systems for various U.S. Army vehicles, including the Abrams main battle tank and Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. These comprehensive training systems incorporate virtual desktop trainers and fully instrumented hands-on trainers (HOTs), enabling operators and maintainers to master essential maintenance functions. The trainers facilitate familiarization with vehicle subsystems, basic operations, and diagnostic procedures, ensuring that military personnel are well-prepared to manage the complexities of modern armored fighting vehicles and battlefield systems.
CAE USA collaborates with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to enhance warfighter readiness through advanced modeling and simulation technologies. Building on a decade-long partnership, CAE supports the AFRL's Warfighter Readiness Research Division by conducting extensive research in digital technologies that improve training effectiveness for the Air Force and its coalition partners. The program focuses on streamlining the development and delivery of mission training, including local and distributed operations, as well as full live-virtual-constructive (LVC) environments. By transitioning innovative technologies and training methods directly to the warfighter, CAE USA aims to transform current training practices and develop future-ready solutions that enhance operational performance and readiness.
The UH-60L/M Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) is a state-of-the-art simulation system designed to provide aircrews with a highly immersive training experience for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. This advanced trainer replicates the Lima (L) and Mike (M) variants, offering a realistic cockpit environment that includes accurate instrumentation, controls, and display devices reflective of the actual aircraft configuration. Trainees are exposed to a variety of mission scenarios, enabling them to develop essential operational skills under simulated environmental and threat conditions. The OFT's sophisticated motion cueing, visual systems, and aural cues create a comprehensive training atmosphere, ensuring that student pilots can fully engage in their learning tasks and prepare effectively for real-world operations.
The Virtual Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance Training Application (VISTA) by CAE is an advanced training solution designed for C4ISR professionals, offering real-time dynamic feeds from virtual assets. This innovative application enables users to control and receive information directly at intelligence screeners and command and control terminals, facilitating mission rehearsal and operational planning across various scenarios. VISTA is cloud-ready and adheres to the USAF’s Distributed Mission Operations standards, allowing seamless collaboration among US and coalition partners for both small- and large-scale training exercises. Its containerized architecture ensures easy installation within centralized or local cloud systems, providing scalable support for any JADC2 enterprise. With high-definition virtual data streams that simulate live mission data, including full motion video, VISTA enhances the training experience for effective high-value individual targeting and all-domain operations.
The CAE Arlington Training Center, located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, is a cutting-edge facility dedicated to delivering exceptional training for defense customers. This center specializes in a range of training systems for rotary-wing and remotely piloted aircraft, including the UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, as well as the MQ-1/9 Predator/Reaper systems. Offering initial flight training, recurrency courses, and mission-specific training, the Arlington Training Center is equipped with innovative, digitally immersive simulation technologies and a thoughtfully designed infrastructure to enhance the learning experience for military personnel.
The Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS), developed by Link Simulation & Training and now part of CAE's offerings, provides an advanced simulation environment for training remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots and sensor operators. This system features a form, fit, and function interface that utilizes ground control station hardware from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, ensuring high fidelity in training scenarios. PMATS effectively models the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper systems, including their sensors and weapons, while offering robust environmental simulations for both initial qualification and mission training, encompassing emergency and abnormal procedures. Additionally, the system is equipped with an Instructor Operator Station (IOS) for effective brief and debrief sessions, facilitating comprehensive collective training exercises across multiple PMATS units.
The CAE Gunnery Trainer is a cutting-edge solution designed to enhance door gunnery training specifically for rotary-wing platforms. This innovative system immerses trainees in a virtual environment using visual, aural, and tactile cues, ensuring comprehensive skill development. The reconfigurable gunnery trainer features both window and ramp positions, all integrated into a single display system, allowing for versatile training scenarios. Additionally, it is part of CAE's broader integrated rear crew trainer, which supports essential aerial gunnery, scanning, and crew coordination training. This approach ensures that trainees gain directly transferable skills essential for effective performance in real-world operations.
CAE’s Maintenance Training Systems leverage blended media techniques to create an immersive and adaptive learning environment, producing highly qualified technicians across various domains and platforms. The CAE Simfinity™ Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) offers a high-fidelity simulation of aircraft systems, integrating theoretical knowledge with practical skills. This laptop and desktop training system enables aircraft maintenance technicians to gain essential hands-on experience in maintenance tasks, with web-access to simulation software allowing for flexible training anytime and anywhere. Additionally, CAE’s hardware-based part-task trainers (PTTs) facilitate hands-on diagnostics and testing, ensuring trainees can practice critical skills without needing access to actual aircraft or ground combat vehicles.
