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CAE: a history still in the makingLooking back, looking forwardSix short decades ago, on March 17, 1947, CAE was founded on the determination and vision of ex-Royal Canadian Air Force officer, Ken Patrick. Assembling what he called “a war-trained team that was extremely innovative and very technology-intensive”, CAE quickly demonstrated the vigour, imagination and diligence that would propel it to its position today as a global leader in simulation and modelling technologies, and integrated training services for civil aviation and defence customers.

Over the years, CAE has applied its talent and imagination to a surprisingly diverse range of technologies and applications. But while much has changed, CAE’s most important attributes remain constant.

Today, as we look back, we also look forward with optimism and enthusiasm, confident in the knowledge that the spirit that has powered this company to the pinnacle of its success is alive and well. The momentum is here, and our future is written in the story of our past.

We invite you to join us on our journey.

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CAE is a world leader in the provision of simulation and modelling technologies and integrated training services for civil aviation and defence customers around the globe. Its simulators are widely recognized as the closest thing to the actual experience of flight. Committed to providing customers with the highest-quality training close to home base, CAE is constantly expanding its training network. CAE operates 24 training centres and more than 110 full-flight simulators, serving approximately 3,500 airlines, aircraft operators and manufacturers around the globe. In the military world, its innovative approach to training has made it the premier supplier of training systems and services to the defence forces of more than 50 governments.

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MilestonesA brief look at some of our important moments�9�7 Canadian Aviation Electronics (now known as CAE) is founded with a staff of 18 working out of a hangar at the St-Hubert Airport.�95� The Royal Canadian Air Force commissions CAE to develop its first simulator, a CF-100. �95� CAE inaugurates its Montreal plant. Located in St-Laurent, the plant’s 500 employees work on everything from flight simulators to televisions, radios, high fidelity sets, radar equipment and SARAH, a search and rescue and homing system for the Royal Canadian Air Force.�955 CAE begins designing what is to become the first Canadian-built commercial flight simulator, an analog DC-6B for Canadian Pacific Airlines.

�967-68 CAE breaks new ground by implementing its newly designed six-degrees-of-freedom motion system on a KLM Boeing 747 simulator. �969 CAE helps develop the Tactical Aircraft Guidance System (TAGS) to simplify the task of flying a helicopter and improving flight stability.�976 CAE is awarded its first space-related contract from SPAR Aerospace Limited.�979 CAE, after many years of growth, has now captured 50 per cent of the world’s commercial flight simulator market.�98� CAE’s Boeing 727 simulator for United Airlines becomes the world’s first commercial simulator to receive the new FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Phase III approval. Now known as Level D certification, it entitles the user to conduct initial, transition and recurrent training of flight crews entirely via simulation.

�983 CAE becomes the first company to deliver an FAA-approved flight simulator (Boeing 757 for Eastern Airlines) prior to the aircraft’s certification. �983 CAE manufactures the first commercial simulator with digital control-loading and digital motion.�985 CAE becomes a team member of the Canadian Space Station Program.�990 CAE completes the world’s first MD-11 flight simulator for McDonnell Douglas Corporation.�99� CAE introduces CAE Maxvue®, a revolutionary new generation of display generators.�999 CAE announces plans to move into training in both military and civil markets. �999 CAE opens its Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, U.K. �999 CAE captures more than 80 per cent of the commercial full-flight simulator market.

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CAE’s Boeing 727 simulator for United Airlines was the world’s first commercial simulator to receive FAA Phase III (Level D) approval.

In 1990, CAE built the world’s first MD-11 flight simulator. CAE would go on to capture 11 of the 12 MD-11 flight simulator contracts up for award that year.

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CAE opened its Montreal plant in 1954. Since then, the building has expanded 16 times, with the number of employees there multiplying from 500 to more than 3,000.

