MONTREAL, February 26, 2008- Shenzhen Airlines, one of China’s leading airlines today announced its adoption of a new B737-NG FFS X™ from Mechtronix, the fastest growing and third leading manufacturer of flight training equipment in the world. The FFS X™ NZFT™ (Non Zero Flight Time™) unit is currently being delivered with plans to install and qualify with Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for training set to begin in March at the airline’s facility in Shenzhen, P.R of China. The growing airline’s introduction of the FFS X™ will support pilot training in its own facility allowing for the reduction of training costs and the expansion of its training capacity.

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ARLINGTON, Tex., Feb. 25, 2008 – L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it has been awarded a contract to design and build a simulated Bell 412 helicopter cockpit. L-3 will deliver the simulated Bell 412 helicopter cockpit to Aegis Technologies Group Inc. in 2008. “We look forward to delivering a high fidelity simulated cockpit for the Bell 412 training system,” said Greg Campbell, general manager of L-3 Link Simulation and Training division’s AMI Instruments (AMI) organization. “When the cockpit is integrated with motion, visual and operating systems the end product will result in a superior training device that will provide excellent pilot training for this highly capable commercial helicopter.”

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NEW DELHI, India, Feb. 7 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE has signed a contract to become the managing partner of the Indian government’s flight training academy: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA). CAE has also formalized and signed a joint venture agreement with the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to develop the Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Training Institute (RGNFTI). Memorandums of understanding for these contracts were announced during the Paris Air Show in June 2007. The signings were attended by Mr. Ashok Chawla, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Mr. R. K. Singh, Joint Secretary for the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India; Dr. K. Ramalingam, Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI); and Mr. Jeff Roberts, Group President, Innovation and Civil Training & Services, CAE.

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ARLINGTON, Tex., Feb. 5, 2008 – L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that two OH-58D Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) it delivered to the U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI program have entered service. Use of these simulators marks the first time ever that Kiowa Warrior aircrews have been able to hone their skills on a full motion, high fidelity flight trainer. “The Flight School XXI program has been designed from the outset to improve the readiness of operational units by developing U.S. Army aviators that are highly skilled in their go-to-war aircraft,” said Lenny Genna, vice president of Army Programs at L-3 Link Simulation and Training. “The ability for OH-58D aircrews to now be able to conduct individual or networked training within modern operational flight trainers supports this Flight School XXI objective.”

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Elite Simulation Solutions, one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of advanced PC-driven flight simulators, has seen another of its products come into use in India– a country where civil aviation is expanding faster than anywhere in the world. Having been approved by India DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), Elite’s Evolution iGATE S512 - an Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) - is now operating at Alchemist Aviation Pvt Ltd to help train pilots at Sonari Airport, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. All Elite flight training devices sold in India have a GenView India visual database, to give students the feeling of real locations over which they will eventually fly.

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Under the designation D-SIM-NG, Diamond Simulation has developed the next generation of their flight simulators for Diamond aircraft which is to be brought to market shortly. The new proprietary P2/P3 software replicating aircraft systems, radio communication as well as navigation and flight instruments is even more powerful and complements the original Garmin G1000™ glass cockpit integrated in the simulator. The Tropos™ 1000 visual system developed by CAE (see www.cae.com) meets all Full Flight Simulator requirements valid for airline pilot training. The visual system is supplemented by True Environment™, CAE’s ATC simulation program, by means of which radio communication between air traffic controllers and pilots both on the ground and in flight can be simulated very realistically. This program will be available in the fourth quarter of 2008.

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MONTREAL, Jan. 24 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE has signed contracts to design and manufacture two full-flight simulators (FFS) along with a suite of CAE Simfinity(TM) training devices, and provide a range of major simulator updates and services. The contracts are with Qantas, Hainan Airlines, Airbus, Atlas Air, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Blue. They are valued at C$46 million at list prices and bring the total FFS sales that CAE has announced so far in fiscal 2008 to 31.

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Sabena Airline Training Center, a world leading JAA & FAA independent flight training organization based in Mesa Falcon Field, AZ, USA was granted the Eclipse EA500 Type Rating Training Approval by the FAA. They become the first approved training center worldwide able to offer Eclipse 500 Type Rating Courses, an achievement of which Kris Van den Bergh, Managing Director and Head of Training is extremely proud. Sabena Airline Training Center acquired its first Eclipse 500 aircraft in August 2007. More aircraft will join the fleet over the course of 2008 as the number of delivered Eclipse aircraft increases and the owner pilots need training.

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Sabena Flight Academy, a world leading independent flight academy based in Brussels, Belgium and Arizona, USA, and IndiGo, India’s fastest growing Low Fare Airline, are accepting applications under their Ab-Initio Pilot Training Services agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Sabena Flight Academy provides IndiGo with “ab-initio” flight training for young Indian pilots in its subsidiary Sabena Airline Training Center (SATC) located in Falcon Field, Arizona, USA as well as the option of using Sabena Flight Academy’s simulator facility in Brussels, Belgium for integrated multi crew coordination and type rating courses.

