The EHUD AACMI (Autonomous Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation) is an innovative real-time air combat training system designed for fighter aircraft pilots, enhancing debriefing and safety protocols. This advanced system facilitates live training with capabilities such as simulated armament firing, real-time hit and miss assessments, and comprehensive debriefing features. EHUD supports both air-to-air and air-to-ground training through weapon simulations and boasts a robust safety suite driven by sophisticated algorithms, backed by extensive testing across 20 different combat aircraft. Its modular design allows interoperability with various platforms, including helicopters and naval systems, ensuring seamless joint battlespace integration. By utilizing commercial off-the-shelf software and minimizing certification requirements, EHUD achieves high reliability and operational flexibility while maintaining a low life cycle cost (LCC). The system is compatible with AIM-9L, R73, SEMAC, and Hellfire enclosures, making it adaptable for diverse military applications.
The UAS Mission Trainer (UMT) is a state-of-the-art, high-fidelity mission training system designed to replace costly training flight hours with a highly effective simulation experience. Developed as part of the UAS academy, the UMT caters to the increasing need for advanced training tools that accommodate the complexity and diversity of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) missions while significantly lowering overall training expenses. It serves all UAS operational personnel—including pilots, payload operators, and external pilots—across various training stages, offering capabilities for individual, team, and multi-team training. The system features an Instructor Operating Station (IOS) that is separate from the trainees' area to enhance realism and flexibility, along with integrated operational components that simulate real-world avionics. Its modular architecture allows for easy upgrades and replacements, ensuring compatibility with embedded standards like HLA and STANAG 4586 for multi-training scenarios and seamless integration with operational UAS elements.
IAI's UAS Training for Platform Operators offers a cutting-edge solution for the efficient training of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators. With over 70 years of expertise in the industry, IAI provides high-fidelity, cost-effective simulation programs specifically designed for military applications and operational users worldwide. These advanced simulators allow trainees to certify for UAS operation without the need for actual flight, accurately replicating IAI's unmanned aerial systems in various scenarios, including routine flights and combat missions. This innovative approach enables instructors and trainees to practice high-risk maneuvers safely, ensuring that operators, payload operators, and mission commanders develop the essential skills required for effective UAS management across all proficiency levels.
CAE operates the U.S. Air Force Initial Flight Training (IFT) program, providing essential introductory flight training for all U.S. Air Force aviation candidates. Known as the "Gateway to Air Force Aviation," the state-of-the-art training facility located in Pueblo, Colorado, supports the Headquarters Air Education and Training Command (HQ AETC) in delivering high-quality instruction. This program is critical for aspiring pilots and remotely piloted aircraft operators, marking the beginning of their aviation careers with comprehensive flight training managed by CAE Pueblo.
The Adaptive Learning Environment (ALE) by CAE is a cutting-edge training system designed to enhance flight training efficiency through systematic, objective performance monitoring and assessment. This patented technology provides real-time feedback to both instructors and students, enabling immediate coaching through a blend of instructor-led and automated teaching methods. With its intuitive user interface and powerful visualizations, ALE allows instructors to manage multiple trainees simultaneously, intervening as needed to optimize learning outcomes. The integrated biometric suite offers insights into students' stress, engagement, and cognitive workload, allowing for tailored training experiences. Additionally, ALE supports self-paced learning with automated debriefs and interactive grade sheets, empowering students to take control of their training while its gamified interface motivates them by showcasing profiles, achievements, learning curves, and team averages.
The CAE MAVRC™ Trainer (Mission Augmented Virtual Reality/Rear Crew Trainer) is an innovative training system designed to enhance the skills of rear crew members through advanced mixed reality technologies. This state-of-the-art trainer features a fully functional and reconfigurable physical replica of an aircraft fuselage, complete with realistic interior components such as simulated aircraft panels and multi-function displays. Equipped with operational doors, windows, and a functioning ramp, it allows for comprehensive training in scenarios like aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, surveillance, and confined area landings. The immersive experience is further enhanced by a head-mounted display (HMD) that projects a virtual environment outside the aircraft while enabling crewmembers to interact with their realistic surroundings, ensuring high levels of engagement and mission realism.
The CAE IDEAtion Center is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to advanced modeling and simulation for defense and security applications. This center focuses on high-fidelity, physics-based modeling that encompasses the entire mission rather than isolated components. Utilizing an innovative Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) simulation environment, it integrates multi-domain scenarios across air, land, maritime, space, and cyber domains, allowing users to collaboratively evaluate mission strategies and tactics in a wide range of complex situations. The IDEAtion Center is designed to support the development of system-level solutions that address the challenges posed by anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) environments, making it a crucial asset as adversaries enhance their technological capabilities. With the capacity to simulate over 10,000 entities, the center offers unparalleled computational power for mission planning and experimentation.
