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CAE Unveils New Family of Helicopter Simulators

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Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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CAE [CAE] recently announced the company is launching a family of new, affordable helicopter mission simulators for the previously underserved civil helicopter market. The first CAE 3000 Series simulator will be available for training by the summer of 2010. "The new CAE simulation capability offers unprecedented realism for helicopter-specific mission training, including offshore, emergency medical services, law enforcement, long line, high-altitude, corporate, and other operations," said Jeff Roberts, CAE's group president, Civil Simulation Products, Training and Services. The CAE 3000…

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