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�000 CAE wins the Governor’s Award at I/ITSEC for the first-ever military training private finance initiative to go into service: CAE’s Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility.�00� CAE purchases BAE SYSTEMS Flight Simulation and Training, creating CAE USA and gaining access to the United States’ defence market.�00� CAE opens training centres in São Paolo, Brazil, and Toronto, Canada. Further, plans are announced to build training centres in Denver, U.S., and Dubai, U.A.E. �00� CAE purchases Netherlands-based Schreiner Aviation Training (SAT) B.V. The move instantly lands CAE in the number two spot as a leading independent provider of third-party training services.�00� CAE acquires SimuFlite of Dallas, Texas, the world’s largest business jet training centre. �00� CAE wins the largest-ever visual contract to supply visual systems for the Eurofighter combat aircraft.�00� CAE announces it has been selected to provide Air Canada with eight CAE Maxvue® visual systems, bringing total sales of the system to 200.

�00� CAE-built S-70A Black Hawk simulator for the Australian Army was the first military simulator to ever achieve Level D equivalent certification.�00� CAE USA signs the first contract with the elite U.S. Army 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment to design the world’s first A/MH-6 combat mission simulator.�00� CAE launches CAE Simfinity®, the first ever PC-based suite of training devices running on the same simulation as the full-flight simulators, and CAE Tropos®, an image generator that incorporates commercial graphic processing technologies.�00� CAE launches CAE Medallion-S™, a powerful new image generator designed specifically for a full range of military applications. �00� CAE and Airbus enter into a ten-year renewable co-operation agreement for the development of a global network of training centres with the largest fleet of Airbus full-flight simulators in the world.�00� NHIndustries (NHI) selects a joint CAE-Thales Training and Simulation team to provide a range of NH90 helicopter training systems throughout Europe.

�00� The CAE and Northrop Grumman team win the Modelling and Simulation award from the U.S. government for the upgrade of U.S. Army Apache simulators to support “brown-out” training.�005 Defence Helicopter magazine names CAE “Integrator of the Year” for the development of the Common Environment/Common Database for U.S. Special Operations Command.�005 CAE launches the CAE Medallion-6000™ image generator.�006 CAE announces Project Phoenix, the largest R&D program in its history.�006 CAE wins the Outstanding Supplier Award from Boeing.�006 CAE and AgustaWestland inaugurate Rotorsim, a helicopter training centre in Sesto Calende, Italy.�006 Launch of CAE Global Academy to address global pilot shortage.�006 The CAE-built CP-140 simulator for the Canadian Forces is the first-ever P-3 simulator to achieve Level D certification.�007 CAE announces it will establish its first Indian aviation training centre in Bangalore, India.

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The A/MH-6 Little Bird combat mission simulator features a 24-foot dome display to provide pilots with an extreme field-of-view during training.

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CAE’s aviation training centre in São Paulo, Brazil, opened in 2001 and was the first independent training centre in South America.

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The simulating 50sThe year was 1952. The first jetliner service was inaugurated between London and Johannesburg. Simulation technology was also taking off, and CAE was determined to be onboard.

Early days had seen the enterprising young firm test its wings in the Canadian radio industry, repairing and overhauling ground communications equipment and installing antenna farms. Through the 50s, it would apply its talents to everything from television and high fidelity sets to radar equipment, search and rescue homing systems and military calibration services.

In 1952, the company won a contract from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to develop a CF-100 flight simulator. With no prior experience, CAE signed a licensing agreement with an American simulation firm. The need for a safety net proved short-lived, however, as CAE quickly developed new techniques that greatly improved simulator accuracy. In 1955, the company began designing what would become the first Canadian-built commercial flight simulator. By late 1957, the RCAF contract had been extended, and CAE had filled its first export order to the Belgian Air Force. Meanwhile, Systems Engineering Support (SES) and repair and overhaul (R&O) of the RCAF’s MG-2 Airborne Radar/Fire Control systems had become major activities.

In 1954, CAE’s current Montreal facility was inaugurated and was quickly expanded to include four simulator-related test bays. The facility has since expanded 16 times and now covers 1 million square feet – the equivalent of 14 football fields!

