CAE USA Inc.

CAE USA Inc.'s Simulation Products Division, doing business as CAE USA Products, is a foreign-owned manufacturer of advanced aircrew training devices, flight simulators, and related simulation systems that operates as a prime contractor across the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies, with 85% of recent awards as prime and 15% as subcontractor work. The division is a subsidiary of Canada-based CAE Inc., a global leader in defense simulation and training solutions, and competes in the full-and-open federal marketplace without small business set-asides.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on military aircrew training and weapons system trainer development. Concrete capability work spans C-130 simulator training and maintenance technician instruction for international military students (recurring $89.9 million indefinite-delivery contract with Air Education and Training Command); MH-60R helicopter tactical operational flight trainer design, procurement, and upgrades supporting the Royal Australian Navy and other foreign military sales customers (including a $57.1 million procurement for MH-60R India TOFT and AMWLT training devices awarded July 2024 by Naval Air Warfare Center, with Treality SVS LLC, Advanced Acoustic Concepts LLC, Cornerturn LLC, and J.F. Taylor Inc. as identified subcontractors); and contractor logistics support and maintenance services for foreign military aircraft training centers worldwide (including a $20.99 million trainer device system database upgrade for MH-60R Royal Saudi Naval Forces and a $64.1 million follow-on contract for Royal Australian Navy MH-60 contractor operational maintenance support). The vendor also delivers courseware development, learning management system sustainment, and engineering support across multiple platforms, including a $26.87 million bridge contract for Aircrew Training and Rehearsal Support (ATARS) courseware at Kirtland, Davis-Monthan, Joint Base Andrews, and Moody Air Force installations.

Customer concentration is heavily concentrated on defense agencies and foreign military sales operations. The top five customers by award count—Naval Air Warfare Center (88 awards, $9.81 billion combined potential value), Coast Guard (85 awards, $59.9 million), Department of the Navy (64 awards), Air Force (63 awards, $950.2 million), and Aeronautical Systems Center (31 awards, $21.97 billion)—account for 65% of awards. However, the top-dollar ranking diverges significantly: Aeronautical Systems Center dominates potential value at $21.97 billion across 31 awards, followed by Naval Air Warfare Center at $9.81 billion across 88 awards, signaling that while Naval Air Warfare Center places many task orders of varying size, Aeronautical Systems Center anchors the vendor's largest single awards.

CAE USA holds positions on multiple parent vehicles. The $89.9 million Air Education and Training Command C-130B-T indefinite-delivery contract for aircrew simulator and maintenance technician training serves as the source for dozens of task orders. The vendor also holds an $82.7 million indefinite-delivery contract with Naval Air Warfare Center for Royal Australian Navy MH-60R training system upgrades (26 task orders). A $110.6 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with Air Education and Training Command provides initial air, ground, and simulation training to prepare student pilot candidates for rotary-wing flight training at Randolph Air Force Base and Dothan, Alabama. CAE USA Inc. qualified for the OASIS+ Unrestricted multiple-agency contract with a multi-billion-dollar ceiling in April 2025, opening access across civilian and defense agencies. The vendor also holds a $2.51 billion multiple-award position on the Navy Fielded Training Systems Support V (FTSS V) contract, which covers contractor operations and maintenance services and contractor instruction across approximately 29 Navy and Marine Corps training sites and 24 weapons platforms.

Activity has accelerated in recent years—23 awards in 2022 rising to 58 in 2024—then moderated to 49 awards in 2025 and 6 year-to-date in 2026. Fifteen awards (combined potential value $449.4 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure, representing a material cliff for the vendor.

Across SCI-reportable prime service contracts (a partial view covering only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold), CAE USA invoiced $70.3 million across three fiscal years (FY2022–FY2024), with $32.6 million in FY2022 across 156 FTEs, $31 million in FY2023 across 96.4 FTEs, and $6.7 million in FY2024 across 29.6 FTEs. FTE counts spiked to 1,150 in FY2024, driven by a single large contract. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid hourly rates ranged from $55.21/hr at the 10th percentile to $409.18/hr at the 90th percentile, with a median around $141.76/hr. Subcontractor engagement across prime contracts averaged 4% of contractor hours, with seven named subcontractors reported, indicating CAE USA builds much of its delivery internally.

Subcontract relationships show CAE USA delivering simulation and training support to Boeing (P-8A training systems upgrades, KC-46 maintenance training system aerospace support), Lockheed Martin (C-130J and KC-130J weapons system trainer modernization and maintenance, Air Commando training support), Bell Textron (Future Vertical Lift FLRAA capability development, including image generator hardware and operator TADSS elements), and General Atomics (MQ-9 Predator/Reaper contractor logistics support and fielding support for foreign military sales to France and Belgium). The vendor also subs to HX5 LLC on 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron test subject matter expert support and to J.F. Taylor Inc. on MH-60 and MH-60R tactical operational flight trainer upgrades. This teaming pattern reflects CAE USA's positioning as a specialized training-systems provider embedded in larger defense primes' major platform development and sustainment efforts.

Place of performance spans Tampa and Orlando, Florida (primary manufacturing and training delivery locations), with distributed task order execution at military installations nationwide including Fort Rucker, Alabama (Army aviation training), Dothan, Alabama (rotary-wing pilot training), Kirtland, Davis-Monthan, Joint Base Andrews, and Moody Air Force bases, and approximately 29 Navy and Marine Corps training sites under FTSS V. Overseas performance includes contractor logistics support and maintenance work in-theatre for Kuwait Air Force KC-130J training center (Orlando, Florida as administrative hub) and full system development and sustainment work in Taiwan, Denmark, Australia, Poland, and Saudi Arabia under foreign military sales arrangements.