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  20 avril 2018 | Local, Aérospatial

  MTU Maintenance Canada signs CF6-50 and accessory repair contract with Lockheed Martin

  Vancouver, April 11, 2018 – MTU Maintenance Canada and Lockheed Martin have signed two contracts covering the maintenance, repair and overhaul of CF6-50C2 engines as well as accessory repair for the engines. MTU Maintenance Canada is the MTU Maintenance group's center of excellence for engine MRO in military applications in North America. “We are delighted to have signed these agreements with Lockheed Martin and hope this is the start of excellent, long-term cooperation,” said Michael Schreyögg, Chief Program Officer and Member of the Executive Board at MTU Aero Engines. “Our location in Vancouver has extensive experience and a great track record in supporting military programs.” Lockheed Martin's Commercial Engine Solutions operates from ist world-class facility in Montreal, which includes two test cells and the capacity to serve up to 25 engines per month. MTU Maintenance Canada employs a highly skilled team of around 400 employees located at Vancouver airport (YVR). A 130,000 square foot facility, complete with full test cell capacity, services military and commercial customers in V2500, CF6 and CFM56 engine programs. As a center of excellence for the MTU group, MTU Maintenance Canada also specializes in accessories repair, providing LRU management for a wide range of engine types, such as GE90. About MTU Aero Engines MTU Aero Engines AG is Germany's leading engine manufacturer, with core competencies in low-pressure turbines, high-pressure compressors, turbine center frames, manufacturing processes and repair techniques. MTU plays a key role in the new engine market through its partnership in many international development, manufacturing and sales programs, to which it contributes its high-tech components. One third of the global fleet of passenger airliners relies on components supplied by MTU. MTU is one of the world's top 5 providers of maintenance services for commercial aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. These activities are combined under the roof of MTU Maintenance. In the military sector, MTU Aero Engines is the lead industrial partner for almost every type of engine flown by the German armed forces. MTU operates affiliates around the globe; its corporate headquarters are based in Munich, Germany. http://www.mtu.de/news-media/press/latest-press-releases/press-release-detail/mtu-maintenance-canada-signs-cf6-50-and-accessory-repair-contract-with-lockheed-martin/

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  28 novembre 2018 | Local, Aérospatial

  CAE lance CAE Rise pour le marché de la défense

  Aujourd'hui, au salon Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), le plus important événement de simulation et d'entraînement militaire au monde, CAE a annoncé le lancement de CAE RiseMC pour le marché de la défense. CAE RiseMC est un système de formation axé sur les données qui est conçu pour permettre aux organisations de défense et de sécurité de fournir des formations normalisées et aux instructeurs une nouvelle façon d'évaluer objectivement les compétences des pilotes gr'ce aux données réelles collectées pendant les séances de formation. Le système tire parti de l'analyse des mégadonnées afin de réduire la subjectivité entourant l'évaluation des pilotes, de permettre aux instructeurs de se concentrer davantage sur l'enseignement, et de créer des programmes d'entraînement plus efficaces et en constante amélioration. Le système CAE RiseMC est l'une des plus récentes innovations numériques de CAE et a déjà été déployé pour la formation des transporteurs partenaires de CAE. Pendant le salon I/ITSEC, CAE (kiosque n°1734) effectuera des démonstrations chaque jour de son système CAE RiseMC intégré sur un simulateur T-6C. Les démonstrations permettront de démontrer comment CAE RiseMCcollecte les données pendant les séances de formation sur simulateur, et fournit par la suite à l'instructeur des évaluations objectives en temps réel du rendement de l'étudiant par rapport à des critères prédéterminés en lien avec des t'ches précises de formation. « CAE RiseMC est un bon exemple de l'engagement de CAE à investir dans le développement des technologies numériques afin de révolutionner la formation des pilotes », a déclaré Gene Colabatistto, président de groupe, Défense et sécurité à CAE. « L'industrie de l'aviation, tant militaire que civile, est confrontée à des enjeux à long terme qui consistent à former un nombre suffisant de pilotes hautement qualifiés afin de répondre à la demande. La priorité de CAE sur la formation aéronautique et les innovations comme CAE RiseMC contribuera à rendre la formation des pilotes plus efficace, normalisée et objective, ce qui mènera éventuellement à la formation de pilotes mieux préparés et chevronnés. » Voici certains des principaux avantages et fonctionnalités de CAE RiseMC pour l'entraînement des pilotes militaires : Développé sur l'infonuagique de Microsoft Azure Government afin de répondre aux exigences en matière de conformité et de cybersécurité des gouvernements; Facilite l'apprentissage de l'étudiant en fournissant des plans de cours numériques, de la rétroaction en temps réel et la capacité de personnaliser la formation en fonction de chaque étudiant; Améliore le rendement de l'instructeur en facilitant l'interaction avec l'étudiant et en réduisant les t'ches administratives; Augmente l'efficacité des organismes de formation comme la tenue à jour des dossiers électroniques, l'identification des écarts de rendement et la mise en œuvre d'une formation évolutive et intégrée. https://www.cae.com/fr/nouvelles-et-evenements/communique-de-presse/cae-lance-cae-rise-pour-le-marche-de-la-defense/

