T Training
BeYond
the platform
Shifting training solutions
from platform to cross-fleet
when the Royal canadian
Air Force opened the Air
Mobility Training centre
in september 2012,
it unveiled one of the
most advanced air crew
training and technician
systems in the world.
The $40 million facility
in Trenton is the home of
426 Transport squadron
and a unique centre for
the preparation of the crews who will operate the canadian Armed Forces' recently acquired fleet of 17 cc-130J
hercules transport aircraft. later this year, the RcAF will
officially open the doors to a similar centre in Petawawa
for the crews of the incoming fleet of 15 new ch-147
chinook helicopters.
Both centres are part of the operational Training
systems Provider (oTsP) program, a contract awarded
to Montreal's cAe in 2009 to provide comprehensive
training through a mix of in-class, computer-based and
simulated learning. They are also a harbinger of new
thinking about training solutions as budgets decrease
and militaries seek synergies across their fleets.
mike greenley is the newly appointed vice president and general manager of cAe Military canada. he
rejoined cAe in october after almost six years with
General Dynamics canada. cAe is involved in mission
system and command and control and isR solutions for
a range of army, navy and air force platforms, but it is
world renowned for its training and simulation programs.
A simulated CH-147 Chinook and inside a Tactical Control Centre.
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