CAE Inc. is a

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manufacturer of

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technologies, modelling technologies and training services to airlines, aircraft manufacturers,and defence customers. CAE was founded in 1947, and has manufacturing operations and training facilities in 35 countries.

Flight simulators

CAE sells flight simulators and training devices to airlines, aircraft manufacturers and training centres. It licenses its simulation software to various market segments and has a professional services division. The simulators include basic training devices CAE 400XR and CAE 500XR, and full-motion products such as the CAE 3000, CAE 5000 and CAE 7000XR. These simulators are available for commercial use. In 2016, the company sold 53 Full-Flight Simulators. In 2001, CAE Inc. acquired

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's Flight Simulation and Training division, formerly known as Reflectone Inc, a publicly listed company founded in 1939, and based in

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. Reflectone sold flight simulators to the military and provided pilot training on its premises. In 2021, CAE announced the purchase of the Military Training businesses of

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; the purchase includes Link Simulation & Training which traces its corporate history to the original flight simulators designed and built by Ed Link.

Pilot training

CAE conducts airline pilot training and business jet pilot training in its 50 aviation training centres worldwide. In the United States, the firm is a supplier of initial and recurrency training for airlines such as JetBlue and non-airline based companies, including charter and cargo operators. In December 2001, the firm acquired Simuflite training centers in

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, and Morristown,

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, which are now called ''CAE SimuFlite''. The facility at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the largest business aviation training facility in the world at , with 34 simulators and approximately 450 employees. In February 2016, CAE Inc. acquired one of its competitors, Lockheed Martin Commercial Flight Training, formerly known as Sim-Industries. CAE also operates the CAE Oxford Aviation Academy, the largest '' ab initio'' flight training network in the world, with a fleet of over 220 aircraft and seven campuses worldwide, CAE Global Academy Phoenix, and Sabena Flight Academy in Belgium. As of February 2020, CAE also works together with Airways Aviation Academy, formerly known as ESMA in Montpellier, South of France, for training students from Oxford and Brussels.

Healthcare

In 2011, CAE purchased Medical Education Technologies Inc. (METI), a Sarasota-based company known for its patient simulator, the HPS. In October 2023, CAE announced the sale of its Healthcare business to Chicago-based Madison Industries for an enterprise value of C$311 million, subject to customary adjustments.

Corporate governance

The CEO, Marc Parent, was named in this role in October 2009. He has more than 25 years of experience in the aerospace industry. Born in Montreal, Parent is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Montreal's École Polytechnique and attended Harvard Business School's six-week Advanced Management Program. In October 2008, CAE was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in '' Maclean's'' newsmagazine.

Publications

In September 2021, with the UK P&I Club and Witherbys, CAE launched a safety publication entitled ''Maritime Team Dynamics'', a safety book comparing aviation and maritime incidents.

Leadership

President

# Kenneth Roland Patrick, 6 July 1951 – January 1958 # James Francis Tooley, January 1958 – 27 April 1967 # Charles Douglas Reekie, 27 April 1967 – 2 October 1985 # David Humphrey Race, 2 October 1985 – 10 June 1993 # John Edward Caldwell, 10 June 1993 – 1 October 1999 # Derek Hudson Burney, 1 October 1999 – 12 August 2004 # Robert Ellis Brown, 12 August 2004 – 30 September 2009 # Marc Parent, 30 September 2009 – 13 August 2025 # Matthew Fox Bromberg, 13 August 2025 – present

Chairman of the Board

# Calixa-Narcisse Moisan, 1951–19?? # Wilfrid Gagnon, 19?? – June 1961 # Roy Fraser Elliott, June 1961 – 10 June 1993 # David Humphrey Race, 10 June 1993 – 16 June 1999 # Lynton Ronald Wilson, 16 June 1999 – 14 August 2013 # James Floyd Hankinson, 14 August 2013 – 14 August 2018 # John Paul Manley, 14 August 2018 – 14 February 2025 # Alan Nelson MacGibbon, 10 August 2022 – 14 February 2025 # Călin Rovinescu, 14 February 2025 – present

Company histories

* Milberry, Larry. ''The CAE Story''. Canav Books, 2015.

References

External links

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