By the end of the decade, CAE was firmly established as a simulator company and its workforce had grown to 750. The company’s management team opted to phase out consumer products and focus on the development of specialized equipment. It was a decision that would set an enormous amount of activity in motion throughout the 1960s, a decade of explosive technological growth.

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In 1952, CAE was awarded its first contract to deliver a full-flight simulator, a CF-100 for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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CAE’s Montreal plant in the 50s.2

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The digital 60sThe 1960s roared in with a contract from the Canadian government for six F-104 Starfighter simulators, a chance to develop expertise in radar land mass simulation, visual and motion systems, and compact mission recorders. The Canadian contract soon spawned international business with NATO allies, and CAE opened a facility in Stolberg, West Germany.

Then came 1962 and two critical decisions: to switch from analog to digital and to aggressively pursue commercial simulation business.

By 1965, CAE had its first order for a digital-flight simulator from Swissair, and other carriers soon followed suit, placing orders from the company’s rapidly expanding DC-8 and DC-9 simulation line. Military sales were also active, and the RCAF became a prime customer for CAE’s CP-107 Argus fully integrated tactical anti-submarine mission aircraft. By 1965, the production and sale of simulators would account for 40 per cent of all CAE activity.

CAE continued to break new ground through the latter half of the 60s. It introduced the first-ever six-degrees-of-freedom motion system and pioneered the use of workload-reducing CRT displays in instructor stations. A key highlight was the sale of its first simulator, an L-1011, to U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed. By the end of the decade, the newly minted simulation expert was applying its technology to a joint U.S./Canadian Tactical Aircraft Guidance System (TAGS) project that would ultimately lead to helicopter simulators and the application of hand-controller technology for the CAE-designed and built Canadarm Remote Manipulator System (RMS) in NASA’s space shuttle program.

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In the early 60s, CAE and the Institute of Aviation Medicine tested the safe limits of the F-104 simulator motion system and the effects of the cockpit on the human body.

Final testing of a DC-8 simulator in CAE’s Montreal plant.�

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The fuel-sipping 70sFuel shortages, environmental concerns, government regulations… the 1970s hit world airlines where it hurt. Technologically, CAE was in the right place, at the right time. Its simulators meant airlines could train flight crews on the ground instead of in the air. Business growth and a customized approach, by which each simulator was designed to specific customer requirements, generated significant technological breakthroughs in control loading, motion systems, instructor consoles and the diagnostics of complex software.

CAE marked several industry firsts through the decade: – First to use a dual general-purpose computer complex employing

shared memory. – Implementation of simulation’s first low-friction hydrostatic flight

control-loading system with accurate digital/analog technology. – Development of the first new-generation combat simulators.– Delivery of the first fully hydrostatic motion system.

Simulator orders rained in through the 70s as the aerospace industry grew. CAE ended the decade with 50 per cent of the world’s commercial flight simulator market and a reputation as the world leader in helicopter simulation.

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The UH-1D simulator was the first helicopter simulator to use CAE’s six-degrees-of-freedom motion system.

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In the 70s, competing manufacturers ordered CAE’s six-degrees-of-freedom motion systems to install on their simulators.

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Decade after decade, CAE has lived, progressed and prospered through exciting and

sometimes tumultuous times. Above all, what has sustained us is hard work, an innovative ap-

proach and the consistent excellence of our people.

Six decades ago, CAE was a young, energetic company exploring opportunities in many di-

verse fields. Today, it is a dynamic and focused world leader, with the business shared equally

and synergistically among civil and military, and product and training.

the power of oneThe strengths of many,

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CAE is a world leader in providing simulation and modelling technologies,

and integrated training services to the civil aviation industry and defence

forces around the globe.

CAE also provides military and civil engineering, maintenance and support services in more than 60 locations around the world.

A global company, serving customers worldwide

CAE Montreal Montreal, CanadaAs CAE’s headquarters, Montreal is the company’s main operation. CAE Montreal is also the home of the Montreal Training Centre and the Technology Demonstration Centre.

