Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130J-30. Image supplied by the New Zealand Defence Force.
CAE announced today that it has been awarded a contract to deliver Simulator Through Life Support directly to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Under the terms of the agreement, CAE will provide management services, engineering and maintenance support to the C-130J Weapon Systems Trainer. This contract leverages CAE’s decades-long experience in delivering training services and technology to support C-130 operations across the Indo-Pacific region, ensuring the highest standard of aircrew training is available locally to significantly enhance New Zealand’s strategic and tactical airlift capabilities.
“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,” shared Andrew Niles, General Manager — New Zealand, CAE Defense & Security.
“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.”
Training will be conducted from No. 40 Squadron at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland, providing unparalleled access to a local training device that will help to facilitate the transfer of complex training activities from the live aircraft to a safe virtual environment.
CAE New Zealand, a regional business of CAE Defense & Security, was established in 2013 to support the provision of training, maintenance, and service support for the Royal New Zealand Air Force on platforms including the T-6C Texans, SH-2G(I) Seasprite helicopters, and NH90 helicopters.
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, maintenance technicians, airlines, business aviation operators, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with approximately 13,000 employees in more than 240 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.
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