U.S. Army Special Operations Forces select CAE USA to provide MH-47 and MH-60 desktop and part-task trainers (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) TAMPA, Florida, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army Program Executive Office - Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI) has selected CAE USA to provide desktop trainers (DTTs) and a reconfigurable part- task trainer (PTT) for the MH-47G Chinook and MH-60K Black Hawk helicopters operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment - Airborne. The initial delivery order, valued at approximately US$5 million, calls for CAE to design reconfigurable MH-47/MH-60 part-task and desktop trainers. CAE and the U.S. Army are currently in alpha contract negotiations on a delivery order for a MH-47G combat mission simulator (CMS) and a MH-60K CMS. If CAE is awarded these additional trainers, the total value is expected to be approximately US$85 million. "We said a year and a half ago when we won our first program with this customer that we were committed to a long and productive relationship with the Army's Special Operations Forces," said John Lenyo, CAE USA's president and general manager. "CAE's innovation and cutting-edge technology will play a critical role in ensuring the soldiers of the 160th receive the highest- fidelity and most realistic mission rehearsal and training possible. We're honored by this selection to continue our role as the mission rehearsal and training partner for the Army's elite Night Stalkers." CAE is currently building the world's first A/MH-6 Little Bird CMS for the 160th SOAR(A), which will be delivered to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky in the summer of 2004. CAE is a leading provider of integrated training solutions and advanced simulation and controls technologies to military, civil aviation and marine customers. The company generates annual revenues in excess of US$800 million and employs more than 6,000 people in the United States, Canada, and around the globe. DATASOURCE: CAE INC. CONTACT: Chris Stellwag, Director, Marketing Communications, MS&T, (813) 887-1242, ; Source: Arthur Perron, Vice-President, Government and Media Relations, (514) 341-6780 ext.5370, ; High-resolution downloadable photos are available in our Photo Gallery in the Newsroom section of our Web site: http://www.cae.com/en/photos.shtml

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