CAE has been chosen to deliver Simulator Through Life Support directly to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. CAE will provide management services, engineering and maintenance support to the C-130J Weapon Systems Trainer.
“CAE is proud to strengthen its long-standing partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force, building on a decade of delivering world-class support to achieve superior training outcomes and enhanced operational readiness of personnel,” General Manager of New Zealand CAE Defense & Security Andrew Niles shared.
This contract will support C-130 operations across the Indo-Pacific region, ensuring aircrew training is available locally to enhance New Zealand’s strategic and tactical airlift capabilities.
“CAE innately understands the requirements for maintaining a high-fidelity training device, ensuring the New Zealand Defence Force benefits from a training partner who can deliver bespoke visual content development, increased device availability, and scalable training operations that enable pilots to develop best practices and advanced skills that are essential for live missions," Niles stated.
Training will be conducted from No. 40 Squadron at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland, providing access to a local training device that will facilitate the transfer of complex training activities from the live aircraft to a safe virtual environment.