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Vanguard April/May 2023

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8 APRIL/MAY 2023 www.vanguardcanada.com S SIT REP CAE and Boeing strike new agreement to enhance P-8 training solutions for Canada, Germany, and Norway Boeing and CAE recently signed a number of teaming agree- ments. These agreements will serve to expand multi-mission platform collaboration in Canada, Germany, and Norway. The complementary capabilities of each company will be used in providing superior management, technical, and cost-effective training solutions for the P-8A Poseidon program. Torbjorn Sjogren, Boeing vice president and general man- ager, Government Services elaborated by saying, "These BOOTH 901 MAY 31-JUNE 1, 2023 EY CENTRE, OTTAWA JOIN US AT Come talk with us! Demo available at our booth agreements aim to advance mis- sion readiness for defence custom- ers operating Boeing P-8 aircraft. Working together, Boeing and CAE can deliver outcome-based pilot and aircrew training, maintenance ground school, in-service support, and instructor training at the point of need". CAE is a member of Team Posei- don in Boeing's Canadian Multi- Mission Aircraft (CMMA) offering and part of a Canadian P-8 indus- trial footprint that builds on 81 Ca- nadian partners to the platform. Daniel Gelston, CAE Defense & Security president, explained that "Mission success depends on ad- vanced preparation and rapid re- sponse. As a premier provider in flight training and simulation, we have to leverage industry collabo- ration to create an agile network of proven training, simulation and in-service support solutions to deliver critical readiness for defence forces worldwide." CAE has been part of a decades long relationship that spans commercial and defence portfolios around the globe. This new agreement further amplifies this relationship that has seen CAE deliver operational flight trainers on the Boeing P-8A platform supporting the U.S. Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force and United Kingdom Royal Air Force. Le to right: Daniel Gelston, CAE Defense & Security president, Torbjorn Sjogren, Boeing vice president and general manager, Government Services, and Marc-Olivier Sabourin, CAE Defense & Security Global vice president and general manager, sign the teaming agreements.

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