Raytheon Australia has won a A$74 million ($52 million) contract to provide training systems for Royal Australian Air Force Boeing F-18s, with US firm L-3 Link supplying the simulators. The deal is another blow to CAE, which in March lost the Canadian Forces CF-18 training systems contract to a Bombardier/ Link team.
The Hornet Air Crew Training System contract will see Raytheon's Australian subsidiary deliver two F-18 simulators and a debrief facility to RAAF Williamtown, New South Wales, and one simulator and debrief facility to RAAF Tindal, Northern Territory, in 2006. The simulators will reflect the RAAF's Hornet Upgrade Phase 2.2 configuration, which includes a helmet-mounted cueing system.
CAE had warned that losing the Canadian contract could damage its chances in other competitions. It has protested the award of the C$270 million CF-18 Advanced Distributed Combat Training System contract to Bombardier, and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal will rule on its appeal within four months.
Raytheon Australia has won a A$74 million ($52 million) contract to provide training systems for Royal Australian Air Force Boeing F-18s, with US firm L-3 Link supplying the simulators. The deal is another blow to CAE, which in March lost the Canadian Forces CF-18 training systems contract to a Bombardier/ Link team.
The Hornet Air Crew Training System contract will see Raytheon's Australian subsidiary deliver two F-18 simulators and a debrief facility to RAAF Williamtown, New South Wales, and one simulator and debrief facility to RAAF Tindal, Northern Territory, in 2006. The simulators will reflect the RAAF's Hornet Upgrade Phase 2.2 configuration, which includes a helmet-mounted cueing system.
CAE had warned that losing the Canadian contract could damage its chances in other competitions. It has protested the award of the C$270 million CF-18 Advanced Distributed Combat Training System contract to Bombardier, and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal will rule on its appeal within four months.
Source: Flight International
