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Military Pilot Training [ TRAINING & SIMULATION ]

Redefined the quality standards that military pilot training

has become known for,” says Joe Armstrong,
Vice President, Global Business Operations –
Product & Solutions, CAE. “As a leading training
THE NEWLY INTRODUCED CAE TRAX ACADEMY systems integrator, the CAE TRAX Academy is
PROMISES FASTER TRAINING OF STUDENT CAE’s answer to redefining how military student
pilots learn, practice and then perform on the
MILITARY PILOTS AND SUBSTANTIAL COST journey to becoming a pilot.”
SAVINGS FOR MILITARIES
“Militaries globally are faced with ongoing and
Arun Sivasankaran growing shortage of both pilots and instruc-
tors,” says Philippe Perey, Head of Technology
Even as militaries around the world struggle to find answers to the – Defense & Security, CAE. “They need to think
ongoing shortage of military pilots, CAE has introduced a compre- about a different way of pilot training, one that
hensive training program that promises to not only deliver faster gets students through the program faster and
and more efficient training but also significantly cut costs. trains them better than what has sort of been
CAE TRAX Academy, which was officially unveiled at the Interservice/ the norm over the past 20-30 years. The U.S.
Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) Air Force’s ‘Pilot Training Next’ was really the
in December last year, uses digital technologies such as virtual real- genesis of rethinking pilot training and using
ity, artificial intelligence and data analytics to ensure that military more virtual reality and personalized training
student pilots are trained better and instructors are better utilized. devices. We have brought these capabilities
The integrated suite of digital learning tools and training media together in TRAX Academy and CAE Sprint
enters the market at a time when militaries around the world are Virtual Reality (VR) trainer.”
hoping to learn from the U.S. Air Force, which has moved away from
traditional methods of pilot training and now depend on modern From Start to Finish
technologies for airmen training. In the early phase of CAE TRAX Academy, stu-
“Global militaries are faced with a current and growing challenge dent pilots use digital tools such as a mobile
to produce pilots faster and more efficiently without impacting app and virtual reality-enabled courseware to

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