CAE USA Inc. Awarded $12.3M for helicopter flight training.

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CAE USA Inc., Tampa, Florida, was awarded a $12,331,035 modification (P00011) to contract W9124G-20-C-0008 for helicopter flight training. Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 9, 2027. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance, Army funds were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Eustis, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

A subsidiary of Canadian company CAE Inc., CAE USA designs, builds, and sells a range of flight simulators for training on military and civil aircraft. The company also offers trainings course using its simulators for hands-on (if not in-air) experience. Its Tampa Training Center provides flight simulation services for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules aircraft, a popular airplane that’s been in production since 1954 and used by some 70 countries. Parent CAE has a dozen other locations across the US that offer training for the civil aviation, mining, and healthcare industries. (www.dnb.com)