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VATSIM and MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) have joined together to conduct aviation systems research using the VATSIM network as a test environment for proof of concept and hypothesis testing of new ATC solutions. Richard Jenkins of VATSIM writes, “This program is the direct result of the exacting standards required to fly and control on VATSIM and is a direct tribute to your tireless efforts to simulate as real as it gets. Today VATSIM leaves the world of purely a hobby and moves into the real world, making its contribution to future ATC systems and aviation safety.”

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SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 19 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE today announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately AUD$180 million (C$160 million) by the Commonwealth of Australia to provide MRH90 helicopter training systems and services. As the prime contractor, CAE will have overall responsibility for providing two MRH90 full-flight and mission simulators (FFMSs), training facilities, and comprehensive engineering and support services.

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MONTREAL, Dec. 18 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE has signed contracts to design and manufacture eight full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated CAE Simfinity(TM) training devices. The contracts with Continental, US Airways, Etihad, Air Algérie and Alteon Training have a total list price value of more than C$126 million and bring the total FFS sales that CAE has announced so far in fiscal 2008 to 29.

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MONTREAL, Dec. 13 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE announced today that the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (NL MoD) has signed two contracts with a combined value of C$60 million ((euro)43 million) for CAE to design two full-mission simulators (FMS) for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) as well as provide comprehensive maintenance and support services. CAE will design and manufacture one C-130H FMS and one KDC-10 FMS for the RNLAF to support flight and mission training. Both simulators will be qualified to Level D standards, the highest qualification for flight simulators, by the Netherlands Militaire Luchtvaart Autoriteit (Military Aviation Authority). The simulators will be delivered and made ready for training in early 2009.

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Dubai, UAE - December 3, 2007 – Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) has signed a three-year contract to provide helicopter training for Global Vectra Helicorp (GVHL), India’s largest offshore helicopter operator. Global Vectra’s flight crew will undergo training on the Bell Helicopter 412 full-flight simulator at ECFT’s facility in Dubai for both recurrent and initial type training. “I am very pleased to welcome Global Vectra to Emirates-CAE Flight Training,” said Walter Visser, Managing Director, ECFT. “I am confident its flight crew will receive the highest level of training, in pleasant and secure surroundings. ECFT became an authorised Bell Helicopter Training Facility in 2006 for operators of the Bell 412 helicopter across the Middle East and Asia. Since then, we have attracted a significant number of helicopter operators within the region, who appreciate the fact that our location is close enough to their operations to ensure minimal disruption to their schedules.”

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Montreal, November 26, 2007 – (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) – CAE announced today that its CAE Tropos™-6000 visual system and 3.2 megapixel (MPixel) Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) projectors have obtained Level D certification on a CAE-built Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) for Air France. This Level D certification, the highest available for a FFS, is an industry first for this resolution of high-performance fixed-matrix LCoS projectors. The CAE-built A320 FFS, currently installed and now ready for training at Air France’s training centre in Paris, was certified by the DGAC, France’s civil aviation authority.

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One of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of PC-based flight simulators, Elite Simulation Solutions, has handed sales and marketing rights of its helicopter simulator line to Helisim GmbH – a company run by Timo Kläui, who was Elite’s CEO from 1995 – 2002. The two companies say the outsourcing move will give a much sharper focus to the development and promotion of Elite’s helicopter simulators, which will strongly be aimed at the FNPT (Flight & Navigation Procedures Trainer) market. The new deal gives Helisim the exclusive distribution rights all over the world except in the Americas (USA, Canada, Central and South America).

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Montreal, November 19, 2007 – (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) – CAE and AirAsia have signed a contract which gives CAE the responsibility of managing AirAsia’s Type Rating Training Organization (TRTO) located at the AirAsia Academy, KLIA Kuala Lumpur to provide pilot training for all of AirAsia’s current and future pilots. CAE will also market excess training capacity of AirAsia’s TRTO to third parties. The contract is valued at more than C$50 million (about RM175 million) over 10 years. Starting in 2008, CAE will begin offering the pilot training services at AirAsia’s six-bay simulator training centre at AirAsia Academy, which is located near the KLIA Low Cost Carrier Terminal in Kuala Lumpur. The TRTO is equipped with three simulators: two Airbus A320s belonging to AirAsia and a Boeing 737-300 owned by CAE. As part of the agreement, CAE will add another Airbus A320 simulator and an Airbus A330 simulator within the next 14 months. CAE will conduct initial Type Rating and Cross Crew Qualification (CCQ) courses for Airbus A320, Airbus A330, and Boeing 737 aircraft exclusively for AirAsia.