CAE in Vancouver Vancouver, CanadaCAE owns and operates a simulator at Air Canada’s training centre in Vancouver and serves commercial aviation customers, including Air Canada.

CAE Toronto Toronto, CanadaCAE Toronto provides commercial aviation training for customers such as Air Canada.

CAE Professional Services Ottawa, CanadaCAE Professional Services offers services to defence R&D agencies, experimentation centres, and OEMs for systems design and testing.

CAE SimuFlite North East Training Centre New Jersey, U.S.The CAE SimuFlite North East Training Centre is the home of entitlement training for the Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft as well as other business jets.

CAE U.K. Burgess Hill, EnglandCAE U.K. offers civil aviation training to several airlines, including Virgin Atlantic Airways and easyJet, and offers training to military customers. It also provides a fully integrated training service for the Royal Air Force Support Helicopter aircrews.

CAE Brussels Brussels, BelgiumCAE Brussels provides training for commercial aviation customers, as well as to military customers, such as the Hellenic Air Force and the United Arab Emirates Air Force.

CAE Amsterdam Amsterdam, NetherlandsCAE Amsterdam provides training for commercial aviation customers.

CAE Germany Stolberg, GermanyCAE Germany, established in 1961, supports and maintains most flight simulators for the German Armed Forces. It is primarily involved in the design, development, manufacturing and maintenance of military flight simulation systems.

CAE in Moscow Moscow, RussiaCAE owns a simulator in Airbus’ training centre, serving commercial aviation customers, including Aeroflot Airlines.

Zhuhai Flight Training Centre Zhuhai, ChinaZhuhai Flight Training Centre is a joint venture between CAE and China Southern Airlines, serving commercial aviation customers.

CAE in Singapore Singapore, SingaporeCAE owns and operates a full-flight simulator at Singapore Airline’s training centre, serving commercial aviation customers.

CAE Australia Sydney, AustraliaCAE Australia provides simulator support, instruction and maintenance training to Australia’s Defence Forces and to various Australian airlines.

CAE in Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCAE owns and operates simulators in Air Asia’s training centre in Kuala Lumpur, serving commercial aviation customers.

HM Aerospace Langkawi, Malaysia HM Aerospace is a pilot training school and a founding member of the CAE Global Academy.

Emirates-CAE Flight Training CentreDubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates/Doha, QatarThe Emirates-CAE Flight Training Centre provides pilot and aircraft maintenance training for both commercial airline and corporate jet operators in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia.

CAE India Bangalore, IndiaCAE India specializes in developing visual databases and software, and will be the site of CAE’s first aviation training centre in India in late 2007.

Rotorsim Training Centre Sesto Calende, ItalyRotorsim offers recurrent and initial type training for the Agusta A109 and AW139 helicopters to civil and military customers. It also offers mission-specific training programs such as search and rescue and offshore operations.

CAE in Rome Rome, ItalyCAE owns full-flight simulators at Alitalia’s training centre in Rome.

CAE Madrid Madrid, SpainCAE Madrid provides commercial pilot training to clients of more than 35 airlines, including Spanair and Iberia.

AAE Evora, PortugalThe Aeronautical Academy of Europe is a pilot training school and a founding member of the CAE Global Academy. It is a joint venture between CAE and TAP Portugal.

CAE in MiamiMiami, U.S.CAE owns a simulator in Airbus’ training centre in Miami and serves commercial aviation customers.

CAE USATampa, U.S.CAE USA designs and develops simulators and training systems, and provides a range of training support services for the U.S. military.

CAE SimuFlite Dallas, U.S.CAE SimuFlite, the world’s largest business aviation training facility, offers customers the full spectrum of integrated training solutions in both the commercial and business aviation markets.

TERREX International Airline Training Academy (IATA)Tucson, U.S.TERREX, part of CAE’s modelling and simulation group, provides commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software products. IATA is a pilot training school and a founding member of the CAE Global Academy.

CAE Denver Denver, U.S.CAE Denver serves civil aviation customers and is responsible for several training locations, including Phoenix, Seattle and Charlotte. It provides ground school and simulator training for several commercial and regional airlines.

