CAE announced that Boeing has ordered six additional P-8A Poseidon operational flight trainers (OFTs) for the US Navy.
The order was booked in CAE’s second quarter ending September 30, 2011 and included in the value of military contracts announced by CAE on October 17, 2011.
Boeing, prime contractor for the US Navy P-8A program, is the undisclosed US customer referenced in that press release.
CAE will manufacture the simulators as well as develop a suite of P-8A Aircraft Equipment enhanced Desktop Environment (AeDTE) trainers, which will be used as role playing stations during training of P-8A aircrews.
The P-8A OFTs and AeDTEs are part of a recent contract awarded to Boeing to support low rate initial production lot two (LRIP-II) of the P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft.
“As the United States Navy continues planning for initial operating capability of the P-8A, CAE is pleased to be working closely with Boeing to deliver the training systems required,” said John Lenyo, president and general manager, CAE USA.
“The Navy expects to increase the amount of synthetic training used for aircrew training so the fleet of P-8A operational flight trainers we deliver will play a key role in preparing crews to effectively operate and employ this state-of-the-art aircraft.”—Defpro.com