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Dubai, UAE - November 19, 2007 – Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) has welcomed Abu Dhabi-based Prestige Jet as its latest client for business jet training. The training contract was signed at the 10th Dubai Airshow by Gary Chapman, Emirates’ President Group Services & Dnata; Faris Deeb, Managing Director, Prestige Jet; and Jeff Roberts, Group President, Innovation & Civil Training & Services, CAE. Gary Chapman said: “I am pleased to welcome Prestige Jet to our facilities at Emirates-CAE Flight Training, which has established itself as the training facility of choice for quite a number of business jet operators in the region. “Prestige Jet’s flight crew will be assured the highest standards of training with the best equipment available in comfortable and pleasant surroundings.” Under the agreement, Prestige Jet’s flight crew will undergo training using the Hawker 800/800XP and Gulfstream full-flight simulators, in addition to participating in classroom-based training.

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DUBAI AIRSHOW 2007, UAE, Nov. 12 /CNW Telbec/ - Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) continues the successful expansion of its client base for business jet training with an agreement with the UAE’s Empire Aviation Group (EAG). The training contract was signed today at the 10th Dubai Airshow by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline & Group; HE Sheikh Tariq Bin Faisal Al Qassimi, Chairman of Empire Aviation Group and Emirates Investment Group; and Jeff Roberts, Group President, Innovation & Civil Training & Services, CAE.

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MONTREAL, Nov. 7 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - The Government of Canada notified CAE that its response to the Government’s Statement of Interest and Qualification (SOIQ) for an Operational Training Systems Provider (OTSP) has been deemed compliant. The OTSP is in support of the C-130J and CH-47 aircraft procurements announced earlier this year by the Government of Canada. CAE, which leads a team of Canadian companies pursuing this program, was advised that it was the only bidder deemed compliant by the Government of Canada.

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Montreal, October 30, 2007 - SEFA (Service de l’Exploitation et de la Formation Aéronautique), France’s national, public flight-training institution, has selected Mechtronix as a supplier for its flight training tool development project. This sale to an aeronautical renowned public institution reinforces Mechtronix’ expertise in glass avionics suites. Mechtronix has recently delivered a major order of glass avionics suites equipped with the Garmin 1000 panel to other training institutions.

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Hyderabad, 23rd October 2007: Sabena Flight Academy, one of world’s leading independent flight academies based in Brussels, Belgium and GMR Group, a fast-growing Indian infrastructure major, have signed an MoU for setting up a joint venture limited company. The new company will set up a modern aviation academy at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad by January 2009. The aviation academy will offer complete training packages for aviation related activities covering pilot and cabin crew training, engine engineers, technicians, and aviation consultants. This will bridge the gap in the huge demand in these areas. Training for airport operations staff such as passengers and ramp services agents will also be provided.

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Montreal, October 9, 2007 – (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) – CAE announced today at the Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Conference it is introducing a new subscription-based service called CAE TrueTM Airport. The service is designed to keep the customers’ visual databases current with constantly changing airport environments. The CAE True Airport service will offer airlines and third-party training providers operating CAE visual systems the concurrency of the airport scenes in the visual databases used for flight training. CAE will maintain customer-selected visual airport databases current and up-to-date, and then make these updated databases immediately available for download through a user-friendly web portal. The databases will be compatible with CAE TroposTM-6000 and CAE TroposTM II image generators and will be certifiable to Level D qualification standards according to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) requirements.

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Steenokkerzeel, 02 October 2007 - Sabena Flight Academy’s (SFA) acquired B737-700/800 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) from Sim-Industries was granted a JARSTD1A Level D certificate by the Belgian Civil Aviation Authorities. “With the arrival of the B737-NG in Sabena Flight Academy’s Full Flight Simulator family, we also welcome our first Indian customer in Brussels besides our existing 70 mainly European & African based customers” said Jacques Waldeyer, Chairman & CEO of Sabena Flight Academy. This brings the total number of FFS up to six (6) and offers a whole spectrum of training possibilities. SFA shall considerably reinforce its market position in the commercial aviation training. The academy offers already training possibilities on Airbus A319/320 and 321, Airbus A330/340, Boeing B737-200, B737-300/400/500 and also on AVRO RJ85/100.

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MONTREAL, Sept. 27 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE has signed contracts to design and manufacture three full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated CAE Simfinity(R) training devices valued at approximately C$50 million at list prices. This brings the total FFS sales that CAE has announced in fiscal 2008 to 21. CAE won a contract to design and manufacture a CAE 7000 Series Boeing 747-8 full-flight simulator (FFS) for Alteon Training, a subsidiary of the Boeing Company. In addition to the Boeing 747-8 FFS, Alteon ordered a suite of CAE Simfinity ground school training devices for the new Boeing 747-8 aircraft, including a CAE Simfinity integrated procedures trainer (IPT) and 36 virtual maintenance trainers (VMTs). The Boeing 747-8 FFS, which will also be convertible to a Boeing 747-400 FFS, and associated training devices will be delivered to Alteon in the fall of 2009.

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