CAE SantiagoSantiago, ChileCAE Santiago provides commercial aviation training to several South American airlines, including LAN Airlines.

CAE São PauloSão Paulo, BrazilCAE’s training centre in Brazil was the company’s first commercial aviation training centre.

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The international 80sBuilding on the momentum of the 70s, CAE through the 80s expanded its international markets. By decade’s end, the company was exporting approximately 85 per cent of its total production.

On the commercial side, 1980 brought orders for 11 flight simulators, adding new American, European and Asian carriers to its growing roster of customers. Better yet, old customers proved loyal. KLM came back for its eighth CAE simulator and Lufthansa awarded a contract that gave CAE the prestigious triple crown of “glass cockpit” aircraft, adding an Airbus A310 to its Boeing 757 and 767 model simulators. A CAE-built Boeing 727 simulator became the world’s first commercial simulator to receive the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Phase III Level D approval, which would allow initial, transition and recurrent training of flight crews entirely via simulation. A Boeing 757 unit distinguished itself as the first flight simulator to be delivered, FAA-approved, prior to the aircraft’s certification. By 1988, CAE accounted for over 60 per cent of worldwide commercial simulator sales.

It was a busy decade in space programs and control systems, and military sales were also strong, with contracts from the Italian Army for AB205 helicopter simulators and from the Canadian Armed Forces for CF-18 Hornet fighter jet simulators, requiring extensive development of new technology. Major military orders came in from the United States, Singapore, Australia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Canada and from the Netherlands, with an order for a Lynx helicopter full-mission flight trainer that would be used by the armed forces of Holland, Germany, Denmark and Norway.

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For a contract with Singapore’s Air Force in 1984, CAE designed a sky-earth projection system, capable of handling two individual targets.

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The pivotal 90sCAE in the 1990s was a world leader in diverse fields, including energy management systems, distribution management systems, power plant control systems and simulators, flight simulators, air traffic control systems, marine control systems and defence systems.

Its flight simulators, once rudimentary, achieved their apex, evolving into devices renowned for their superior realism and accuracy. CAE simulators set industry standards for visual and motion systems. It was now possible to simulate every situation pilots might encounter in actual flight with precision and fidelity, ensuring that aircrews gained the full experience and proficiency needed to handle even abnormal operating conditions.

CAE’s simulator line had expanded to represent the entire range of commercial aircraft produced by contemporary major manufacturers. Meanwhile, the company had also become a significant force in military simulation, producing a wide variety of flight, tactics and full-mission simulators for everything from the most advanced fighters and helicopters, to heavy transport and patrol aircraft.

It was a pivotal decade in which CAE grew in scope and stature to become the global leader in the science of flight and systems simulation. The company was now poised to take the logical next step, into the world of aviation training.

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CAE had long been active in the Indian market, having first delivered a full-flight simulator to Air India in 1971. This B747-400 simulator was delivered in 1993.

In 1993, CAE was awarded the contract by Boeing to design the world’s first B777 full-flight simulator for the newly introduced wide-bodied twin-jet aircraft.

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The strategic 2000sThe advent of the new millennium crystallized the company’s vision and lent it new resolve and focus. After decades as the world leader in the design and manufacture of simulation equipment, CAE was about to take bold steps to become a global leader in the provision of aviation training services. The year 2000 will be remembered in the annals of CAE history as the year the company announced plans to build a global training network – a move that would ultimately provide CAE with the unparalleled ability to offer customers the most comprehensive package of products and services available from anyone in the simulation and training industry.

Through organic growth and strategic acquisitions, CAE’s training organization grew rapidly during the early part of the decade. The company opened its own training centres in locations such as São Paulo and Toronto. Next came acquisitions aimed at accelerating CAE’s global training footprint. With the purchase of Netherlands-based Schreiner Aviation Training in 2001, CAE became the world’s second largest independent provider of aviation training services. A year later, the acquisition of SimuFlite quickly catapulted the company into business aviation training. All the while, CAE was establishing strategic training partnerships and alliances with airlines around the world, including Emirates, Alitalia, Iberia, Lan Chile and China Southern, and with major aircraft manufacturers like Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier and Dassault.