The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), a joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, operates in Bengaluru, India, providing advanced helicopter training since 2010. This state-of-the-art facility features a full-mission helicopter simulator equipped with CAE's innovative roll-on/roll-off cockpit design, allowing for the simulation of various helicopter types. HATSOFF offers comprehensive training programs, initially focusing on the Bell 412 and expanding to include the HAL-built Dhruv and Airbus Helicopters Dauphin, all certified to Level D by India's Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA). With a blend of academic instruction, e-learning, and practical simulator training, HATSOFF ensures pilots receive top-tier education in a modern training environment.
Helicopter Flight Training Services (HFTS) GmbH, established through a public-private partnership in late 2004, is dedicated to providing comprehensive NH90 helicopter training services to the German Armed Forces and other clients. The consortium behind HFTS includes industry leaders CAE, Thales, Airbus Helicopters, and Rheinmetall Defence Electronics, each holding a 25% stake. With training facilities located in Bueckeburg, Fassberg, and Holzdorf, HFTS offers advanced training through four NH90 full-mission simulators, ensuring high-quality instruction and operational readiness for military personnel. The contract for these services extends through 2022, reflecting HFTS's commitment to excellence in defense training.
Initial Flight Training Deutschland (IFTD), located at Bremen Airport, serves as a premier hub for military pilot training in Germany. Managed by CAE GmbH, IFTD offers a comprehensive ab initio flight training program that includes academic instruction, simulator training, and live-flying experiences for over 40 students each year. Utilizing a fleet of Diamond DA-40 and CAE-owned DA-42 aircraft, the program meets both single and multi-engine training requirements at the CAE Bremen Training Centre and the CAE training site in Montpellier, France, in collaboration with Airways Aviation. With a focus on high-quality instruction and an established approved training organization (ATO) curriculum, IFTD is dedicated to shaping the next generation of military aviators.
The International Flight Training School (IFTS) in Italy is a premier institution established through a collaboration between the Italian Air Force, Leonardo, and CAE, aimed at delivering top-tier flight training. Situated on a modern 35,000 square meter campus at Decimomannu Air Base in Sardinia, IFTS serves as a global standard for advanced pilot training. The school offers a comprehensive Phase IV Advanced / Lead-in Fighter Training (LIFT) program, meticulously designed around the Italian Air Force syllabus. Utilizing the advanced M-346 Integrated Training System and a state-of-the-art Ground Based Training System (GBTS), IFTS equips future fighter pilots with the skills necessary to operate complex weapon systems in dynamic environments. Additionally, the program features tailored teaching modules that align with the training requirements of partner air forces, ensuring a versatile and effective training experience.
The Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF), developed by CAE in collaboration with the U.K. Ministry of Defence, is a state-of-the-art training center that has been operational since 1999. Under a 40-year private finance initiative (PFI) contract, CAE not only designed and constructed the facility but also delivers comprehensive turnkey training services. The MSHATF provides a full range of individual, team, and collective synthetic aircrew training specifically for the Royal Air Force's Support Helicopter Force, focusing on the CH-47 Chinook and Puma platforms. Additionally, the facility is equipped to offer training to third-party users of the AW101 Merlin and CH-47 helicopters, making it a vital resource for military and civil operators worldwide seeking advanced simulation-based training and mission rehearsal capabilities.
The NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) program, managed by CAE since October 2015, is a premier initiative designed to produce highly qualified military pilots for defense customers. Located at 15 Wing Moose Jaw and 4 Wing Cold Lake, this program integrates basic, advanced, and lead-in fighter training within a comprehensive pilot training framework. As a global training systems integrator, CAE enhances its capabilities by offering live flying training support for future military pilots, including next-generation fighter pilots for the Royal Canadian Air Force and allied nations. The NFTC program encompasses ground-school instruction, computer-based training, simulator training, and essential support services, all delivered by CAE's experienced workforce committed to excellence in training and in-service support.
Rotorsim, established in 2003 as a joint venture between Leonardo Helicopters and CAE, specializes in synthetic training solutions for helicopter operators, including the AW109 Power and AW139 models. Located at the A. Marchetti Training Academy in Sesto Calende, Italy, the center features advanced full-mission and full-flight simulators certified to the highest international standards (Level D) by regulatory authorities such as the FAA and EASA. This facility has expanded its offerings to include training for additional models like the AW109 LUH, AW189, AW169, and NH90. Notably, some simulators utilize CAE's innovative roll-on/roll-off concept, allowing for versatile training configurations. Additionally, Rotorsim provides training in the USA at CAE’s North East Training Centre in Morristown, New Jersey, enhancing accessibility for operators in North America.
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.
