CATS - Contracted Airborne Training Services

[Spencer100]

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/training-simulation/2016/02/27/canadian-aggressor-fleet-deal-could-open-doors-overseas/80852256/

I think this will be a very interesting bid.  The incumbent Discovery Air (Top Aces) vs the American Draken and Canadian powerhouse CAE. 

This will be one to watch....Maybe with good competition the RCAF will get a real good deal.

Plus it is a very big contract ten years one billion dollars.

 

[CougarKing]

Speaking of Draken's A4 aggressors:

Flight Global

CAE proposes 16 Draken A-4 Skyhawks for RCAF fighter training

    24 May, 2016 BY: James Drew Washington DC

Canadian training and simulation firm CAE has teamed with American warplane contractor Draken International to offer 16 Douglas A-4 Skyhawks as aggressors for Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 combat training.

The company is also offering two CAE-owned Bombardier Learjet 35s with electro-optical/infrared sensors and electronic warfare panels for carrying mission pods and towed targets, as part of the realistic combat training environment the Canadian air branch desires.

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[Spencer100]

Badcock and Leonardo combine their bids.

Canadian Aircrew Training Program Contest Becomes Two-Horse Race | Aviation Week Network

Leonardo and Babcock have formally team to combine their offers to provide Canada’s Future Aircrew Training program.

aviationweek.com

 

[SupersonicMax]

Badcock and Leonardo combine their bids.

Canadian Aircrew Training Program Contest Becomes Two-Horse Race | Aviation Week Network

Leonardo and Babcock have formally team to combine their offers to provide Canada’s Future Aircrew Training program.

aviationweek.com

CATS and FaCT are two different things!

 

[Good2Golf]

CATS and FaCT are two different things!

CATS is CATS.

FAcT will be NFTC + CFTS + ACSOs/AESOps

 

[SeaKingTacco]

CATS is CATS.

FAcT will be NFTC + CFTS + ACSOs/AESOps

Training of ACSOs/AESOps is already a shitshow because of all the heat and light is on pilots. Always.

I can just imagine how much worse it will get when they are competing for the same aircraft/resources…

 

[armrdsoul77]

Red force mission: Top Aces' adversary training explained - Skies Mag

 

[Spencer100]

Top Aces are proposing A-4's for the RCAF. And then maybe F-16 later.

With F-35 deal pending, Top Aces prepares for more advanced adversary training - Skies Mag

As the Canadian federal government negotiates with its U.S. counterpart for the sale of the F-35 to replace the RCAF CF-188 Hornet, Top Aces is preparing for how best to deliver aggressor air training for a fighter far more advanced than the Hornet.

skiesmag.com