These initiatives have made CAE’s civil training and services unit the industry powerhouse it is today – global in every sense with a network of 24 training centres on five continents, and more than 110 simulators serving airlines, operators and aircraft manufacturers. More than 50,000 pilots and crews train each year with CAE. In just a few short years, the company has earned a reputation for uncompromising quality and expertise for training delivered close to the customer and customized to meet their unique requirements.

While CAE was expanding into aviation training, the company also recognized its military simulation and training unit had untapped potential. Namely, CAE needed a presence in the United States, by far the world’s largest

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CAE is the exclusive training provider for Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 7X, the first fly-by-wire business jet. CAE also designed the first full-flight simulator for the aircraft.

With its 29 simulators, CAE SimuFlite in Dallas is the world’s largest business aviation training centre.

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defence market. In 2001, CAE acquired Florida-based BAE SYSTEMS Flight Simulation and Training to provide CAE improved access to U.S. military opportunities. The move found early success as the renamed CAE USA won a contract with the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the famed Night Stalkers, to provide the world’s first A/MH-6 Little Bird helicopter simulator. Over the next several years, CAE’s military business in the United States doubled as the company built on its relationship with the 160th and won key programs for U.S. Navy helicopter simulators and U.S. Air Force C-130J training systems. The company also established key relationships with major manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and Boeing, with the latter awarding CAE its Outstanding Supplier Award in 2006.

At the same time, other parts of CAE’s military business began to flourish. In the U.K., the world’s first military training private finance initiative began operational training at CAE’s Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility. CAE Gmbh in Stolberg, Germany continued to thrive with key positions on European multi-national programs such as Eurofighter and NH90. CAE Australia established CAE as a key player “down under” as the company became an authorized engineering organization for supporting a range of Australian Defence Forces flight simulators. And now CAE’s military business is set for future growth as the company plans initiatives and acquisitions to expand into modelling and simulation, homeland defence and other emerging markets.

Through this decade and continuing into the future, one thing will never change at CAE – technology leadership and innovation. No company in the simulation industry can match CAE’s thirst for continuous technological innovation. The company has maintained its worldwide leadership position as the premier provider of simulation products. This has been evidenced already this decade with products such as the CAE Simfinity®, CAE Tropos® and CAE Medallion™ visual systems, and numerous product improvements such as electric motion that make CAE’s flight simulators the gold standard. And the future looks brighter than ever for CAE’s continued simulation technology leadership, as the company embarked in 2005 on Project Phoenix, the largest research and development initiative ever undertaken at CAE.

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CAE has delivered a range of mission rehearsal systems, including this A/MH-6 Little Bird helicopter simulator, to the NightStalkers, the U.S. Army’s elite Special Operations Forces.

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CAE todayUnique– The broadest global reach of any simulation and training equipment and services company

• Clients in more than 100 countries

• More than 75 operations, training locations and service sites in 19 countries on five continents

• 5,000 employees worldwide– The only company that addresses every segment of aviation: commercial, business, military and general– The only company to offer such a wide array of integrated training solutions, from e-learning and laptop trainers

to full-flight simulators– More than 50,000 crew members trained every year – The largest global installed base of civil and military full-flight simulators and training devices, including more

than 1,000 installed for third-parties and CAE training centres

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CAE’s Common Environment/Common Database (CE/CDB) significantly reduces time for database production and correlation to improve mission rehearsal capabilities for the U.S. Special Operations Command.

CAE’s courseware makes ground-breaking, self-paced simulation-based training accessible anywhere, anytime on a laptop or desktop computer.

� CAE’s new electric motion system provides more accurate cues for pilot training, consumes less energy, and requires less maintenance than traditional hydraulic systems.

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BalancedCAE is a dynamic and focused world leader with the business shared equally among civil and military, and product and training.