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  7 décembre 2018 | Local, Aérospatial

  Canadian military to contract out some maintenance work on aging CF-18s to free up front line technicians

  LEE BERTHIAUME OTTAWA THE CANADIAN PRESS PUBLISHED DECEMBER 3, 2018UPDATED DECEMBER 3, 2018 The Canadian military is looking to contract out some maintenance work on the country's aging CF-18 fighter jets as well as training to help address a shortage of experienced technicians. Defence officials revealed the plan during a Commons committee meeting on Monday, in which they also defended the time needed to pick a new jet for the air force and faced calls to reveal how much it will cost to upgrade the CF-18s' combat systems. The technician shortage was first revealed in an explosive auditor general's report last month in which the watchdog took aim at the Liberals' plan to buy second-hand Australian jets by warning the air force needed more technicians and pilots – not planes. A number of measures are being introduced to address both shortfalls, air force commander Lt.-Gen. Al Meinzinger told the committee, including the contracting out of more involved maintenance that usually takes place away from the front lines as well as some tech training. The initiatives will free up about 200 experienced aircraft technicians so they can work directly on planes in the field and keep them flying, Meinzinger said, adding in an interview after the meeting that the move would not affect combat readiness. Initiatives are also being introduced to better support military families, which Meinzinger identified as a key contributing factor in why many pilots and technicians are leaving, while the air force is looking at a new training model to produce more pilots. Even with these measures, Meinzinger said he expected it to take between five and seven years to have a full complement of pilots and technicians in time to start transitioning from the CF-18s to new state-of-the-art replacements. “We're putting our shoulder to the wheel,” Meinzinger told The Canadian Press. “This is a top priority. But it's going to take some time, obviously.” Defence officials faced pointed questions from members of Parliament on both sides of the table during Monday's committee meeting about the length of time it is expected to take for those new replacements to be selected and delivered. A request for proposals will be released in the spring, with bids due in early 2020. Another full year has been set aside to evaluate those bids and another for negotiations with the winner. Delivery of the first aircraft is expected in 2025 and the last in 2031. The Defence Department's head of procurement, Patrick Finn, underscored the complexity of the $19-billion project, which has been plagued by delays and political mismanagement for more than a decade as Canada has sought to choose a new fighter. Those complexities include the usual challenges evaluating and negotiating the capabilities of each of the four aircraft that are expected to compete, Finn said, as well as the industrial benefits to Canada and intellectual-property rights. At the same time, he added, the process for actually purchasing each of the planes is different given, for example, that Canada is a member of the F-35 stealth fighter project while the U.S. government would need to officially sign off on buying Super Hornets. In fact, Finn said the government has only limited flexibility in its schedule given that most manufacturers can only start delivering aircraft three years after an order is made – though he remained confident that the timeline would be met. The length of time was nonetheless a clear concern to some committee members. Officials were also grilled over the cost of upgrading the CF-18s' sensors, weapons and defensive measures after the auditor general found $3-billion in planned investments over the next decade was only to keep them flying and did not include their combat systems. The Defence Department's top bureaucrat, deputy minister Jody Thomas, told the committee that an analysis is underway, which includes consulting with the U.S. and other allies, and that a plan is expected in the spring. But opposition members challenged Thomas when she suggested that the department would not be able to provide cost estimates to the committee before being presented to the government, saying even if it is a matter of security, they are entitled to the information. “A unilateral declaration by a deputy or anybody that a parliamentary committee cannot have information is unacceptable,” NDP MP David Christopherson said. “There needs to be one more step to pursue that so that question, which is entirely legitimate in my opinion, can be answered in a way that respects the security and defence issues but also upholds the right of Parliament to demand any information they so choose.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-plan-for-combat-upgrades-to-aging-cf-18s-expected-in-may-defence