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CAE USA Joins General Dynamics, Alenia Aermacchi Team For T-X Trainer

Pat Host

Thursday, February 20th, 2014

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CAE USA Joins General Dynamics, Alenia Aermacchi Team For T-X Trainer

A U.S. Air Force T-38 training jet. (Air Force photo)

CAE USA is joining a General Dynamics [GD]-led team that also includes Finmeccanica’s Alenia Aermacchi to bid for the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar T-X trainer program, according to a company spokesman. The team will offer a fully-integrated advanced pilot training system build around Alenia’s T-100, a market variant of the company’s M-346 military aircraft trainer. General Dynamics will bring experience in systems integration and subcontract management to deliver an Advanced Pilot Training (ATP) family of systems consisting of aircraft, flight…

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