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TRAINING & SIMULATION<br />
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT<br />
HELICOPTERS IN THE CAF<br />
REGIONAL REPORT<br />
ONTARIO’S DEFENCE INDUSTRY<br />
INDUSTRY PROFILES<br />
BLUEDROP, PERATON,<br />
ALLEN-VANGUARD,<br />
DRS TECHNOLOGIES,<br />
CHC HELICOPTER,<br />
PAL AEROSPACE<br />
CANADA’S AEROSPACE<br />
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<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=3"> contents OCTOBER 2017 VOLUME 23 • ISSUE 5 feature</a>
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<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=6"> Maintenance & Engineering Preferred Company for M</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=7"> F-35 LIGHTNING II: THE RIGHT FIGHTER JET FOR CANA</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=8"> Make no mistake about it, Canada’s aerospace indu</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=9"> SeaSpider™ Torpedo Systems </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=10"> >> REPORT ON TRAINING & SIMULATION A SIMULATION</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=11"> CAE will provide training systems on the FWSAR pr</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=12"> LVCTS is a program that will provide crew trainin</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=13"> Aermacchi M-345. Jet performance at turboprop cos</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=14"> Medicine Hat based, Meggitt Target Systems, which</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=15"> MEET THE NEXT GENERATION OF CREW TRAINING Bluedr</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=16"> can be stimulated, creating believable events suc</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=17"> Secure today, shape tomorrow Our c</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=18"> >> COVER STORY MQ-9B SkyGuardian General </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=19"> UNMATCHED CONFIGURABILITY As a truly multi-missio</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=20"> The MQ-9B can also be configured for Signals</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=21"> GA-ASI President Dave Alexander (center) and CEO </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=22"> meet NATO STANAG-4671 airworthiness standards, an</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=23"> SkyGuardian now measures its endurance “not in ho</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=24"> >> REGIONAL REPORT Ontario’s Defence & Aerospac</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=25"> Rockwell Collins has signed on to Team Cormorant </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=26"> L3 WESCAM’s MX 15 EO/IR pod is featured on the CH</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=27"> in from outside the province and even from outsid</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=28"> </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=29"> programs, both of which could generate as much as</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=30"> DRS in Kanata, Ontario has committed to an upgrad</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=31"> FORCE MULTIPLIER An on demand contract intelligen</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=32"> >> TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT SHINCOM Spells Success </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=33"> SHINCOM was selected for the Royal New Zealand Na</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=34"> >> SME CORNER IRIS DYNAMICS PART OF A GROW</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=35"> COMMITTED TO CANADA Offering type certifiability</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=36"> >> TRAINING & SIMULATION CAE LEVERAGES NFTC EX</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=37"> an important contract to provide training for the</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=38"> Army-owned C-12s used for live pilot training at </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=39"> >> HELICOPTERS The RCAF’S Rotar</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=40"> The CH-147 Chinook has been a real workhorse for </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=41"> The experience gained by IMP in maintain- i</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=42"> The venerable Sea King, seen here with its succes</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=43"> “Sikorsky and the Canadian Armed Forces have</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=44"> Florida facility, where aircraft are integrated w</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=45"> GE engines are found in the CH-124, CH-148 C</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=46"> >> SEARCH & RESCUE </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=47"> CHC thinks an S-92 helicopter, like the one seen </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=48"> CHC Helicopter provides an SAR service in Norway </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=49"> guidelines and ensure compliance with global stan</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=50"> CHC Helicopter’s Ian McCluskie (left) and Mick Fr</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=51"> >> INDUSTRY PROFILE BLU</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=52"> Bluedrop’s Rear Crew Mission Trainer, a fully imm</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=53"> Bluedrop is providing the training courseware for</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=54"> Next generation products are created at Bluedrop’</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=55"> On board with the Royal Canadian Navy for over fo</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=56"> DEFSEC ATLANTIC 2017 REPORTING & PHOTOGRAPHY: </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=57"> Photos: Top left clockwise: • ViaSat showcased it</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=58"> Canada's leading national aerospace event WELCOM</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=59"> >> FEATURE INTERVIEW PAL AEROSPACE </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=60"> Force Multiplier is an ISR service that utilizes </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=61"> FORCE MULTIPLIER TO OFFER ON-DEMAND ISR CDR: At C</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=62"> PAL continues to operate successfully in the Cari</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=63"> >> DEFENCE MARKETING Looking sou</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=64"> >> TECHNOLOGY PROFILE ALLEN-VANGUARD ANCILE™ TA</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=65"> in Ottawa, a discussion on indirect fire, surveil</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=66"> >> DEFENCE LEADERSHIP Anyone who</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=67"> >> INDUSTRY FOCUS THE F</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=68"> The RCAF is already working with Peraton to deter</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=69"> of propulsion system materiel on-demand to milita</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=70"> >> TRADE SHOW & CONFERENCE REPORT ADSE & The Abbo</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=71"> building out our aerospace industry which offers </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=72"> exceeding the survivability capability of any oth</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=73"> KUWAIT HAS ORDERED EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON Also exhib</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=74"> >> CDR ONE-ON-ONE </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=75"> AEROSPACE SUMMIT A MUST ATTEND EVENT CDR: Still o</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=76"> The AIAC Summit has become a must attend event t</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=77"> showcase C DEFEN E Blackline’s Aerospa</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=78"> The CANADIAN ARMY Simulation Centre DELIVERING WO</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=79"> Daily joint planning meeting at Exercise Maple Re</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=80"> >> DEFENCE NOTES OPERATION NANOOK The Canadian Ar</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=81"> BIG WIN FOR THALES ON AJISS COULD BE LARGEST</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=82"> MDA MORPHS INTO MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=83"> ATLAS ELEKTRONIK AWARDS KRAKEN $425K CONTRACT </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=84"> UTC AQUIRES ROCKWELL COLLINS IN $30 BILLION DEAL </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=85"> LOCKHEED MARTIN IN KANATA NOW A PART O</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=86"> CLARITY IN THE CHAOS OF COMBAT LINK 16 CONNECT</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=87"> Continued from Pg. 38 flying training spans appr</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=88"> NATIONAL TRAINING AND SIMULATION ASSOCIATION </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=89"> TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, VISIT: Business De</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=90"> >> DEFENCE CALENDAR November 1-2, 2017 Best Defen</a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=91"> </a>
<a title="Vol 23_Iss 5 page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/594c4222?page=92"> Who is the world’s most experienced provider of h</a>