Civil Simulation Products– Number one in the world in the sale of civil aviation simulation equipment – More than 680 simulators and training devices sold to more than 110 airlines, aircraft manufacturers and training centres – CAE has simulated almost every modern airliner for both major and regional carriers, as well as the majority of

today’s business jets – CAE has developed more prototype simulators than any other company

Civil Training and Services– A leader in the training of commercial and business aviation pilots with an installed base of more than 110 full-flight

simulators in 24 locations around the world – More than 50,000 crew members trained every year– The world’s largest business aviation training centre, CAE SimuFlite– Training partnerships with major airlines including Emirates, Alitalia, Iberia, Lan Chile and China Southern– Training alliances with major aircraft manufacturers like Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier and Dassault– Training solutions for every segment of the market from start-ups and discount carriers to legacy carriers– Pilot provisioning initiative leveraging our global reach and six decades of experience and customer relationships

Military Simulation Products– Premier supplier to militaries globally: CAE has supplied military training systems and services to the defence

forces of more than 50 nations – The global leader in rotary-wing and transport aircraft training solutions– CAE has designed the greatest variety of helicopter simulators and more training systems for the C-130 Hercules

than any other company in the world, including all the training devices for the latest C-130J aircraft – Preferred supplier status with manufacturers including Lockheed Martin, EADS CASA and AgustaWestland

Military Training and Services– CAE has military training centres in Tampa (U.S.), RAF Benson (U.K.) and Sesto Calende (Italy)– CAE offers a full range of training support services from over 60 locations around the globe – CAE sells its modelling and simulation software to various market segments and has a professional services

division assisting customers with a wide range of modelling and simulation-based needs

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1947/2007More than 60 firsts, including the first...– Canadian-built simulator (1955)

– Objective test standards for simulator approval, developed with the FAA (late 1970s)

– Flight simulator using hydrostatic low-friction actuators (1977)

– Simulator to use Fortran (1980)

– Full-flight simulator to achieve FAA Phase III qualification. Equivalent to today’s Level D qualification, it allows the pilot to conduct all training via simulation before getting on the real aircraft with passengers (1982)

– FAA-approved flight simulator delivered prior to the aircraft’s certification (1983)

– Commercial simulator with digital control-loading and digital motion (1983)

– Boeing B737-400 simulator to achieve Interim Level C qualification (1987)

– MD-11 full-flight simulator (1990)

– Image generator to use full-colour textures in scene rendering (1991)

– Objective test standards for the qualification of helicopter simulators, developed with the FAA (1991-92)

– Contract to train U.S. Air Force Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crews (1998)

– Independent training centre in South America: CAE São Paulo (2001)

– PC-based suite of training devices running on the same simulation as the full-flight simulators: CAE Simfinity® (2002)

– Independent training centre in the Middle-East: Emirates-CAE Flight Training (2002)

– The first and only joint venture with a major Chinese airline: Zhuhai Flight Training Company (2002)

– A/MH-6 Little Bird helicopter combat mission simulator (2005)

– Airbus A380 full-flight simulator (2005)

– Common Environment/Common Database (CE/CDB), a mission planning and rehearsal tool destined to have a long-term impact on military readiness (2005)

– Global pilot training academy, the CAE Global Academy (2006)

– Dassault Falcon 7X simulator (2007)

– AW139 helicopter simulator (2007)

And many other firsts including the first simulators for the Airbus A319, A321, A330-200 Enhanced, A340-600, A380, Boeing B777, B737-300/400, B737NG, B767-400, B717, MD-11, MD-10, Bombardier CRJ200/700/900, Bombardier Global Express, Bombardier CL 604, Do328 jet, Embraer EMB170, EMB190, Dassault Falcon 7X, Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules, AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin, Super Lynx and AW139.

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Individually and together, our people have been our greatest strength. Individually and together, as we look back over the decades, we see not our last 60 years, but our first. We see a legacy of achievement – a heritage we are proud to carry forward, determined to remain “extremely innovative and very technology-intensive”.

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