U.S. Army receives CAE system for helicopter training

At the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida, CAE today announced that the United States Army has accepted for training the first UH-72A flight training device (FTD). That system will be located at the U.S. Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) at Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Under subcontract to Airbus Defense & Space, CAE designed and manufactured the UH-72A FTD, which is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Level 6-capable FTD that features an aircraft-specific cockpit…