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CAE of Montreal was recently awarded a contract from the federal government to perform a major visual system update on the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CH-146 Griffon helicopter full-motion flight simulator (FMFS). The simulator is located at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, NB.

The contract will include the latest generation CAE Medallion-6000 image generator and new display system to deliver superior image quality, CAE and RCAF officials say. In addition, CAE will be implementing the Common Database (CDB) architecture capability on the CH-146 FFS to significantly enhance the RCAF’s ability to correlate, re-use, and rapidly update databases to support training and mission rehearsal requirements, they added.

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The CH-146 FFS will be the fifth platform in the RCAF’s inventory to standardize on the CDB architecture, joining the CC-130H, CC-130J, CH-147, and CP-140.

CAE Inc. will develop the upgrades at their facility in Montreal, and then integrate them into the simulator in Gagetown, according to the company.