The Machinery Control Room (MCR) Trainer by CAE is an advanced training solution designed to enhance the safe operation of ship propulsion systems, power generation equipment, and auxiliary machinery. This state-of-the-art simulator can be tailored to specific vessels or utilize a generic Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS), allowing for versatile training scenarios. Additionally, it can be integrated with a Bridge Trainer to facilitate Crew Resource Management (CRM) exercises between Bridge and MCR personnel. The MCR Trainer enables trainees to operate equipment in both normal conditions and simulated malfunction scenarios, significantly mitigating the risk of operational errors during real maritime missions. Utilizing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology, the system is easily reconfigurable to accommodate various ship classes while maintaining a consistent computer infrastructure.
The Joint Terminal Control Training Rehearsal System (JTC TRS) by CAE USA is an advanced simulation platform designed to enhance the training of Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) operators. This system plays a vital role in preparing combat controllers for real-world scenarios, enabling them to effectively manage aircraft and weapon deployment against ground targets. CAE USA is committed to upgrading existing systems and integrating the JTC TRS with the Joint Theater Air-Ground Simulation System (JTAGSS) to create a comprehensive training program for the U.S. Department of Defense. The JTC TRS offers a fully immersive training experience, allowing JTAC personnel to conduct initial qualifications and recurrent training in a controlled environment, ensuring they are mission-ready to communicate and direct operations between ground commanders and aircraft in complex mission settings. Developed in Arlington, Texas, this innovative system will be delivered to 26 Air Force designated locations, reinforcing the critical capabilities of JTACs in neutralizing threats.
CAE’s Integrated Learning Environment (ILE) is a sophisticated suite of commercial off-the-shelf enterprise applications designed to streamline content creation, training scheduling, and delivery while providing robust tracking and reporting capabilities for classroom, e-learning, and simulation-based training programs. By fostering both individual and team learning contexts, the ILE connects teams with essential instructional resources and assessment tools, thereby enhancing learning retention and overall performance. This comprehensive solution includes a Learning Management System (LMS), Learning Content Management System (LCMS), Resource Management and Scheduling (RMS), conferencing tools, learning analytics, and talent management features. Trusted by military and civilian forces worldwide, including the US Army, US Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force, CAE's ILE is a proven choice for effective training solutions.
CAE offers a comprehensive range of F/A-18 training systems designed to support the complete training continuum for both land and sea-based operations. With over 25 years of experience, CAE's F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet training systems provide tactically relevant training tailored to the needs of aircrew, ensuring they are prepared for real-world scenarios. These advanced systems have been successfully implemented for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and international partners, including Australia ,, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Switzerland. Notably, CAE has developed the CF-18 Advanced Distributed Combat Training System (ADCTS) for the Royal Canadian Air Force and has upgraded the Swiss Hornet Operational Training System (SHOTS) to enhance operational readiness and effectiveness in distributed training exercises.
CAE's F-16 Training Systems are at the forefront of military pilot and maintenance training, following the acquisition of L3Harris Military. As the leading provider in this domain, CAE offers high-fidelity training solutions that utilize proven hardware and software systems, adaptable to meet the specific needs of each customer. Their comprehensive suite includes advanced F-16 training devices, ranging from technology upgrades for existing systems to the development of new pilot and maintenance trainers. With a focus on realism, CAE’s simulation solutions feature top-tier flight models and a full integration of F-16 aircraft systems, weapons, and sensors. The effectiveness of these training programs is enhanced by commonality across platforms, high-quality image generation, scalable visual displays, and sophisticated instructor operator stations, ensuring that customers worldwide receive unparalleled training support.
The Combat Information Centre (CIC)/Operations Room Trainer by CAE is an advanced Naval Combat Systems Simulator (NCSS) designed to provide a highly realistic and flexible training environment for naval ships and maritime patrol aircraft. This reconfigurable simulation system employs cutting-edge synthetic environment software and a common database, ensuring that both learners and instructors can engage in effective tactical training. It caters to a wide range of training needs, from basic crew training to advanced conversion and continuation training, as well as specialized part-task training for various mission subsystems such as electronic warfare, radar, and unmanned aerial systems. By utilizing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software alongside CAE’s proprietary sensor simulation components, the NCSS enhances crew proficiency and mission readiness across multiple roles and platforms.
CAE Rise™ is an innovative training system designed to enhance military pilot training through real-time insights and standardized evaluations. Utilizing big data analytics, CAE Rise makes training more objective, efficient, and effective by enabling instructors to assess pilot competencies with live data during sessions. This student-centric approach minimizes subjectivity in assessments, allowing instructors to concentrate on teaching while objectively grading student performance on maneuvers based on established criteria and tracking progress over time. With CAE Rise, military training becomes more streamlined and focused, ultimately improving both student outcomes and instructor effectiveness.
