CAE

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
CAE announced on Nov. 4 that it will spend $230 million to raise its ownership stake in the Simcom Aviation Training joint venture.
Maintenance & Training

By Thierry Dubois
Promoters of competency-based training and assessment are striving to expand the use of the methodology.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
Cabin crew, maintenance workers and ATCs are among the positions that will need an influx of workforce, CAE CEO Marc Parent says.
Maintenance & Training

By Lee Ann Shay
The Corporate Angel Network is seeking the business aviation community’s support for its annual fundraiser during the NBAA's yearly convention and exhibition.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Julia Green
The Montreal-based company’s sales reached $1.07 billion in the April-June period, compared to $1.01 billion during the same period a year earlier.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The imminent departure of CAE CFO Sonya Branco follows other recent sub-CEO management changes at the Montreal company, including the appointment of a new COO.
Maintenance & Training

By Thierry Dubois
CAE's Women In Flight Ambassador program has a new representative: student pilot Elle Betchley, who is committed to increasing visibility for future female pilots.
Farnborough Airshow

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandair reported a second quarter (Q2) net profit of $0.6 million, versus $13.7 million in Q2 2023, negatively affected by softer demand to Iceland.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim, Angus Batey, Ben Goldstein, Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation both aim to start electric air taxi services in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The business aviation training facility is located near Gulfstream’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia.
Maintenance & Training

By Steve Trimble
Canada finalized a contract with the CAE- and KF Aerospace-led SkyAlyne team to modernize the initial fixed-wing and helicopter RCAF pilot training pipeline.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
CAE and its partners have passed the PDR for their program to electrify the Piper Archer training aircraft and are heading into detail design of the testbed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
The training specialist forecasts that in less than 10 years, more than 8,000 bizav pilots and 10,000 private jet MRO technicians will be needed in Europe alone.
EBACE

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Cryoprop superconducting propulsion; North American hydrogen hub airports; Aurora’s high-speed VTOL; CAE’s electric Archer trainer.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Network Staff
This week’s movements reflect management developments at JetBlue Airways, CAE, and Uzbekistan's Samarkand International Airport.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
But financial analysts believe the Canadian simulation and training giant remains on track for overall growth due to its predominant civil aviation business.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines' LCC Scoot recently added Embraer's E190-E2 jets to its family. Captain Darius Yeo explains how the airline is retraining its pilots.
Singapore Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
Embraer opened the Asia-Pacific’s first E-Jet E2 flight simulator at the Singapore Airlines Training Center, ahead of first delivery of the E190-E2 to Scoot.
Singapore Airshow

By Matthew Fulco
CAE Inc. recorded a 30% annual decrease in profit in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 due to a lackluster performance by its defense business.
Maintenance & Training

By Michael Bruno
Canadian simulation and training leader CAE has no intention of diversifying away from aerospace and defense.
Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois, Joe Anselmo, Molly McMillin
The NBAA hosted a career fair at NBAA-BACE, as the shortage of workforce professionals is projected to reach historic levels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Canadian aerospace and defense training leader CAE will use proceeds from the sale to pay off debt and invest in its core training and simulation markets.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
Opening of the facility is a public sign of the progress being made by electric-aircraft startup Beta Technologies
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Training is expected to start in December.
Maintenance & Training